Gog and Magog, comprehensive terms used in Christian and later Hebrew literature to denote the powers of evil. In the Old Testament Ezekiel referred to Gog as the leader of a people and to Magog as their land. In the New Testament Book of Revelation they are the nations under the dominion of Satan. In an independent British legend, Gog and Magog are survivors of a race of giants destroyed by Brutus the Trojan, legendary founder of London.

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