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minus-squareCIA_chatbot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoI thought they were death, war, conquest and famine, though maybe famine and pestilence go together
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoI don’t think they are actually named
minus-squareCIA_chatbot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoThey are in the Bible, had to look it up, it looks like popular fiction often replaces conquest with pestilence since conquest and war are so similar
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoMaybe it’s a Protestant thing? In the Catholic New Testament only death is named
minus-squarearrow74@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoYou are correct, apparently a lot of media/fiction authors swap conquest to pestilence because they feel like it’s too close to war. I had to look it up specifically for pestilence because I was so confused how I got the idea. So yeah I had that wrong, biblical speaking
minus-squareNighed@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoPratchett does Death, War, Famine and Pestilence Thief of time spoiler (And Kaos) . Which is where my knowledge of them comes from!
minus-squareCIA_chatbot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoHehe no worries i had to look it up, I totally remembered pestilence being one instead of conquest
I thought they were death, war, conquest and famine, though maybe famine and pestilence go together
I don’t think they are actually named
They are in the Bible, had to look it up, it looks like popular fiction often replaces conquest with pestilence since conquest and war are so similar
Maybe it’s a Protestant thing? In the Catholic New Testament only death is named
You are correct, apparently a lot of media/fiction authors swap conquest to pestilence because they feel like it’s too close to war.
I had to look it up specifically for pestilence because I was so confused how I got the idea.
So yeah I had that wrong, biblical speaking
Pratchett does Death, War, Famine and Pestilence
Thief of time spoiler
(And Kaos)
. Which is where my knowledge of them comes from!
Hehe no worries i had to look it up, I totally remembered pestilence being one instead of conquest