Talk:Gog and Magog

It looks like there is an independent set of articles on Gog and Magog that all link to one another, but not to this English one. For example, here is the Arabic one. This other set of language-articles appears to be available in a total of fourteen (almost all Islamicate) languages. Curiously, both that set (that I just linked to the Arabic version of) and this set (that I'm writing in the talk page of) contain versions in Indonesian. They are, of course, separate articles. One (which links to the article that I'm writing on the talk page of right now) seems to be about Gog and Magog in the Judeo-Christian context, while the other (from the set of language-articles I linked to at the beginning of this post) is about Gog and Magog (i.e. Ya'jūj wa Ma'jūj) in the Islamic context. This also appears to be true of Russian Wikipedia.

What is the proper recourse here? Since the English language-article (this one) and the Arabic language-article (as well as many others in both sets of language-articles) cover both the Judeo-Christian and the Islamic versions, should we make them link to one another? Or should we take a cue from our comrades on Indonesian (and Russian) Wikipedia, spinning off a separate English article on the Islamic version of Gog and Magog?

Connorboyle (talk) 20:55, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

This is problematic from a Jewish perspective as it implies continuity between the Tanakh and the "New Testament." From a Jewish perspective the Tanakh is not a "Judeo-Christian" text; it is a Jewish text. It would be better to have separate sections for what Judaism and Christianity each believe, with the Christian section obviously being free to reference its purported basis in the "Old Testament." Finsternish (talk) 06:12, 20 December 2017 (UTC) Otherwise, why stop at Christian? It would be exactly as legitimate to call them Judeo-Christian-Islamic texts, or Judeo-Christian-Islamic-Baha'i texts. Finsternish (talk) 06:15, 20 December 2017 (UTC) Or Judeo-Christian-Mormon, Judeo-Christian-Islamic-Druze, etc.. Finsternish (talk) 06:23, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

This looks to me like a really good article. If anyone is willing to take on the work, I think it could be raised to formal Good Article status.PiCo (talk) 10:03, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

I was puzzled by this paragraph;

'Researches of professors and philosophers such as Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Syeed Abul Ala Mawdudi, who played important roles in British and South Asian politics, and American academic Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi and Caribbean eschatologist Imran N. Hosein, compare the languages, behaviours and sexual activities of the tribes of Gog and Magog with those of Vikings.'

Is it really the case that Allama Muhammad Iqbal and Syeed Abul Ala Mawdudi were ever important in British politics? Is the writer just trying to inflate their importance?Dean1954 (talk) 19:03, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

I don't have access to the cited text, but it seems to me that we have "modern" and "contemporary" exactly the wrong way round, here?

>Many modern Muslim historians and geographers regarded the Vikings as the emergence of Gog and Magog.[6] In contemporary times they remain associated with apocalyptic thinking, especially in Israel and the Muslim world.

Can anyone check that the text is indeed referring to Muslim historians and geographers at the time of the Vikings, rather than now?

46.208.184.183 (talk) 19:08, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Good catch! Thanks. There is a logical non-sequitur in the articulation of the first sentence, regardless of what the source says. The sentence is referring to the time of the "emergence of the Vikings," and that cannot logically be referring to modern times. I have switched the two adjectives, as logic demands. I actually think that the adjective "contemporary" could be removed from the firts sentence, without impairing the meaning of the lead. Thanks, warshy ^(¥¥) 20:01, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Note: The text of the source is not available in preview in Google Books. It is available for search only. In searching the text, I could find only one mention of "Gog and Magog" in the book, on p. 28. But this single mention of the concept is not associated with "Vikings" at all in the text passage that is offered. So this source would have to be double checked or eventually replaced. Thanks, warshy ^(¥¥) 20:24, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

It is stated in a source that the Khazars used to invade from the "Land of Gog and Magog" breaching the "Caspian Gates", to be defended by the Armenians at the behest of Caliphs, but starting in the year 914 onwards, they were being invaded by the Varangian Vikings instead. Though the Armenians called them the "Ruzik" or Russians.

No preview is available for this book on Google Books. So the passage and/or the page number for a citation cannot be verified. But thanks for pointing it out. warshy ^(¥¥) 17:17, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

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Surely the "see also" link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunkers_in_Albania does not belong here AndyBoySouthPas (talk) 22:39, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

"The nations be a reference to China and Russia getting involved with the Israel conflict, their massive military population large" 70.80.198.92 (talk) 18:07, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

• • • Missing Information***

Genesis 10:2 Magog was one of the sons of Japheth, and a grandson of Noah.

This information seemed to be missing from your information and analysis. I thought I remembered something about Gog and Magog in the end times which was why I looked it up, and then suddenly realized I had something to contribute when I realized the information I was reading was not in your article. Thank you for your time and giving me the ability to give you guys some information that seemed to be missing from your article and analysis. Have a great day. ~2026-27994-70 (talk) 16:07, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for your enthusiasm - it should be noted that the 'Names' section of the article currently contains the text In Genesis 10, Magog is described as a son of Japheth, and a grandson of Noah, although there is no mention there of a person named Gog. Richard Nevell (talk) 17:32, 9 May 2026 (UTC)