Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The
ride white, red, black, and pale horses, symbolizing, respectively, invasion, civil strife, scarcity and famine, and pestilence and death. [N.T.: Revelation 6:1-8]
See: Horse
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