Famine
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Famine is one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, symbolizing extreme scarcity of food and widespread starvation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Famine canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Biblical figure
ⓘ
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ⓘ Personification ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Book of Revelation
ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
apocalypse
ⓘ
divine judgment ⓘ end times ⓘ |
| attribute | scales ⓘ |
| basedOn | concept of famine in the ancient world ⓘ |
| carries | pair of scales ⓘ |
| category |
Apocalyptic figure
ⓘ
Christian legendary character ⓘ Personification of death and disaster ⓘ |
| colorOfHorse | black ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Plenty ⓘ |
| follows | War ⓘ |
| genre | apocalyptic literature ⓘ |
| hasDomain | eschatology ⓘ |
| hasIconography |
gaunt rider on a black horse
ⓘ
rider holding scales ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian art
ⓘ
literature about the apocalypse ⓘ popular culture depictions of the end times ⓘ |
| interpretedAs |
allegory of social injustice
ⓘ
symbol of divine punishment ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Revelation
ⓘ
surface form:
Revelation 6
Revelation 6:5 ⓘ Revelation 6:6 ⓘ |
| opposedBy | divine salvation ⓘ |
| partOf |
Four Horsemen
ⓘ
vision of the seven seals ⓘ |
| precedes | Death ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Death
ⓘ
Pestilence ⓘ War ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| represents |
economic hardship
ⓘ
food shortages ⓘ human suffering ⓘ inflation of food prices ⓘ |
| rides | black horse ⓘ |
| role | Horseman of the Apocalypse ⓘ |
| sequenceOrder | third horseman ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
extreme scarcity of food
ⓘ
famine ⓘ widespread starvation ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.