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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) by FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to c/science@lemmy.world

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[–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I thought they were death, war, conquest and famine, though maybe famine and pestilence go together

[–] Damage@feddit.it 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think they are actually named

[–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Damage@feddit.it 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe it's a Protestant thing? In the Catholic New Testament only death is named

[–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Maybe, I just looked at Wikipedia :D

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

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

[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 3 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Pratchett does Death, War, Famine and Pestilence

Thief of time spoiler

(And Kaos)

. Which is where my knowledge of them comes from!

[–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Hehe no worries i had to look it up, I totally remembered pestilence being one instead of conquest