这周是国家改变防疫政策,全面开放的第二周。
身边的同事陆陆续续成了小🐑人,因此与朋友交流朋友圈里的新冠见闻也成了日常。
在科学尚未对世间万物祛魅之时的古代,瘟疫也通常被视为是神对人的惩罚。
在《圣经.旧约》中的《出埃及记》就有记述上帝十灾中的瘟疫一灾,而在《圣经.新约》中的《启示录》同样也有关于瘟疫的记述。
The four horsemen of the Apocalypse
关于这幅《天启四骑士》的资料较少,目前只知道是德国画家沃纳·舒赫的作品,属于浪漫主义风格。
最早接触天启四骑士的概念,是在16年时看福克斯的超级英雄电影《X战警》系列中的《天启》。
电影中的远古变种人天启在复苏后,策反了万磁王、暴风女、灵蝶、天使四位变种人,使其成为自己的四骑士。
而在《启示录》原著中,随着上帝的羔羊/Lamb of God、犹大的狮子/Lion of Judah解开了被七印严封的书卷/Seven Seals of God中的四印,白色、红色、黑色、灰色四位骑士随之而来。
PS:Lamb of God、Lion of Judah均为基督教中代表基督的符号。
画作中四位骑士,左边的白马骑士,象征瘟疫与征服(对外战争)。
他头戴王冠,手持弓箭,骑着白马疾驰时,他的弓箭也将病毒、细菌传播到所征服之处。
PS:圣经启示录中,对白马骑士的记述为象征征服,但流行文化中一般将他作为瘟疫的象征。
Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, "Come." I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.
When He broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come." And another, a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to take peace from Earth, and that men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him.
When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come." I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; but do not damage the oil and the wine."
When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come." I looked, and behold, a pale horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.
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