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   Gog and Magog

   /ˌɡɒɡ ən ˈmeɪɡɒɡ/

   • 1. (in the Bible) the names of enemies of God's people. In Ezek. 38–9, Gog is apparently a ruler from the land of Magog, while in Rev. 20:8, Gog and Magog are nations under the dominion of Satan.
   • 2. (in medieval legend) opponents of Alexander the Great, living north of the Caucasus.
   • 3. two giant statues standing in Guildhall, London, representing either the last two survivors of a race of giants supposed to have inhabited Britain before Roman times, or Gogmagog, chief of the giants, and Corineus, a Roman invader.

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