Do the Chaos gods represent the four horsemen?

[Goatmanpig]

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[Fendelphi]

Roughly, yes. At least that was part of the inspiration. However, it is not a 1-1 comparison.

[𝒦ℒℬ]

that's kinda dumb since it implies chaos gods have some kind of master.

[dt Walter Robinson]

I would say no.

Death, Famine, Pestilence and War =/= Tzeentch, Nurgle, Slaanesh and Khorne.

[Uugly]

no

[wrought82]

Originally posted by The Ayatollah of Rock n' Rollah:

I would say no.

Death, Famine, Pestilence and War =/= Tzeentch, Nurgle, Slaanesh and Khorne.

well war and pestilence = khorne and nurgle
slaanesh is pretty thirsty and death is certainly a change for most

[Toby Larone]

Death is the end of change tough, so it doesn't fit with tzeentch.

[wrought82]

pretty sure death is just a major change in a game with demons and angels etc. but yeah i jest and its a reach. they were defo inspiration for them tho

[Dreagon]

Originally posted by wrought82:

Originally posted by The Ayatollah of Rock n' Rollah:

I would say no.

Death, Famine, Pestilence and War =/= Tzeentch, Nurgle, Slaanesh and Khorne.

well war and pestilence = khorne and nurgle
slaanesh is pretty thirsty and death is certainly a change for most

The pestilence interpretation is fairly recent. Original translation mention the horseman as Conquest, in which both Conquest and War could be Khorne.

But no, the chaos gods do not represent the four horsemen. If you use an original translation there is no Nurgle, no Slaanesh, Khorne could represent war and conquest but maybe war could be Tzeentch but that's a stretch.

[Fendelphi]

Originally posted by Dreagon:

Originally posted by wrought82:

well war and pestilence = khorne and nurgle
slaanesh is pretty thirsty and death is certainly a change for most

The pestilence interpretation is fairly recent. Original translation mention the horseman as Conquest, in which both Conquest and War could be Khorne.

But no, the chaos gods do not represent the four horsemen. If you use an original translation there is no Nurgle, no Slaanesh, Khorne could represent war and conquest but maybe war could be Tzeentch but that's a stretch.

Conquest would be Tzeench, since Conquest is about ambition(scheming, plotting).
War would be Khorne.
Famine would be Slaanesh(the craving, the hunger for excess and that which is not permitted or allowed).
Death would be Nurgle, since it both embraces and endures death.

As I said, it is not a 1-1 comparison, but there are some similarities.

[Dagy47]

the dark gods are also too fat to be on a horse so technicly not horseman....

[dt Walter Robinson]

A bit conceptual overlap really doesn't overcome the extent to which these things are actually quite different.

[Dreagon]

Originally posted by Dagy47:

the dark gods are also too fat to be on a horse so technicly not horseman....

I bet they could create an appropriately sized horse shaped demon.