The Virgin Nativity Cathedral
Section of Western Crosswise Nave. West View

Four Beasts from Daniel’s Visions. The Last Judgement

Dionisy's frescoes. Four Beasts from Daniel’s Visions. The Last Judgement

The four beasts symbolize “the perishing kingdoms” from the Book of Daniel (7-8): Babylonian (the bear), Macedonian (the griffin), Roman (the lion), Antichrist (the “fourth beast, dreadful and terrible”). The vision of the four beasts proclaimed the change of the great kingdoms, appearing of the Antichrist and the end of the world.