'''Magog''' literally meaning "From [[Gog]]" in a similar pattern to the name [[Mitzraite Nation|Mitzraim]]. Most probably a Teutonic people, living to the north of the Holy Land (cf. Ezekiel 38:2). Some sources identify Magog with Germania (Targum Yonathan; Targum on 1 Chronicles 1:5; Pesikta Zutratha). Others identify them with the Goths (Yerushalmi, Megillah 1:9). These were a Teutonic people who migrated to [[Ashkenazite Nation|Scythia]], in what is now southern Russia.
It is therefore not contradictory when some sources identify '''Magog''' with [[Ashkenazite Nation|Scythia]] (Josephus; Yoma 10a, according to Rabbenu Chananel; Arukh s.v. Germamia). Ancient histories state that the [[Ashkenazite Nation|Scythia]]ns came from Asia, driven by the Massagetae (cf. [[Meshekhite Nation|Meshekh]]), and settling near the Cimerians (Herodotus 4:11; see note on Genesis 10:2, '[[Gomerite Nation|Gomer]]'). Linguistically, the [[Ashkenazite Nation|Scythia]]ns were related to the Iranians, and hence, to the Persians and the [[Madaiite Nation|Medes]]. It is therefore no surprise that Herodotus thought the Germanians to be a Persian tribe (Herodotus 1:125). Interestingly enough Angalo Saxon legends claim Gogmagog as an ancient ancestor. Gog Magog were traditionally locked behind copper and iron gates by Alexander the Great. Two Giant effigies of them are kept behind the gates of guildhall in London.
