Editing Gog and Magog (section)

=== Kievan Rus ===
The twelfth-century chronicle ''Primary Chronicle'' posited that the people of [[Kievan Rus']] were descendants of the biblical Japheth, son of Noah, and of the tribe of Magog.<ref name=":0">{{Harvtxt|Marsh|2011|p=254}}.</ref> According to political scientist Christopher Marsh, "the implications" of being descendants of the tribe of Magog, depicted as being thrown out of heaven in the biblical Revelation of John, "apparently didn't matter to those drawing" the connection who believed that "[a]ncestors were found in the Bible, and that was enough", allegedly making the Rus' a chosen people of the Christian God.<ref name=":0" />