A root page for comparing end-time myths across traditions.
Main idea
Comparative eschatology studies how different traditions imagine the end of the age, the final battle, the return of the savior, cosmic renewal, judgment, and the restoration of order.
Traditions and figures
- Islamic Mahdi
- Hindu Kalki
- Buddhist Maitreya
- Norse Ragnarök
- Aztec Fifth Sun
- Christian Second Coming
- Jewish Messianic Age
- Zoroastrian Frashokereti
Core themes
- The end of the age
- The final battle
- The return of the hidden or future redeemer
- The destruction and renewal of the world
- Judgment and purification
- The remnant or faithful ones
- Cycles of decline and restoration
- The Golden Age restored
Topics to expand
- Mahdi and Isa in Islamic eschatology
- Kalki and the end of Kali Yuga
- Maitreya and the future Dharma
- Ragnarök and the reborn world
- The Fifth Sun and cosmic cycles
- Frashokereti and Zoroastrian renewal
- Similarities with Revelation
- The Royal Art’s reading of apocalypse as unveiling and restoration
Place in the Royal Art
This page belongs to the Book of Revelation as the wider eschatological horizon surrounding the Christian apocalypse.