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[Alexandr Korol]

In Kabbalah
According to Borges, in the kabbalistic Book of Zohar (Hebrew — “Radiance”), these four animals are called Ganiel, Kafziel, Azriel, and Aniel, and they face East, North, South, and West.

In Christianity
These four animals became symbols of the four Evangelists. The traditional interpretation is as follows:”