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Spain: The Whore of Babylon, Revelation 17:1-18. Illuminated miniature from the Beatus of Liebana, 1220

Spain: The Whore of Babylon, Revelation 17:1-18. Illuminated miniature from the Beatus of Liebana, 1220

The Whore of Babylon or Babylon the Great is a Christian figure of evil mentioned in the Book of Revelation in the Bible.

Her full title is given as 'Babylon the Great, the Mother of Prostitutes and Abominations of the Earth'.

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