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Four Rivers
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12016-03-27T11:01:08-07:00Ydonus7plain2022-08-25T08:28:31-07:00This reference is unclear, but appears to recall the traditional biblical four rivers issuing from the Eden (specifically the enigmatic Pishon River, which European medieval geographers always placed in India).
Prester John's Ydonus River reflects a trope of biblical rivers being located somewhere in the East, but this passage bears a clear resemblance with one in De Adventu, which describes the gem-filled Physon (Pishon) river as part of Patriarch John's realm.
