contexts. In a biblical apocalyptic book with a thoroughly Jewish flavour such as Revelation, it is natural to expect the throne to be reserved exclusively for God, thus emphasizing his sovereign rule. However, in Revelation other beings apart from God also have their thrones: the Lamb, God’s allies and even his adversaries. Such a feature is not something commonplace in biblical literature. Much has been said about the complexity of the motif. In folklore studies, until the appearance of Propp,