As the expression of 'it is the end of the world' is said to have been derived from Mappo shiso, sometimes this is understood as equivalent to eschatology but such understanding is wrong (to be mentioned below).
「世も末（すえ）だ」と言う表現はこれに由来するといわれるように、これを終末論と同意義と捉えられることも多いが、これは事実誤認である（後述）。