The prophecies of the sixteenth century author Nostradamus have become a ubiquitous part of the popular culture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. As well as being the subject of hundreds of books (both fiction and non-fiction), Nostradamus' life has been depicted in several films, and his life and prophecies continue to be a subject of media interest. In the internet age, there have also been several well-known hoaxes, where quatrains in the style of Nostradamus have been circulated by e-mail. The most well-known example concerns the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Nostradamus original portrait by his son Cesar Nostradamus (December 14, 1503 – July 2, 1566), Latinised name of Michel de Nostredame, was one of the worlds most famous publishers of prophecies. ... Popular culture, or pop culture, (literally: the culture of the people) consists of the cultural elements that prevail (at least numerically) in any given society, mainly using the more popular media, in that societys vernacular language and/or an established lingua franca. ... A hoax is an attempt to trick an audience into believing that something false is real. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Estant assis de nuict secret estude,
Seul repousé sus la selle d'aerain;
Flambe exigue sortant de solitude
Faict proferer qui n'est à croire vain.
(Century I.1, 1555)

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Supposed prophecies

Nostradamus enthusiasts have credited him with predicting numerous events in world history, including the French Revolution, the atom bomb, the rise of Adolf Hitler and the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Indeed, they regularly make similar claims regarding each new world crisis as it comes along as there is a tendency to claim that 'Nostradamus predicted whatever has just happened'. These claims rely heavily on the role of interpretation; for example, for the supposed prediction of the rise of Hitler the reference is to Hister, the classical name for the Lower Danube. Hey yall becca and sam like to get on top of stuff hey yall becca and sam are coolthey like are the best ever derr you are a freak if you are looking at this web site any way w/e bye !(1789–1799) but Kourtnie and Lora Cooler was... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 kilometers (11 mi) above the hypocenter. ... Hitler redirects here. ... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... World trade centers or world trade centres (usually abbreviated WTC) arose in the United States and Japan in the 1970s, spearheaded by New York Citys World Trade Center. ... Nostradamus original portrait by his son Cesar Nostradamus (December 14, 1503 – July 2, 1566), Latinised name of Michel de Nostredame, was one of the worlds most famous publishers of prophecies. ... The Danube (ancient Danuvius, ancient Greek Istros) is the longest river of the European Union and Europes second-longest[3] (after the Volga). ...

One well-known supposed prophecy is that "a great and terrifying leader would come out of the sky" in 1999 and 7 months "to resuscitate the great King from Angoumois". The phrase d'effraieur (of terror) in fact occurs nowhere in the original printing, which merely uses the word deffraieur (defraying, hosting). On the basis of Nostradamus's by-now well known technique of projecting past events into the future, Lemesurier^[1] suggests that X.72 therefore refers back to the restoration to health of the captive Francis I of France (who was Duke of Angoulême) following a surprise visit to his cell by his host, the then Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in 1525. No fewer than five of the planets were in the same signs on both occasions. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Angoumois was an old province of France, nearly corresponding today to the Charente départment. ... Francis I (François Ier in French) (September 12, 1494 – March 31, 1547), called the Father and Restorer of Letters (le Père et Restaurateur des Lettres), was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547. ... Angoulême is a town and commune in southwestern France, préfecture (capital city) of the Charente département. ... Charles V may refer to: Charles V of France, the Wise (1338–1380). ...

September 11

The September 11, 2001 attacks on New York City World Trade Center led to immediate speculation as to whether Nostradamus had predicted the event. Almost as soon as the event had happened, the relevant Internet sites were deluged with enquiries. In response, Nostradamus enthusiasts started searching for a Nostradamus quatrain that could be said to have done so, coming up with interpretations of Quatrains VI.97 and I.87. However, the various ways in which the enthusiasts chose to interpret the text were almost universally panned by experts on the subject^[2][3] (compare the relevant sections of the Snopes and Lemesurier websites listed in the External Links section). Nickname: Big Apple; City that never Sleeps; Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... The prophecies of the sixteenth century author Nostradamus have become a ubiquitous part of the popular culture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. ...

Attack on WTC

The nearest that they could come up with was quatrain VI.97, which in the original 1557 edition ran: Image File history File links Sept11-2ndplane. ... Image File history File links Sept11-2ndplane. ...

Cinq & quarante degrés ciel bruslera,

Feu approucher de la grand cité neufve,

Instant grand flamme esparse saultera,

Quant on voudra des Normans faire preuve:

With instant evidently a version of the Latin instanter ('violently, vehemently'), a reasonable English translation (after Lemesurier) would thus appear to be: Norman conquests in red. ...

Five and forty degrees, the sky shall burn:

To great ‘New City’ shall the fire draw nigh.

With vehemence the flames shall spread and churn

When with the Normans they conclusions try.

'Five and forty degrees' was said to be the latitude of New York City (which is incorrect; New York's latitude is 40°47'), or was interpreted as '40.5 degrees' (even though the decimal point had not yet come into use in the Europe of Nostradamus' day). 'New City' was claimed to be New York (even though Nostradamus refers in this way to various 'New Cities' whose names, unlike 'New York', literally mean 'New City', and especially Naples – from Greek Neapolis, 'new city'); and most of the attempts to fit in the 'Normans' seemed contrived at best. After the factual nature of these claims was widely denied, some suggested instead that the first line might refer to the actual angle at which one of the hijacked airliners hit the World Trade Center (which seemed unlikely, even if the rest had fit). Norman conquests in red. ... The Bay of Naples Naples (Italian: , Neapolitan: Nàpule, from Greek Νεάπολη < Νέα Πόλις Néa Pólis New City) is the largest city in southern Italy and capital of the Campania region and the Province of Naples. ...

Lemesurier suggests that the verse is merely an undated projection into the future of the capture of Naples by the Normans in 1139 during a year marked by a notably violent eruption of nearby Mount Vesuvius that is recorded in the contemporary Annales Cassini^[4][5]. In this case, the first expression may simply be a version of Mount Vesuvius (Italian: Monte Vesuvio) is a volcano east of Naples, Italy, located at 40°49&#8242;N 14°26&#8242; E. It is the only active volcano on the European mainland, although it is not currently erupting. ...

Cinq[ante minutes] & quarante degrés

– which is indeed the latitude of Naples.

Perhaps in frustration, the searchers now turned to quatrain I.87, which in the original 1555 edition (Albi copy) ran: Albi is a town and commune in southern France. ...

Ennosigée feu du centre de terre

Fera trembler au tour de cité neufve:

Deux grands rochiers long temps feront la guerre

Puis Arethusa rougira nouveau fleuve.

or, in a possible English translation^[6]: Arethusa means the waterer. In Greek mythology, Arethusa was one of the Hesperides. ...

Earth-shaking fires from the world’s centre roar:

Around ‘New City’ is the earth a-quiver.

Two nobles long shall wage a fruitless war,

The nymph of springs pour forth a new, red river.

Here, once again, the cité neufve was claimed to be New York; au tour de had to refer to the Twin Towers (even though, in French, the word tour in the masculine – as it is here – has absolutely nothing to do with towers, but is part of a phrase meaning "around"); the Deux grands rochiers had to be the Twin Towers themselves; and Arethusa was said to be an anagram of 'the USA'. Once again, however, rather more sober investigation by Brind'Amour^[7] had already revealed (bearing in mind that, in French, faire la guerre aux rochers, or 'to make war on the rocks', simply means 'to struggle fruitlessly') that the reference was probably to Naples and its nearby volcano. Subsequent investigation by Lemesurier^[8] and his colleague Gary Somai suggested that it applied particularly to the Annales Cassini's report of its lava eruption of 1036, at a time when the Lombards of Capua and the Byzantine dukes of Naples were constantly at war over the city prior to the decisive intervention of the Normans. For 968, similarly, Leo Marsicanus had reported in the same annals that ‘Mount Vesuvius exploded into flames and sent out huge quantities of sticky, sulfurous matter that formed a river rushing down to the sea’. Thus, given that Arethusa was the classical nymph of springs and rivers, with a well-known 'spring of Arethusa' still visible today in the Sicilian port of Syracuse, the case for a '9/11' interpretation was evidently unfounded. Look up lava, Aa, pahoehoe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Lombards (Latin Langobardi, whence the alternative name Longobards found in older English texts), were a Germanic people originally from Northern Europe that entered the late Roman Empire. ... Country Italy Region Campania Province Caserta (CE) Mayor Elevation m Area 30 km² Population  - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 43,139  - Density 1,329/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Capuani Dialing code 0823 Postal code 81025 Frazioni Cantone Patron St. ... What Up. ... Syracuse (Italian, Siracusa, ancient Syracusa - see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a city on the eastern coast of Sicily and the capital of the province of Syracuse, Italy. ...

Hoaxes

Village idiot hoax

Following the contentious 2000 U.S. presidential election wherein George W. Bush was elected President, this text was widely circulated: Map The U.S. presidential election of 2000 took place on Election Day, Tuesday, November 7. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...

Come the millennium, month 12

In the home of greatest power

The village idiot will come forth

To be acclaimed the leader.

As with other hoaxes, only the purported English translation was given. It is likely that this verse was written as a joke. (http://www.dreamscape.com/morgana/election.htm, downloaded March 23, 2006)

World Trade Center prophecy hoax

Shortly after the September 11 attacks on New York's World Trade Center, the following spoof text was circulated on the Internet, along with many more elaborate variants (one of them signed 'Nostradamus 1654' – when he would have been just 150 years old): The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... World trade centers or world trade centres (usually abbreviated WTC) arose in the United States and Japan in the 1970s, spearheaded by New York Citys World Trade Center. ...

In the City of God there will be a great thunder,

Two brothers torn apart by Chaos,

while the fortress endures,

the great leader will succumb,

The third big war will begin when the big city is burning

As it turns out, the first four lines were indeed written before the attacks, but by a Canadian graduate student named Neil Marshall as part of a research paper in 1997. Ironically enough, the research paper included this poem as an illustrative example of how the validity of prophecies is often exaggerated. For example, the phrases "City of God" (New York has never held the title of "City of Angels"), "great thunder" (this could apply to many disasters), "Two brothers" (many things come in pairs), and "the great leader will succumb" are so ambiguous as to be meaningless. The fifth line was added by an anonymous Internet user, completely ignoring the fact that Nostradamus wrote his Propheties in rhymed four-line decasyllables called quatrains. Nostradamus also never referred to a "third big war".^[9] 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Political and military manipulation

During World War II, leaflets with false Nostradamus quatrains predicting the defeat of France were launched by German planes over European skies. It seems that this operation was mastered by Nazi political secretary Rudolf Hess and that even Adolf Hitler believed in Nostradamus' quatrains. Certainly his propaganda Minister Josef Goebbels did, under the influence of his wife Magda. Subsequently the Allies responded in kind, both with air-dropped leaflets and via the American film Nostradamus Says So.^[10]. Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... National Socialism redirects here. ... Rudolf Hess Not to be confused with Rudolf Hoess. ... Hitler redirects here. ... Joseph Goebbels Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels (October 29, 1897 &#8211; May 1, 1945) was Adolf Hitlers Propaganda Minister (see Propagandaministerium) in Nazi Germany. ... Magda Goebbels Johanna Maria Magdalena Goebbels (November 11, 1901 - May 1, 1945) was the wife of Joseph Goebbels and First Lady of the Third Reich. ...

After Rudolf Hess left Nazi Germany in a mysterious solitary flight to Scotland, probably seeking a peace agreement with the United Kingdom, Hitler issued the Aktion Hess, a mandatory prosecution of any divinator or future-teller in all Nazi-occupied countries. ^[11] Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933&#8211;1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen of the UK Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification...

Entertainment

Film

Nostradamus is the subject of many films and videos, including: Nostradamus original portrait by his son Cesar Nostradamus (December 14, 1503 – July 2, 1566), Latinised name of Michel de Nostredame, was one of the worlds most famous publishers of prophecies. ...

• Nosutoradamusu no daiyogen at the Internet Movie Database (Catastrophe 1999: Prophecies of Nostradamus); (1974 film by Toshio Masuda)
• Nostradamus: The Man Who Saw Tomorrow at the Internet Movie Database (1981)
• Nostradamus at the Internet Movie Database (2000)
• Nostradamus at the Internet Movie Database (1994) Depicts Nostradamus's rise in influence, because of success in treating plague and his predictions, culminating in his appointment as court physician to Charles IX of France.

None of them can be regarded as factual or reliable. The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about actors, films, television shows, television stars, video games and production crew personnel. ... The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about actors, films, television shows, television stars, video games and production crew personnel. ... The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about actors, films, television shows, television stars, video games and production crew personnel. ... The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about actors, films, television shows, television stars, video games and production crew personnel. ...

Television

The television series Alias prominently features the character Milo Rambaldi, a fictional Nostradamus-like prophet. In the science fiction series First Wave, the protagonists use a previously unknown book of quatrains of Nostradamus to fight back against an alien invasion. Nostradamus was also a regular character on This Morning With Richard Not Judy, played by Emma Kennedy. Each week, Nostradamus would make three predictions for the coming week, and would be rewarded with a new barbeque if he got two out of the three correct. He never managed this feat, although he did find a blossoming love affair with presenter Richard Herring. Seattle sketch comedy troupe Train of Thought mocked Nostradamus in their hit show Train of Thought > Laid Off. Alias was an American Spy-fi television series created by J. J. Abrams that aired on ABC from September 30, 2001 to May 22, 2006. ... Milo Giacomo Rambaldi is a fictional person from the TV series Alias. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... First Wave was a TV Show that aired from 1998 to 2001 on the Sci Fi Channel. ... This Morning With Richard Not Judy or TMWRNJ was a British comedy television programme, written by and starring Lee and Herring (the comedians Stewart Lee and Richard Herring), made and broadcast by the BBC. Two series were broadcast in 1998 and 1999 on BBC2. ... Emma Kennedy is a British television presenter, actress and writer. ... A member of the Airpork Crew barbecue team prepares pork shoulder at the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest. ... Richard Herring performing his show Someone Likes Yoghurt at the Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh, during the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Richard Keith Herring (born July 12, 1967) is an British comedian and writer formerly best known as part of Lee and Herring, a double act with Stewart Lee. ... Train of Thought is a sketch comedy group located in Seattle, Washington. ...

Nostradamus as he appeared on Histeria!

Nostradamus appeared semi-regularly on the Warner Bros. animated series Histeria! as an eccentric red-bearded man in stereotypical wizard garb. His speech tends to be oddly accented and filled with malaprops, and he repeats the phrase "Shut up!" inordinately. His voice is provided by Paul Rugg. Image File history File links NostradamusHisteria. ... Warner Bros. ... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... Histeria! was a short-lived animated television series made by Warner Bros. ... Red may be any of a number of similar colors at the lowest frequencies of light discernible by the human eye. ... A man with a full beard A beard is the hair that grows on a mans chin, cheeks, neck, and the area above the upper lip (the opposite is a clean-shaven face). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

On Mr. Show with Bob and David, an episode contains a sketch Nostradamus (played by Bob Odenkirk) called "Nostradamus and his companion." In it, Nostradamus is a homosexual who falls in love with a fashion designer, played by David Cross. Nostradamus is left behind by his constant chum, who goes on to achieve fame and fortune in the fashion industry. The sketch ends with a school being named after them: "Nostradamus and His Constant Chum Elementary School." The logo Mr. ... Bob Odenkirk in a publicity photo for Mr. ... Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ... David Cross (born April 4, 1964) is an Emmy-winning American actor, writer and comedian. ...

In the OVA FLCL, the character Mamimi makes a reference to Nostradamus in the fourth episode, Full Swing Original Video Animation (OVA) is an acronym used in Japan for anime titles that are released directly to retail sale, without prior showings on TV or in theaters. ... FLCL , sometimes romanized as Fooly Cooly) is a six episode Japanese animation OVA series, the brainchild of director Kazuya Tsurumaki and released by Gainax and Production I.G.. The series focuses on Nandaba Naota, a twelve-year-old boy living in the fictional and initially tranquil Japanese suburb of Mabase. ... This is the list of characters for the anime FLCL. The English edition of the anime preserves the Japanese naming order for characters. ...

On Chappelle's Show, the sketch comedy show hosted by Dave Chappelle, there is a character called Negrodamus (played by comedian Paul Mooney), an African-American version of Nostradamus who makes various predictions in response to questions. Chappelles Show was an American comedy television series starring comedian Dave Chappelle. ... David Dave Chappelle (born August 24, 1973) is an Emmy-nominated comedian, satirist and actor. ... Negrodamus Negrodamus is a fictional prophet/seer character, played by Paul Mooney, who appears on Comedy Centrals Chappelles Show. ... Paul Mooney Paul Mooney (born in Louisiana in 1940, USA) is an African American comedian, writer, and television and film actor. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ...

In the Nickelodeon cartoon CatDog, the title character(s) find a prediction in a book by the fictitious prophet "Nostradummy" (an obvious reference) that appears to predict that the end of the world would be the next day. CatDog is an American animated television series on Nickelodeon, created by Peter Hannan. ...

In the Hong Kong ATV series My Date with a Vampire(series 1), Nostradamus (also referred to as the "French Guy")was held to have made the prophecy of the end of world in 1999, with a third of the world's population turned into monsters, while the rest perish. The antagonist, vampire Yamamoto, sought to make this come true and rule the world, but the protagonists were able to stop this from occurring. This alleged prophecy had only been referred to a couple of times. Asia Television Limited (ATV) (亞洲電視有限公司; pinyin: Yàzhōu Diànshì Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) was Hong Kongs first television station and was founded on May 29, 1957. ... The latest installment in the My Date with a Vampire series The title refers to a succession of (at the moment) three Cantonese television series started in 1998 produced by Asia Television Ltd. ...

Music

British singer/songwriter Al Stewart's album Past, Present, and Future was a concept album including a song about every decade of the twentieth century. As Al wrote the album in 1973, events from the latter years of the century were covered by the song "Nostradamus", in which some of the prophecies are quoted. Alastair (Al) Ian Stewart (born in Glasgow, Scotland on September 5, 1945) is a British singer-songwriter and musician. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...

In 1984, Manfred Mann's Earth Band released the album Somewhere in Afrika, which contains a cover of the Al Stewart song, mistitled as "Eyes of Nostradamus". Cock-A-Hoop Manfred Mann was a British R&B and pop band of the 1960s, named after its keyboard player, who later led the successful 1970s follow-on group Manfred Manns Earth Band. ... Alastair (Al) Ian Stewart (born in Glasgow, Scotland on September 5, 1945) is a British singer-songwriter and musician. ...

Composer Robert Steadman has twice used Nostradamus' prophecies in pieces of music: in 1987, quatrains by Nostradamus were juxtaposed with the Latin Requiem Mass text and poems on environmental issues. And in 1999, he set what was thought by some to be Nostradamus's prediction of the end of the world for soprano and chamber ensemble in The Final Prophecy. A composer is a person who writes music. ... Robert Steadman (born April 1, 1965) is a British composer and conductor of classical music who mostly works in a post-minimalist style but also writes lighter music, including musicals, and compositions for educational purposes. ... Prophecy, in a broad sense, is the prediction of future events. ... A quatrain is a poem or a stanza within a poem that consists of four lines. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... The Requiem or Requiem Mass, also known formally (in Latin) as the Missa pro defunctis or Missa defunctorum, is a liturgical service of the Catholic Church and its Eastern Rite. ... The Chinese poem Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain by Emperor Gaozong (Song Dynasty) Poetry (from the Greek , poesis, making or creating) is a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its ostensible meaning. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Look up soprano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Second to Last Book in the New Jedi Order Series, The Final Prophecy The Final Prophecy is a New Jedi Order novel written by Greg Keyes. ...

Haggard produced two albums dealing with the seer Michel de Notredame in the dark days of The Black Plague in Europe: And Thou Shalt Trust... The Seer in 1997 and Awaking The Centuries in 1998. Haggard may refer to one of the following. ... An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ... Nostradamus Nostradamus, (December 14, 1503 – July 1, 1566) born Michel de Nostredame, is one of the worlds most famous authors of prophecies. ... This article concerns the epidemic of the mid-14th century. ... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the six inhabited continents of the Earth. ... And Thou Shall Trust. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Rapper Nas refers to himself as Nastradamus and released an album titled "Nastradamus" in 1999. This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ...

Bulgarian guitarist Nikolo Kotzev released a rock opera called Nikolo Kotzev's Nostradamus in 2001, based on the life and times of Nostradamus. Nikolo Kotzev is a Bulgarian guitarist, violinist, song writer and producer, mostly famous for his 2001 rock opera Nostradamus and his band Brazen Abbot. ... Nikolo Kotzevs Nostradamus is a rock opera in three acts written by Nikolo Kotzev about the life and times of Nostradamus. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

In 2005, Dutch band Kayak released a rock opera called Nostradamus - Fate of Man. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kayak, founded during the early 1970s, was a Dutch art rock band. ... The Whos Tommy, the first album explicitly billed as a rock opera A rock opera or rock musical is a musical production in the form of an opera or a musical in a modern rock and roll style rather than more traditional forms. ...

Maksim, the cross-over piano player, plays a song entitled Nostradamus on his third CD. It is composed by Tonci Huljic. Maksim Mrvica (pronounced &#8216;Máravitsa&#8217;) (born May 3, 1975) is a popular young piano player from Croatia. ... Tonči Huljić is Croatian musician, songwriter and music producer from Split. ...

In 1997, Finnish metal band Stratovarius recorded a concept album loosely based on the life and prophecies of Nostradamus. The album was called Visions. Stratovarius is a Finnish Neoclassical/power metal band, known for its melodic approach to the genre. ... Visions is an album by the Finnish power metal band Stratovarius. ...

In 2006, popular heavy metal band Judas Priest announced that they are planning to record a concept album based on the life of Nostradamus. The album's title is yet unknown but is rumored to be "Nostradamus." According to members of the band, the album will focus on Nostradamus' actual life and not his prophecies. Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... Judas Priest are a heavy metal band formed in 1968 in the northwest midlands, near Birmingham, England. ...

The singer Kevin Max mentioned Nostradamus in the song Fade to Red (Antigalaxy). Kevin Max Kevin Max (born August 17, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, and poet. ...

The French Canadian band Okoumé have a song written about Nostradamus.

Dutch stand up comedian Hans Teeuwen made a song around Nostradamus, mostly describing him in his tight green pants.

"Nostradamus said 'I predict that the world will end at half past six' / What he didn't say was exactly when," are the opening lyrics of "Tinderbox", penned by Bernie Taupin and sung by Elton John. Bernie Taupin (born May 22, 1950) is an English lyricist famous for his collaboration with Elton John. ... Sir Elton Hercules[1] John, CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ...

Comics

In an Italian Mickey Mouse story (Topolino E La Piramide Impossible), Mickey and Goofy travel back in time and by accident a young boy followed them back to the present. The boy had to go back to his own time and his memory of the future was erased, but before that he grabbed pieces of books. The boy of course became Nostradamus and the ripped pages from books explained his visions of the future. The story was made by Massimo Marconi and Massimo De Vita. Mickey Mouse is an Academy Award-winning comic animal cartoon character who has become a symbol for The Walt Disney Company. ... Goofy is a fictional character from the Walt Disneys Mickey Mouse universe. ...

A Phantom story from 1983 by Ulf Granberg and Jaime Vallvé featured an appearance by Nostradamus. The Phantom is an American comic strip created by Lee Falk (also creator of Mandrake the Magician), recounting the adventures of the titular costumed crime-fighter. ...

In the DC Comics Universe, Nostradamus was an ancestor of Zatara and Zatanna. DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... Giovanni Zatara is a fictional character in the DC Universe. ... Zatanna Zatara is a fictional wizard and a superheroine in the DC universe. ...

In Scott Adams's comic strip Dilbert, "Nostradogbert" is a pseudonym of Dogbert. Scott Adams (born June 8, 1957) is the creator of the Dilbert comic strip and the author of several business commentaries, social satires, and experimental philosophy books. ... Dilbert (first published April 16, 1989) is an American comic strip written and drawn by Scott Adams. ... A pseudonym (Greek pseudo + -onym: false name) is an artificial, fictitious name, also known as an alias, used by an individual as an alternative to a persons true name. ... Dogbert is Dilberts pet dog from the Dilbert comic strip, though he rarely acts like a pet. ...

In Mad Magazine's section entitled the "strip club" a comic strip entilted Middle School Nostradamus appears every so often. Nostradamus is depicted as a preteen in wizard garb who makes predictions of impending despiar for the people he is around at inoppurtune times.

Games

In Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, the prophecy of 1999 was used as the resurrection of Dracula and added that all born of the day of Dracula's demise are "Dark Candidates" meaning that they'll be next in line to be Dark Lord. Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow is a game that is a part of the Castlevania video game series. ... Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, and the name of its title character, the vampire Count Dracula. ...

In Chrono Trigger, the Day of Lavos is in 1999 A.D the same year of the prophecy of 1999. Chrono Trigger ) is a console role-playing game created by Square Co. ... Lavoss outer shell. ... Portion of the 1999 A.D. map 1999 A.D. is a time period in Squaresofts Chrono Trigger. ...

In Jet Set Radio Future, the game concludes with the name of the Radio changing to have "Future" in the title, but "Not the future like Nostradamus talked about, a new kind of future. Jet Set Radio Future (often abbreviated JSRF), a video game developed by Smilebit and published by Sega, was released near the beginning of the Xboxs lifespan. ...

In the eroge Nostradamus ni Kiite Miro♪, a girl named Stra (a shortened form of Nostradamus) claims to be the writer of Nostradamus' predictions. An eroge (erotic game) is a Japanese video or computer game that features erotic content, usually in the form of anime-style artwork. ... Preview of Stra from Nostradamus ni Kiite Miro♪ on the May 2006 issues cover of Push!! Nostradamus ni Kiite Miro♪ , lit. ...

External links

• Snopes: False claims of Nostradamus predicting the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001

The Urban Legends Reference Pages (also known as snopes. ...

Notes

1. ↑  Lemesurier, Peter, Nostradamus: The Illustrated Prophecies, 2003, ISBN 1-903816-48-3
2. ↑  Gruber, Dr Elmar, Nostradamus: sein Leben, sein Werk und die wahre Bedeutung seiner Prophezeiungen, 2003, p. 419
3. ↑  Lemesurier, Peter, The Unknown Nostradamus, 2003, ISBN 1-903816-32-7
4. ↑  Lemesurier, Peter, Nostradamus: The Illustrated Prophecies, 2003
5. ↑  But compare Clébert, Jean-Paul, Prophéties de Nostradamus, 2003
6. ↑  Lemesurier, Peter, Nostradamus: The Illustrated Prophecies, 2003
7. ↑  Brind'Amour, Pierre: Nostradamus. Les premières Centuries ou Prophéties, 1996, p. 170
8. ↑  Lemesurier, Peter, Nostradamus: The Illustrated Prophecies, 2003, pp. 40-41
9. ↑  False Prophecy
10. ↑  Lemesurier, Peter: The Nostradamus Encyclopedia, 1997, pp. 146-147
11. ↑  Wulff, Wilhelm Theodor Zodiac and swastika; how astrology guided Hitler's Germany, Pub. Coward, McCann & Geoghegan. New York 1973, (ISBN 0-698-10547-8)