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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 November 2024. French seer and astrologer (1503–1566) For other uses, see Nostradamus (disambiguation). Michel de Nostredame Portrait by his son Cesar, c. 1614, nearly fifty years after his death Born 14 or (1503-12-21) 21 December 1503 Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Provence, Kingdom of France Died 1 or ...
Nostradamus Centuries, 1568. Les Prophéties (The Prophecies) is a collection of prophecies by French physician Nostradamus, the first edition of which appeared in 1555 by the publishing house Macé Bonhomme. His most famous work is a collection of poems, quatrains, united in ten sets of verses ("Centuries") of 100 quatrains each. [1] [2]
A quatrain is a type of stanza, or a complete poem, consisting of four lines. [1]Existing in a variety of forms, the quatrain appears in poems from the poetic traditions of various ancient civilizations including Persia, Ancient India, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, and China, and continues into the 21st century, [1] where it is seen in works published in many languages.
Nostradamus: A quatrain by Nostradamus that stated the "King of Terror" would come from the sky in "1999 and seven months" was frequently interpreted as a prediction of doomsday in July 1999. [150] 18 Aug 1999 The Amazing Criswell: The predicted date of the end of the world, according to this psychic well known for predictions. [151] 11 Sep ...
Many of Nostradamus' quatrains are open-ended and have been postdicted over the centuries to fit various contemporary events. Recycled The prediction is reused again and again in order to match the most recent event. Nostradamus' quatrains have been recycled numerous times. Catch-all The prediction covers more than one possible outcome.
"The name prophet, from the Greek meaning "forespeaker" (πρὸ being used in the original local sense), is an equivalent of the Hebrew Navi, which signifies properly a delegate or mouthpiece of another." [28] Sigmund Mowinckel's account of prophecy in ancient Israel distinguishes seers and prophets - both in their origins and in their functions:
The work became a runaway bestseller and sparked a “Nostradamus boom” in Japanese publishing. [5] On November 5, 1991, Goto published Predictions of Nostradamus: Middle-East Chapter, a description of how Nostradamus’ quatrains pointed to a war in the Middle East. This was his seventh book on the subject, and sold 400,000 copies in 6 months.
The fallacy is often found in modern-day interpretations of the quatrains of Nostradamus. Nostradamus's quatrains are often liberally translated from their original (archaic) French versions, in which their historical context is often lost, and then applied to support the erroneous conclusion that Nostradamus predicted a given modern-day event ...