"In the year 1999 and seven months The Great King of Terror will come from the sky. He will bring back to life the great king of the Mongols [Genghis Khan]. Before and after Mars [the God of war] reigns happily." As if the Y2K bug wasn't enough, the endless End-of-the-World rumors are creating quite a frenzy. The Apocalyptic influence is obvious and can be found in everything from movies and books to products and New Year's Eve plans. "End of Days," the new Arnold Schwarzenegger flick, explores the possibility of the world ending. A score of books by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins in the "Left Behind" series are among many of the newest Apocalypse-based products for advertisers and producers to cash in on. The Apocalypse, meaning "unveiling" and representing the end of the world, has been a fearsome subject toward the end of the past millennium, and the mania has recently settled in modern society, mainly due to prophecies from Nostradamus and the Book of Revelations from the Bible. Nostradamus, the famed French prophet from the late sixteenth century, is well-known for his eerie predictions, some of which have come true: "The young lion will overcome the older one, On the field of combat in a single battle; He will pierce his eyes through a golden cage, Two wounds made one, then he dies a cruel death." King Henry II's death was interpreted from the quatrain - the four-lined verse - with hidden meanings and symbolism. Henry, involved in a joust, bore a large lion on his shield. Comte de Montgomery, his younger opponent, did as well. Montgomery, during the joust, did not lower his lance and the long, wooden pole shattered, sending two large splinters into the king's visor - the "golden cage." One splinter was sent through an eye, the other through his right temple, lodging behind the eye. Both splinters pierced his brain, leaving the king in agonizing pain before his death 10 days later. "The world may end at the end of the millennium," junior Meredith Erdman said. "But I don't think the Nostradamus or Bible prophecies will come true - so many people have put so much into them [the prophecies] and freaked out so much that the prophecies may be self-fulfilled. People may make them come true through their own paranoia." Even after creepy similarities in Nostradamus' predictions and actual occurrences, some are not convinced. "I don't believe it - the world will not end at the millennium change," senior Raymond Chan said. "The end of humans isn't going to be for a long time from now, and it's certainly not going to be from someone bringing Genghis Khan back to life - it'll probably be from an alien takeover or the sun blowing up." Along with Nostradamus' eerie predictions, the Book of Revelations from the Bible has created quite a stir. "It's a possibility that the world will end soon, but I don't think it will come at the end of the millennium," sophomore Kari Harlow said. "The earthquakes and wars have started - other signs, like the three days of darkness, may appear soon as well." Harlow is not alone in her beliefs. In a recent "Newsweek" survey, some 40 percent of U.S. adults said that they believed the world will end as foretold: in a battle of Armageddon between Jesus and the Antichrist, as predicted in the Bible, very soon. Nostradamus' and the Bible's predictions are considered credible sources by many - for example, an Apocalyptic prediction for the millennium: "The year the great seventh number is accomplished, Appearing at the time of the great games of slaughter: Not far from the age of the great millennium, When the dead will come out of their graves." Will the world actually end at the end of this millennium? The credibility of the prophecy can only be determined by an individual's own beliefs and fears.