The prophecy for 2012 tells that the world is going to end on dec, 2012. Half of the people of the world belives this and the other half thinks its just a mith because for years people were stating that the world is comeing to an end.
How do we know if this is the real time that its going to happen? In the book of oedipus the people of theibes are going against there town comeing to an end because of the black plaque. Also there is a main prophecy in the bool thats stated oedipus is going to marry his mother and kill his father, which has sadly came true but he doesnt know it yet.
so the orical tells him and he doesnt want to believe it at all then the orical said "i pity you, flinging at me the very isults each each man here will fling at you soon" tiresias p.278