August 12th, 2010
Friday, August 13th, Unlucky?, Superstition? Forklore?
I had not thought about this superstition for a long time. Today it came to mind when I realized that I would be traveling tomorrow, Friday, the 13th. Even though I don’t believe that it’s an unlucky day to do anything risky like flying, I cannot help to wonder.
Fear of Friday the 13th is calleld friggatriskaidekaphobia. Frigga is Friday and triskaidekaphobia comes from a combination of 2 Greek words attached to phobia.
In the Gregorian calendar this occurs at least once a month, but at most 3 times a year. Any month’s 13th day will fall on a Friday if the month starts on a Sunday.
Before the 19th century no written evidence for that superstition existed. But in numerology, the #12 is considered the number of completeness; 12 months of the year, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 hours of the clock, 12 tribes of Israel, 12 Apostles of Jesus, 12 god of Olympus and on and on.
The #13 is irregular, Remember Black Friday?
Just a thought; Superstition, forklore?…..
Talk to you later…..
Information for this post taken from Wikipedia.
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