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Today is the the third 13 th we had on Friday this Year. This is a maximum number of times it can happen in a Year. People who fear from number 13 are called Triskaidekaphobic.
The superstition still reigns today, hotels will omit a 13th floor, folks will cancel travel plans, some won’t even get of bed on Friday the 13th. People will avoid shopping on Friday the 13th because they feel it is a bad luck. Just think we will only have to face a Friday the 13th once this year, and in 2009…well there are three of them.
Here are some reason why people fear the 13th:
1. Some speculate that a fear of the number 13 is the reason we recognize only 12 constellations in the Zodiac, omitting a thirteenth Ophiuchus, the Serpent Holder.
2. The ancient Hebrews thought 13 was unlucky because the thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet is the letter M, which is the first letter in the word “mavet,” meaning death.
3. Belief that 13 is unlucky because it follows 12, which in ancient Babylonia, China, and Rome was considered to be a lucky number associated with completion and perfection.
4. Bakers Dozen, some believed that the baker’s would add a half loaf as a token to Satan to assure that the other twelve would turn out good. London bakers were subject to harsh penalties if they were caught selling bread in what was called short weight that the bakers would add the extra loaf to avoid the punishment.
5. A perfect coven consists of 13 witches.
6. A dinner party should not have 13 guests, the old belief that the first to rise would be the first to die, this belief goes back to the Last Supper where Judas was the first to rise and the first to die. A hostess who has only 13 guests will request that they all rise together so that none of her friends will die during the following year.
7. The Last Supper had 13 in attendance, Judas was the first to rise and the first to die.
8. The Norse God Odin had a party for 11 demigods, including himself, Loki arrived uninvited and when Baldr, Odin’s second son, tried to remove Loki, Baldr was murdered. Therefore 13 was unlucky.
9. The arrest and murders of the Knights Templar was planned and executed on October 13, 1307.
- 10. In a male dominate society 13 is considered a feminine number therefore it is unlucky.
