2006-10-12 08:59:13 · 21 answers · asked by ? 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
triskadekaphobia is the fear of the #13
Friday the 13th is not, however, unlucky. Unless you happen to vacation at Crystal Lake
2006-10-12 09:01:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
As Tim implies, Friday the 13th was considered an unlucky day because that was the date on which Phillip II of France's orders to arrest the Templars was carried out, in 1307.
Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13. (According to Wikipedia, the specific fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia.) It may be an outgrowth of the Friday the 13th thing, or it could have to do with the tie-in with witchcraft. Since there are 13 lunar cycles in a year, the number is considered lucky or sacred to many wiccans. This connection might have something to do with 13 being seen as unlucky or somehow "evil." Unfortunately, modern wiccan tradition stems from limited sources, mostly a from the 20th century, so it's unclear whether people were aware of this idea back in the day when the13 superstition was getting started.
2006-10-12 09:37:06 · answer #2 · answered by Sir N. Neti 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Triskaidekaphobia is a fear of the number 13. A specific fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia or friggatriskaidekaphobia. Friday the 13th was the day all of the Knights of the Templar were arrested in 1307. The Kinghts of the Templar were trying to protect the Christians in a world where Paganism was ruler and Christianity was beginning to bud. The Knights were formed around 1060, but Christians deemed Friday the 13th to be unlucky due to the fact that so many of the Knights protecting them were arrested and killed.
2006-10-12 09:04:27 · answer #3 · answered by Wookie on Water 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Triskadekaphobia is a fear of the number 13.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia is a fear of Friday the 13th.
Neither is unlucky unless you give it the power to be. The fear that Friday the 13th is a bad day dates back to the Knights Templar who were tortured and killed on Friday the 13th
2006-10-12 09:07:07 · answer #4 · answered by Stephen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never found Friday the 13th to be unlucky. In fact I've always had a very pleasant day when it happens to be a Friday and the 13th of the month. I'm actually quite fond of the convergence of that day and number.
2006-10-12 09:02:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
well my mother is a doctor and she said some of the strangest things she has ever seen was on a friday the 13th.. coincidence maybe?? i believe it is unlucky..
also.. my dad was born on a friday the 13th..
fingers partially deformed ( like 'folded' ) from work, partially blind in one eye (incident where huge metal rods went into his eye and it was hanging out of his socket ) had lyme disease, bad knee had to get not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, but 5 knee replacement surgeries, due from a dog bite, had a life threatening blood infection after one of his surgeries.. and they say if this replacement doesnt go well ( all is though, thank god ) it will have to be amputated.. now talk about tough luck
2006-10-12 16:44:51 · answer #6 · answered by risaNaldo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing unlucky about that day is that people made it a day to act wild and do scarey things! I love friday te 13th, it's really fun, but sometimes people do stupid things!
2006-10-12 09:07:37 · answer #7 · answered by sexyblackmomba 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was born on a Friday the 13th... and it is not unlucky,,,,,, but maybe unlucky fr some...a triskadekaphobic person is some one who is afraid of the no 13.
2006-10-13 00:41:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometime in the past, centuries ago, the Knights Templar were rounded up without warning (or much reason) and killed. The date was October 13th, and it was a Friday.
2006-10-12 09:07:43 · answer #9 · answered by Asmodeus 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well...i guess if you believe in it. i don't and didn't..but when i was at school, i tripped off the pavement i had walked on safely for the past three years, and fell onto the road into the way of an oncoming car. fortunately, it was up a hill, and the car was travelling slowly enough to brake. there was a group of us that were the only ones that did a particular course at my school. on the same day, one of them fell down a flight of stairs, and tore her ligament. another fell off a chair..and the fourth was in a slight car accident. a bad friday the 13th for us four i say=(.. coincidentally, only us four
2006-10-12 09:07:10 · answer #10 · answered by abstract 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋