What made Friday the 13th so bad?
2006-10-12 16:45:18 · 14 answers · asked by diamonds_are_love 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
http://watchtower.org/e/20020801/article_01.htm
2006-10-13 10:35:37 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting side note. Any month that begins on a Sunday will contain a Friday the 13th.
2006-10-12 23:59:45 · answer #2 · answered by raven_21633 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I had always been told that it was because of the 13 people at the Last Supper. However, there appears to be a bunch of different ideas on this one ...
And happy Friday the 13th! :-)
2006-10-12 23:47:45 · answer #3 · answered by rainbow_doe 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One of them is that the branches of the Knights Templar were all attacked at the same time on Friday the 13th. Those that escaped death ran into hiding and vanished.
2006-10-14 14:53:36 · answer #4 · answered by sakira_starwolf 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something with the crusades.
"There have been a number of events known as "Black Fridays" in history. Usually, these events are devastating. Some historians propose that the origin of the "Black Friday" was the simultaneous arrest of hundreds of Knights Templars on October 13, 1307 (Friday), to be later tortured into "admitting" heresy."
2006-10-13 00:03:09 · answer #5 · answered by Meatwad 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well on Friday October The 13th in the year 1303 the POPE yeah the catholic leader sent out a papal order to execute all knights Templar on that day. they were condemned by the pope for worshipping Satan. turns out that what he really killed them for is that the knights Templar had a huge fortune in the way they did their business. and pope Gregory knew that the church itself was about to go bankrupt, because the knights were operating with church orders if they got wiped out all the treasure would go back up to the pope and the main church. so really the lead christian of all Christians of that time ordered the death of a large mass of people only to get their money. that's the facts check them out yourself. look up knights Templar. hope this helps
mournyngwolf
solitary practitioner of Wicca and wizardry
oh and its a wierd coincidence that the thirteenth card in tarot cards is the death card.
2006-10-13 00:11:43 · answer #6 · answered by mournyngwolf 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in history people hav always associated the number 13 with the devil. thirteen is said to be bad luck and most buildings dont even hav a thirteenth floor. also, friday is supposed to be the traditionally most "gothic" or "demonic" day of the week because jesus was supposed to hav died on a friday and that is supposedly the devils work. not my opinion but anyways... put the two together and you get sumthing utterly demonic and scary. thats why friday the thirteenth is so "bad". but then there is people like me who treat it as a holiday. =]]
2006-10-12 23:50:17 · answer #7 · answered by shii shii 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Friday the 13th is a day fraught with peril
whatever that means thats what i heard, but i never really got it......so ya
2006-10-12 23:51:46 · answer #8 · answered by kool_ann0701 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Friday the 13th is no difference to friday the 1st,2nd,3rd,4th ---to friday the 31st....Its only mind instill...If you give too much thought to it then it'll make you dread that date and make you hysterical.
2006-10-13 00:05:30 · answer #9 · answered by james ian h 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Templars who were all killed by the King of France.
It's the "original, original, original" Friday the 13th.
That's where it really came from.
Anyhoo, hundreds were tortured, killed, burned, etc., etc.
It was absolutely horrifying and, in my opinion, very unjust.
Check out wikipedia.org for more on it.
2006-10-13 00:20:47 · answer #10 · answered by Nicole 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Paraskevidekatriaphobia: Fear of Friday the 13th
This superstition stems from the events that took place on Friday, October 13, 1307. On that day, the Pope of the Roman Catholic church, in combination with the King of France, sentenced the "the Knights Templar" to death and ordered the torture and crucifixion of their leader.
The number 13 are as ancient as the act of counting. Primitive man had only his 10 fingers and two feet to represent units, this explanation goes, so he could count no higher than 12. What lay beyond that — 13 — was an impenetrable mystery to our prehistoric forebears, hence an object of superstition.
To the ancient Egyptians, these sources tell us, life was a quest for spiritual ascension which unfolded in stages — 12 in this life and a 13th beyond, thought to be the eternal afterlife. The number 13 therefore symbolized death — not in terms of dust and decay, but as a glorious and desirable transformation. Though Egyptian civilization perished, the symbolism conferred on the number 13 by its priesthood survived, only to be corrupted by subsequent cultures who came to associate 13 with a fear of death instead of a reverence for the afterlife.
Other sources speculate that the number 13 may have been purposely vilified by the founders of patriarchal religions in the early days of western civilization because it represented femininity. Thirteen had been revered in prehistoric goddess-worshiping cultures, we are told, because it corresponded to the number of lunar (menstrual) cycles in a year (13 x 28 = 364 days). The "Earth Mother of Laussel," for example — a 27,000-year-old carving found near the Lascaux caves in France often cited as an icon of matriarchal spirituality — depicts a female figure holding a cresent-shaped horn bearing 13 notches. As the solar calendar triumphed over the lunar with the rise of male-dominated civilization, it is surmised, so did the number 12 over the number 13, thereafter considered anathema.
The sixth day of the week has often been considered unlucky, as has the number 13. The combination, which occurs one to three times a year, leads to the inevitable superstition.
Unlucky Friday + Unlucky 13 = Unluckier Friday.
Several other theories:
- Some say the number 13 was purposely vilified by the priests of patriarchal religions because it represented femininity. 13 corresponded to the number of lunar (menstrual) cycles in a year, and the number was revered in prehistoric goddess-worshipping cultures.
- Hindus believed that it was unlucky for 13 people to gather in one place. This conviction was shared by the ancient Scandinavians.
- Many biblical events of negative import supposedly occurred on a Friday, including the ejection of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, the start of the Great Flood (Noah's), and the crucifixion of Jesus.
- Christians also noted that twelve witches plus one devil are present at Satanic ceremonies so Friday and 13 make a deadly combination.
The Devil's Dozen
It is said: If 13 people sit down to dinner together, all will die within the year. The Turks so disliked the number 13 that it was practically expunged from their vocabulary (Brewer, 1894). Many cities do not have a 13th Street or a 13th Avenue. Many buildings don't have a 13th floor. If you have 13 letters in your name, you will have the devil's luck (Jack the Ripper, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy and Albert De Salvo all have 13 letters in their names). There are 13 witches in a coven.
- Tale of H.M.S. Friday ... One hundred years ago, the British government sought to quell once and for all the widespread superstition among seamen that setting sail on Fridays was unlucky. A special ship was commissioned, named "H.M.S. Friday." They laid her keel on a Friday, launched her on a Friday, selected her crew on a Friday and hired a man named Jim Friday to be her captain. To top it off, H.M.S. Friday embarked on her maiden voyage on a Friday, and was never seen or heard from again.
Facts:
1. A study published in the British Medical Journal in 1993 entitled "Is Friday the 13th Bad for Your Health?" With the aim of mapping "the relation between health, behaviour, and superstition surrounding Friday 13th in the United Kingdom," its authors compared the ratio of traffic volume to the number of automobile accidents on two different days, Friday the 6th and Friday the 13th, over a period of years.
Incredibly, they found that in the region sampled, while consistently fewer people chose to drive their cars on Friday the 13th, the number of hospital admissions due to vehicular accidents was significantly higher than on "normal" Fridays.
Their conclusion:
"Friday 13th is unlucky for some. The risk of hospital admission as a result of a transport accident may be increased by as much as 52 percent. Staying at home is recommended."
2. Some sources say it may be the most widespread superstition in the United States. Some people won't go to work on Friday the 13th; some won't eat in restaurants; many wouldn't think of setting a wedding on the date.
3. Just how many Americans at the turn of the millennium still suffer from this condition? According to Dr. Donald Dossey, a psychotherapist specializing in the treatment of phobias (and coiner of the term "paraskevidekatriaphobia"), the figure may be as high as 21 million. If he's right, eight percent of Americans are still in the grips of a very old superstition.
Paradox:
- 13 is considered lucky by many!! Loto, lottery winners are those who bought their tickets on friday the 13th---there are a lot of such cases.
- Business or trip venture started on friday 13th have been fruitful/beneficial/properous to many.
- People who believe in the lucky 13 have invested in new house/lodge,etc on a friday 13th...or even got a plot number13...or house number13... Their income/profit have been very high....Their rent have been paid duely and got over it very quickly
Lucky or Unlucky: It depends on the attitude...thinking...lookout...and way of life
Sit back n relax... Cheers!
2006-10-13 05:35:17 · answer #11 · answered by ky11 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋