Was Friday the 13th anything before the movies came out or did the movie give the date its fame?
2006-10-12 18:16:11 · 12 answers · asked by newyorktocountry 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
Although most of us would probably affirm that superstition's
role in Western culture is now a much diminished one, more a source of amusement than anything else, there are still those who allow their trepidation over particular days or dates to prevent them from engaging in their choice of activities. We may make jokes about Friday the 13th and only kiddingly instruct loved ones to exercise greater care on that day, but those who suffer from a fear of the number thirteen (triskaidekaphobia) or a fear of Friday the 13th (paraskevidekatriaphobia) may genuinely feel limited by the rumored potential for ill luck connected with the date.
The reasons why Friday came to be regarded as a day of bad luck have been obscured by the mists of time — some of the more common theories link it to a significant event in Christian tradition said to have taken place on Friday, such as the Crucifixion, Eve's offering the apple to Adam in the Garden of Eden, the beginning of the Great Flood, or the confusion at the Tower of Babel. Chaucer alluded to Friday as a day on which bad things seemed to happen in the Canterbury Tales as far back as the late 14th century ("And on a Friday fell all this mischance"), but references to Friday as a day connected with ill luck generally start to show up in Western literature around the mid-17th century:
* "Now Friday came, you old wives say, Of all the week's the unluckiest day." (1656)
From the early 19th century onward, examples abound of Friday's being considered a bad day for all sorts of ordinary tasks, from writing letters to conducting business and receiving medical treatment:
2006-10-12 18:18:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure, but I can tell you it is just another day of the year. I do like the movie though, I fell in love with the name Jason from the Friday the 13th movie and that is what I named my son.
2006-10-12 18:20:16 · answer #2 · answered by Tammy G 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it's always been a superstitious day. You know some apartment buildings go from floor # 12 to floor # 14 because no one wants to live on the 13th floor. Tis true.
2006-10-12 18:19:41 · answer #3 · answered by starrynight1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
13 was already an unlucky number.
Friday the 13th just gave the general population something more to be superstitious about.
2006-10-12 18:18:56 · answer #4 · answered by wishwash06 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All 13 are equally bad for us - the humans. The nature does care a damn
2006-10-12 18:24:36 · answer #5 · answered by hulo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No i become no longer born on friday the thirteenth i don't have a fave friday the thirteenth action picture If no longer the rest is on television then i visit computer screen friday the thirteenth Friday the thirteenth hasn't been fortunate or unlucky for me.
2016-10-19 07:37:48 · answer #6 · answered by harte 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's been something since 1307.
2006-10-12 18:24:12 · answer #7 · answered by Mariposa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is right 13 th Friday.this is like another day of the week.
2006-10-12 19:25:23 · answer #8 · answered by adela_hantaru 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah... for centuries
it goes back to the teachings of the free masons.
2006-10-12 18:24:55 · answer #9 · answered by USMCstingray 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HAPPY FRIDAY THE 13th IT IS A LUCKY DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-10-12 18:26:00 · answer #10 · answered by Brandy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋