2006-10-23 08:20:09 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
fear of Friday the 13th
The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia (from the Greek παρασκευοδεκατριοφοβία and alternate spellings include paraskavidekatriaphobia or paraskevidekatriaphobia) or friggatriskaidekaphobia, and is a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a phobia (fear) of the number thirteen.
2006-10-23 08:22:36 · answer #1 · answered by tampico 6 · 35⤊ 2⤋
What Is Paraskevidekatriaphobia
2017-01-11 15:51:16 · answer #2 · answered by elks 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Friday occurring on the 13th day of any month is considered to be a day of bad luck in English and Portuguese-speaking cultures around the globe. Similar superstitions exist in some other traditions. In Greece and Spain, for example, Tuesday the 13th takes the same role. The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia (from the Greek παρασκευοδεκατριοφοβία and alternate spellings include paraskavidekatriaphobia or paraskevidekatriaphobia) or friggatriskaidekaphobia, and is a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a phobia (fear) of the number thirteen.
2006-10-23 08:44:46 · answer #3 · answered by Miss LaStrange 5 · 6⤊ 3⤋
Fear of Friday the 13th m'lady.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=What+is+Paraskevidekatriaphobia%3F&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
" A Friday occurring on the 13th day of any month is considered to be a day of bad luck in many superstitions around the globe. Similar superstitions exist in some other traditions. In Spain, for example, Tuesday the 13th takes the same role. The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia or paraskevidekatriaphobia, a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a phobia (fear) of the number thirteen. "
2006-10-23 08:22:28 · answer #4 · answered by Fluffy 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
A Friday occurring on the 13th day of any month is considered to be a day of bad luck in English and Portuguese-speaking cultures around the globe. Similar superstitions exist in some other traditions. In Greece and Spain, for example, Tuesday the 13th takes the same role. The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia (from the Greek παρασκευοδεκατριοφοβία and alternate spellings include paraskavidekatriaphobia or paraskevidekatriaphobia) or friggatriskaidekaphobia, and is a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a phobia (fear) of the number thirteen.
2006-10-23 08:23:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 4⤋
it is an irrational fear for friday the 13th.
2006-10-23 08:22:37 · answer #6 · answered by shriharshb 2 · 5⤊ 4⤋
where would you have possibly read this word, where it didnt explain what it meant?
nobody uses a word like that and expects people to know what it means, especially spelled correctly.
why bother asking questions you already know the answer to?
2006-10-23 08:28:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 22⤊ 22⤋