2006-10-30 10:56:03 · 6 answers · asked by Nicolette 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Triskaidekaphobia is a fear of the number 13. It is usually considered to be a superstition. A specific fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia or friggatriskaidekaphobia.
Thirteen may be considered a "bad" number simply because it is one more than 12, which is a popularly used number in many cultures (possibly due to it being a highly composite number). When a group of 13 objects is divided into two, three, four or six equal groups, there is always one leftover object.
Some Christian traditions have it that at the Last Supper Judas, the disciple who betrayed Jesus, was the 13th to sit at the table, and that for this reason 13 is considered to carry a curse of sorts.
Fear of 13 has also been linked to that fact that a lunisolar calendar must have 13 months in some years, while the solar Gregorian calendar and lunar Islamic calendar always have 12 months in a year.
Triskaidekaphobia may have also affected the Vikings — it is believed that Loki in the Norse pantheon was the 13th god. This was later Christianized in some traditions into saying that Satan was the 13th angel.
The Mesopotamian Code of Hammurabi (ca. 1686 BC) omits 13 in its numbered list. This seems to indicate a superstition existed long before the Christian era.
2006-10-30 11:39:20 · answer #1 · answered by Polo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its 12 + 1? Its just a number for f*ck sake.
2006-10-30 19:05:43 · answer #2 · answered by Andoo W 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was my jersey number for years and I currently live on the 13th floor
2006-10-30 18:59:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nothing, it's a number like of the others. Nothing mystical or magical about it.
2006-10-30 19:02:48 · answer #4 · answered by newyorkgal71 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a bakers dozen
2006-10-31 09:52:50 · answer #5 · answered by merlin 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you turn it around, it's up side down!
2006-10-30 18:58:43 · answer #6 · answered by Deprie 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋