Why is Friday 13th considered as unlucky day?

Answer 1

Wow, its amazing he number of misconceptions regarding Friday the 13th.

it was on Friday the 13th when the Roman Catholic Church destroyed the Knights Templars. The KT was a powerful group within the Church and was responsible for opening up trade routes from Europe to the Middle East. They also developed the first true banking system to aid travelers, so that travelers did not have to carry large sums of money across Europe, thus avoiding robbery. The KT became so rich and influential that the Catholic Pope decided they were a threat, and conspired to destroy them. The plot was carried out on Friday the 13th. Thus, Friday the 13th became an unlucky day.

Answer 2

The origin of the Friday the 13th superstition has been linked to the belief that there were 13 people at The Last Supper of Jesus, who was crucified on Good Friday, but no evidence has been found that Friday 13th was considered especially unlucky until the 19th century. The number 13, however, has a long history of association with ill-luck. It has been linked to the 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.

Another suggestion is that the belief originated in a Norse myth about twelve gods having a feast in the hall of the sea-god Aegir. The mischievous Loki gate-crashed the party as an uninvited 13th guest and arranged for Hod, the blind god of darkness, to throw a branch of mistletoe at Balder, the god of joy and gladness. Balder was killed instantly and the Earth was plunged into darkness and mourning as a result. This, however, is untenable. The original Old Norse text, the poem Lokasenna in the Edda, mentions 17 gods by name at the feast. Loki is indeed a gatecrasher, but he is not the thirteenth person present. Nor is there any link between this episode and the killing of Balder.

The first explanation, however, seems more relevant to the superstition linked to having 13 people at the same table during a meal. This, recorded at the end of the eighteenth century, is the earliest known instance of the ill-luck of 13 in Britain. The belief was that the first person to rise from the table would be the first to die.

There is also another theory that Friday the 13th of October 1307 was the day that Philip IV of France arrested and subsequenty tortured and killed hundreds of the French Knights Templar to get their money for the French treasury. This theory is used in the factcomic Uncle Scrooge and The Crown Of The Crusader Kings[1] by Don Rosa. Mr. Rosa does here even proof that it wasn't friday the 13th they were arrested. One other note which predates all of the aforementioned is that the first Passover seems to have occurred on Friday the 13th. The death of the firstborns of Egypt occurred on a Shabbat on the 14th of Nisan in the evening. But the Jewish calendar counts days from sunset to sunset so this would have been Friday the 13th in terms of the gentile reckoning of the days. (Exodus 12:6) Feminists have argued that because of the lunar year and Friday being named after a goddess in most European pagan calendars, the fear of Friday the 13th is a patriarchal invention, associating femininity with bad luck. EffectsStrangely, there is evidence to suggest that Friday the 13th is actually unlucky for some. Psychologists have found that some people are especially likely to have accidents or fall ill on Friday the 13th. This has been attributed to such people feeling a heightened state of anxiety on that day. The Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville, North Carolina estimates that in the United States alone, $800 or $900 million is lost in business each Friday the 13th because some people will not travel or go to work. [2]

The date is also well-known in the motorcycle (biker) community: since 1981, motorcycle enthusiasts and vendors gather every Friday the 13th in Port Dover, Ontario, Canada. This tradition started on November 13, 1981 by Chris Simons as a gathering of approximately 25 friends. The event has grown substantially, with an estimated 100,000 people attending in August 2004, as well as music bands, vendors, a bike show, etc.

In the Spanish-speaking world, it is Tuesday the 13th (as well as Tuesdays in general) that brings bad luck; a proverb runs En martes, ni te cases ni te embarques (on Tuesday, neither get married nor start a journey).

Answer 3

this number or day has never been bad luck to me but it was bad luck for one of my cats she was black and white and some one run her over on purpose on 12:05 am on Friday the 13th of Oct many years ago it still makes my little girl cry when she thinks about makes me sad but it was just some one who was mean or superstitious who did it you make your own luck so what ever you believe can happen is what will happens and I don't think you can both serve God and superstition that is why I chose to serve God I have disproved a few superstitions in my life like I broke a mirror once when I was between the age of 13 or 16 some where in there any way I have had a wonderful life!!!! no bad luck oh and my employee number is 13 at work

Also when I was in junior high I rode bus 13 to school on Friday the 13 th and had a great day plus I noticed that in dance class I was dancing in front of table 13 and I had to prove this too I walked under a ladder that day too wow and 27 plus years later I am still a live and well wow imagine that!!!!

oh yeah I have spilled salt so many times I just think beleiving in that stuff is so hog wash it makes me laugh!!!!!

Answer 4

i believe the truth on that story is the fact that the when the movie came out it started a whole new order.they thought of the day friday 13th should be a bad day.and so the story of that day goes on.
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Answer 5

i dont recognize why Friday the thirteenth is an unlucky day, yet i recognize that 13 is an unlucky type there are 13 steps maximum desirable as much as a neuss, and 13 knots on the neuss (sorry i dk the thank you to spell it)

Answer 6

It is said that never change your bed on friday it will bring bad dreams

Answer 7

it is only a believe that 13 is bad luck hasnt happen for me

Answer 8

cuz dat's the day tupac croaked, that and what Antanasia said.

Answer 9

ridiculous really. Don't know why people believe in that krap