why do we watch horror movies on Friday the thirteen? what is friday the thirteenth?

Answer 1

Because you have submitted to the will of the devil.
To believe that 13 is a bad number; that is devilish.
To watch horror movies, another devilish trait.

Answer 2

It says that there is no true date that Friday the thirteenth can be linked to as starting but many historians quote this instance in history:

"That it started on Friday, October 13, 1307, the date that many Knights Templar were simultaneously arrested in France, by agents of King Philip IV.”

There is also information in Nordic lore regarding a grand banquet at Valhalla at which Loki (the god of mischief) shows up uninvited as the 13th guest at said banquet. Needless to say someone ends up dying.

Or for biblical reference some site the fact that Judas (who "betrayed" Jesus) was the 13th guest at the last supper (which was a Passover Seder).

Nifty Facts about Friday the 13th:

-January 13, 2006, and October 13, 2006, were not only Fridays, but the digits in the month, day, and year of each date add up to 13. This last occurred on October 13, 1520, and will next occur on May 13, 2011.

-There is an almost uncanny occurrence (at least in recent years) of the full moon falling on or very close to a Friday the 13th. July 13th, 1984, February 13th, 1987, March 13th, 1998, October 13th, 2000 were all full moons. June 13th, 2003 and January 13th, 2006 were the days before a full moon, and June 13th, 2014 and January 13th, 2017 occur slightly after the full moon. Friday, September 13th, 2019 will be the next year to contain a full moon on a Friday the 13th.

-The asteroid 99942 Apophis will make its close encounter on Friday, April 13, 2029.
Every year has at least one month with Friday the 13th.

Notable births and deaths on Friday the 13th:

Born on Friday the 13th Date of Birth
Alfred Hitchcock August 13, 1899
Georges Simenon February 13, 1903
Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen January 13, 1911
Margaret Thatcher October 13, 1925
Fidel Castro August 13, 1926
T. J. Cloutier October 13, 1939
Steve Buscemi December 13, 1957
Julia Louis-Dreyfus January 13, 1961
Michelle Sara Cox December 13, 1974
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen June 13, 1986

And a fear of Friday the 13th is called Triskaidekaphobia or Paraskavedekatriaphobia.

Answer 3

I read a little about numerology (occult science of numbers); 12 is considered a "perfect" number and 13 ruins the perfection somehow by adding another.

I heard two different stories about Friday the 13th. One says that it's the day that Judas betrayed Jesus. Also, Jesus plus the 12 Apostles equals 13.

I also heard Friday the 13th is the day that King Phillip IV of Spain had the leaders of the Knights Templars arrested on trumped up charges. Apparently, the King owed them a lot of money, so he accused them of crimes such as worshiping the devil and homosexuality and got them locked up or executed. He had tricked them into attending a big conference with him beforehand, and most or all of their most important leaders were caught. They were a very powerful group until then.

Answer 4

one source....

Ominous Number

So how did Friday the 13th become such an unlucky day?

Dossey, also a folklore historian and author of Holiday Folklore, Phobias and Fun, said fear of Friday the 13th is rooted in ancient, separate bad-luck associations with the number 13 and the day Friday. The two unlucky entities ultimately combined to make one super unlucky day.

Dossey traces the fear of 13 to a Norse myth about 12 gods having a dinner party at Valhalla, their heaven. In walked the uninvited 13th guest, the mischievous Loki. Once there, Loki arranged for Hoder, the blind god of darkness, to shoot Balder the Beautiful, the god of joy and gladness, with a mistletoe-tipped arrow.

"Balder died and the whole Earth got dark. The whole Earth mourned. It was a bad, unlucky day," said Dossey. From that moment on, the number 13 has been considered ominous and foreboding.

There is also a biblical reference to the unlucky number 13. Judas, the apostle who betrayed Jesus, was the 13th guest to the Last Supper.

Meanwhile, in ancient Rome, witches reportedly gathered in groups of 12. The 13th was believed to be the devil.

Thomas Fernsler, an associate policy scientist in the Mathematics and Science Education Resource Center at the University of Delaware in Newark, said the number 13 suffers because of its position after 12.

According to Fernsler, numerologists consider 12 a "complete" number. There are 12 months in a year, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 gods of Olympus, 12 labors of Hercules, 12 tribes of Israel, and 12 apostles of Jesus.

In exceeding 12 by 1, Fernsler said 13's association with bad luck "has to do with just being a little beyond completeness. The number becomes restless or squirmy."

Answer 5

heres my explanation for what friday 13th is...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.

On the other hand, one of the earliest concrete taboos associated with the number 13 — a taboo still observed by some superstitious folks today, evidently — is said to have originated in the East with the Hindus, who believed, for reasons I haven't been able to ascertain, that it is always unlucky for 13 people to gather in one place — say, at dinner. Interestingly enough, precisely the same superstition has been attributed to the ancient Vikings (though I have also been told, for what it's worth, that this and the accompanying mythographical explanation are apocryphal). The story has been laid down as follows:

Loki, the Evil One

Twelve gods were invited to a banquet at Valhalla. Loki, the Evil One, god of mischief, had been left off the guest list but crashed the party, bringing the total number of attendees to 13. True to character, Loki raised hell by inciting Hod, the blind god of winter, to attack Balder the Good, who was a favorite of the gods. Hod took a spear of mistletoe offered by Loki and obediently hurled it at Balder, killing him instantly. All Valhalla grieved. And although one might take the moral of this story to be "Beware of uninvited guests bearing mistletoe," the Norse themselves apparently concluded that 13 people at a dinner party is just plain bad luck.

Answer 6

Friday the 13th is the day the Roman Catholic Church had the Knights Templars killed because the Knights were becoming too powerful and the Church did not like that. So now it is a bad day.

Answer 7

Day of the goddess Freya, called unlucky by Christian monks, because everything associated with female divinity was so called. Friday the 13th was said to be especially unlucky because it combined the goddess's sacred day with her secred number drawn from the 13 months of the pagan lunar calendar.

Answer 8

The king of France and the Pope conspired against the Knights Templar and all the knights were arrested on Friday the 13th. Most were tortured and executed

Answer 9

I really don't know what you guys make out of this, but I was born on Friday the 13th. : ). Check it up if you want. August Friday 13, 1982. And I'm the operation manager of my organization. I don't think thats unlucky or evil of me : )

Answer 10

the superstition comes from the fact that Jesus was crucified on Friday and there were 13 people present, himself, and his 12 disciples at the last supper that he had with them