We've got one coming up in 8 days time. HELP!!!!
2007-04-04 21:09:52 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Friday the 13th is supposed to be a very lucky day - there are fewer road accidents on this day than any other.
Friday 13th superstition was established after the King of France captured and killed all the Knights Templar on that day!
2007-04-04 21:23:20 · answer #1 · answered by stigy_dog 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally no not myself as ive not experienced any misfortune on that day "touch wood".
DO YOU suffer from paraskevidekatriaphobia? This long-winded word is not a wind-up, but the psychological term for the morbid and irrational fear of Friday the 13th. This date has been regarded as the "devil's day" in Scotland and other cultures from the ancient Egyptians to Christians. But how has this happened and what are the reasons behind the day's demonic status? The day Friday and the number 13 have been associated with bad luck for thousands of years, but it is only in recent history that the two have been amalgamated.
The DAY Friday is feared for the following reasons:- As the day of Jesus's crucifixion, the great flood in which Noah prevailed, Solomon's temple fell and the day when Cain killed his brother Abel. It is also believed by some to be the day in the Bible when Eve gave Adam the forbidden apple, further demonising the feminine form.
The NUMBER 13:- The ancient Norse people believed that having 13 people at a dinner party was bad luck and this myth was enhanced by the story of Jesus's death. The Last Supper was attended by Jesus and his Twelve Disciples. It was here that Jesus prophesised one among them would betray him to his death. In Leonardo Da Vinci's famous interpretation of the event, Judas Iscariot is the 13th person present.
Number 13 has now become embedded in popular culture as a sign of bad luck. In Edinburgh, the Bonham Hotel and the Malmaison are without rooms with number 13 on the door, while Glasgow Royal Infirmary is not so suspicious, with its outpatients using ward 13. But should we take any notice of this number?
did you knows?
1. The doomed space mission Apollo 13, made into a feature film with Tom Hanks, was launched on 13 April at 13:13 local time, while a recent interpretation of the number has brought another interesting, if unsettling point.
2. Several serial killers have 13 letters in their names: Jack the Ripper, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer and Theodore (Ted) Bundy all have this honour. In a strange coincidence, so do the words Prime Minister.
2007-04-05 10:33:06 · answer #2 · answered by Mystic Magic 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm superstitious about certain things like walking under a ladder, spilling salt, crossing on the stairs, shoes on the table etc but I'm not superstitious about Friday 13th as nothing ever bad has happened to me on Friday 13th. Hope I didn't speak too soon !
2007-04-05 21:20:28 · answer #3 · answered by EmmaB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
13 was considered a good number, before the Christians got to it. Friday is Freya's day, and 13 is the number of months in the Lunar calendar. I never heard about the stuff about the Templars before... The way I always heard it was depending on which way you want to look at it, Jesus was number 13 at the table, or Judas was....
But if you insist, get yourself a nice rabbits foot to invoke Eostre's protection, look for a 4 leaf clover for the 4 elements, and for Pete's sake, don't walk under any ladders :)
2007-04-04 22:56:30 · answer #4 · answered by beatlefan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No I am not because like the left hand (the female side) is considered sinister ,13 is considered sinister because it is female, Venus rules Friday and 13 is ruled by the Goddess, when they chased Diana out of her grove, and stopped worshiping Mother Earth and most religions started honouring only the male aspect, they destroyed the Goddess culture by making us fearful of She/Her our female aspect.
When we stopped respecting the female part of our nature we started polluting and destroying our rivers, the sea, and earth (all female). We could start honouring both and bring balance to the earth, and respect and love to all mankind. So give Friday the 13th a big girly hug and the v sign for peace to 51% of earths people and the rest. Love and light.
2007-04-05 12:51:28 · answer #5 · answered by loislane 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Did you know that this coming Friday 13th is the 700th anniversary of the purge of the Knights Templar, the reason that Friday 13th is unlucky?
2007-04-06 04:12:55 · answer #6 · answered by Stuart MacAllister 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This superstition arose from the massacre of the Templars by the King of France and the Pope. It was a monstrous, brutal act which certainly deserves to be remembered lest the same stuff happens again.
But it's past. It has no relevance to our modern lives.
Forget it!
2007-04-04 21:28:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, not at all.. I wear the # 13 in my ear, I have a standard # in some raffles and it is the #13.. As for Friday the 13th, my eldest daughter was born on that day... It is a very magickal day for me... BB.. )O(
2007-04-04 21:27:05 · answer #8 · answered by Bunge 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well as i have said before ther many super doings for the thirteenth ,It 's believed to have started with 13 guys around the last table the 13th being judas (whom later, dobbed the great man himself in Hence it being called the last supper.as it say's in latin Something on the words 'ONE OF YOU ARE ABOUT TO BETRAY ME ' ... but to all those religious folk out there bless you all i mean no harm,,for the giy who wrote in well its up to the individual /s what they believe in (or conditioned to believe in) me well i am the other side of XXXtyand i either take it or leave it , it's just another day,darlin you will be ok stop worrying,
2007-04-08 12:44:17 · answer #9 · answered by tella 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no longer some thing superstitious about it, similar as the different day, perhaps merely holds undesirable success in case you've self assurance in it. the terror of Friday the thirteenth is termed friggatriskaidekaphobia (Frigga being the call of the Norse goddess for whom "Friday" is termed and triskaidekaphobia meaning concern of the large kind 13
2016-12-03 07:57:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋