Friday 13th...?

Question

i want to know:
the legend of friday the 13th
do you believe in friday the 13th
has anything bad happened to YOU on friday 13th
predictions for a birthday on friday the 13th
???
thanks, i was just curious

Answer 1

One of the most commonly held superstitions in our so-called civilized, educated society is that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day, and since, in this equation, each is held to be unlucky, added together, their sum can only equal double trouble.

The modern basis for the aura that surrounds Friday the 13th stems from Friday October the 13th, 1307. On this date, the Pope of the church in Rome in Conjunction with the King of France, carried out a secret death warrant Against "the Knights Templar". The Templars were terminated as heretics, never again to hold the power that they had held for so long. There Grand Master, Jacques DeMolay, was arrested and before he was killed, was tortured and crucified.

Superstitions swirling around Friday as being lucky or unlucky have existed since ancient times, beginning with the northern nations. Ancient Romans dedicated the sixth day of the week to their beautiful, but vain, goddess Venus, so, when the Norsemen adopted the Roman method of naming days, they naturally adopted Venus as their name for the sixth day of the week. Their closest translation for Venus, Frigg, or Freya, eventually evolved into Friday, a day they considered to be the luckiest day of the week.

From a religious standpoint, Muslims tout Friday as the day Allah created Adam, legend has it that Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, the apple, on a Friday, and later died on a Friday, and Christians consider Friday as the day on which Christ was crucified by the Romans.

The Scandinavian belief that the number 13 signified bad luck sprang from their mythological 12 demigods, who were joined by a 13th demigod, Loki, an evil cruel one, who brought upon humans great misfortune. The number 13, in the Christian faith, is the number of parties at the Last Supper, with the 13th guest at the table being the traitor, Judas. When Christians combine this day and number, the combination can only hold special significance.

Answer 2

Before Lindsay Lohan starred in the Parent Trap and Freaky Friday, she was just another wannabe teenager with a dream of being somebody.

I bring this up because most people bring up the 'history' of Friday the 13th as though it actually settled the matter.

Before people are famous, they are unknown; they don't go back to being 'unknown' afterwards. Likewise, the mass arrest of the Templars on that fateful Friday 13th may have been simply 'unfortunate' at the time, but the interpretation of such, and the constant repetition of the belief that Friday the 13th is unlucky, means that (like our now infamous Lindsay Lohan) Friday 13th isn't just a 'nobody' anymore.

Even with the resurgence in scientific and rational explanations, it does not discount the affect that Friday 13th has become. If you want to examine this scientifically, think of it this way.

Place a board at a 45 degree (or greater) angle. Now, at a random spot on that board, hammer in a nail. Now, take a bag of marbles and upend them at the top of the board. Scientifically, the probability of any marble hitting that nail is quite small. However, what science doesn't take into consideration is that, however small or 'chance-determined' is the result, it is not 'chance' that marbles ARE hitting the nail and responding accordingly. In other words, it is not by CHANCE that a marble is adjusting its course, so no matter how 'small' a percentage, the marble in question IS being affected.

So, just because nothing happened to you, or someone you know, on a Friday 13th does not, ipso facto, mean that the 'power' of Friday 13th is null and void. Just because no bullets have hit doesn't mean someone isn't shooting at you.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

I actually got married on friday the 13th, you can think of it as bad luck or good luck True story.

Answer 5

I think that in a traditional witch coven there would be thirteen members and their Esbats(Sabbaths) were on Fridays. So, for the members, Friday The Thirteenths were special. I'm really not sure if this is correct, though.

Answer 6

i dont belive in the friday 13th is bad i was born on friday 13th

Answer 7

For me friday the 13th is my most lucky day. I don't believe in it.