Why is it seen as THE day of bad luck?
I have heard many different reasons dating centuries ago, i was just interested what everyone else has heard about it.
2007-07-12 20:48:09 · 13 answers · asked by *T*I*N*K*E*R*B*E*L*L* 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
It was the day that the kill order was issued for the Knights Templar
"On October 13, 1307, a day so infamous that Friday the 13th would become a synonym for ill fortune, officers of King Philip IV of France carried out mass arrests in a well-coordinated dawn raid that left several thousand Templars — knights, sergeants, priests, and serving brethren — in chains, charged with heresy, blasphemy, various obscenities, and homosexual practices. None of these charges was ever proven, even in France — and the Order was found innocent elsewhere — but in the seven years following the arrests, hundreds of Templars suffered excruciating tortures intended to force 'confessions,' and more than a hundred died under torture or were executed by burning at the stake."
2007-07-12 20:51:00 · answer #1 · answered by Heather 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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.
The origins of the Friday the 13th superstition have also been linked to the fact there were 13 people at the last supper of Jesus, who was traditionally crucified on Good Friday, but it probably originated only in medieval times.
The phobia is quite amazing. "It's been estimated that [U.S] $800 or $900 million is lost in business on this day because people will not fly or do business they would normally do," said Donald Dossey, founder of the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville, North Carolina.
2007-07-12 21:01:21 · answer #2 · answered by Robert B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the day after Thursday 12th. Traditionally in the British Navy, ships would not leave port on a Friday unless they had to do so. To sail voluntarily was bad luck. 13 has been an unlucky number in many cultures so it was inevitable that the unlucky number and day should be linked. It is a relatively modern tradition to do so, however, reinforced by a large number of very ordinary horror films.
2007-07-12 20:53:45 · answer #3 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Friday because of the Crucifixion
13th because 13 were at the Last Supper (not counting Mary Magdalene)
AND also as mentioned above it was a Friday 13th when The Templars were massacred and their surviving members outlawed.
2007-07-12 20:57:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Romans demonised the two things held sacred by some of the peoples of Britain Friday as it was asosiated with a deity and 13 as it held mystical powers.....the new christian beliefs in the 4th C had to put down all competitors including the number 13 and friday.
2007-07-12 20:52:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard it had something to do with sailing on Friday's or anything having to do with the number 13 was bad luck for sailors.
2007-07-12 20:51:48 · answer #6 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well here is another one for the list which I believe to be the proper one.
There were 13 people at the Last Supper which was on a Friday.
2007-07-12 20:54:40 · answer #7 · answered by ANF 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it came about because of the last supper - Jesus was cruicified on a Friday, and there were 13 at the Last Supper (The 12 Apostles and Jesus)
2007-07-12 20:56:34 · answer #8 · answered by David N 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's said that some people feels that 13 is an unlucky number and friday is an unlucky day. so if you were to put it together.... friday 13th is a very lucky day!!!
tats what i read from somewhere... but i believe there is no historical records...
if u think u r unlucky, everyday can be an unlucky day too! =)
2007-07-12 20:55:40 · answer #9 · answered by Nimeesha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now and again it just turns up, normally between Thursday 12th and Saturday 14th.
I you happen to be flying over the International date line you might miss it or get it twice - depends which direction you fly.
2007-07-12 21:23:35 · answer #10 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋