I have always wondered where superstitions come from and what they entail. The most nototrious and common one is that the number 13 is unlucky and that friday the 13th is the most unlucky day. Can anyone elaborate on this and explain where this particular superstition originates?
2007-07-13 05:35:54 · 12 answers · asked by nutty_tart42002 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Cause the pope had all of the Knights of the Templar kill on Friday the 13th, a long time ago.
They sent out secret messages, that everyone was supposed to only open on that day.
He (or she) wanted their power, so they had them all killed.
Brutal isn't it.
2007-07-13 05:43:07 · answer #1 · answered by DRD 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Folklorists think the dread goes back at least a few centuries, and may well trace its roots all the way to Biblical times, when the 13th guest at the Last Supper betrayed Jesus and caused his Crucifixion, which was held on a Friday. Whatever the origin, by the late Middle Ages both Friday and the number 13 were considered bearers of misfortune. That potent combo, more than any specific association with the date, is what has deemed Friday the 13th unlucky.
2007-07-13 05:48:53 · answer #2 · answered by EC21 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this could have originated from different places. The christians held the belief because of the last supper with 13 at the table. Early Norse legends have a myth of gods gathered for a feast but an extra person arrives and results in the death of a beloved god.also there is a rhyme from the sea. on a Friday she was launched ,on a friday she set sail,on a friday met a storm, and was lost in a gale. So as with most superstitions they are a mixture of myth and cultures. Like black cats are lucky in U.K. and unlucky almost everywhere else.
2007-07-13 06:11:21 · answer #3 · answered by starlight 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"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."
2007-07-13 06:00:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard a couple of stories:
The Last Supper which is supposed by popular Christian belief to have been on Thursday, with Judas numbered among the thirteen guests (Jesus plus his 12 apostles), and that the Crucifixion of Jesus which is supposed by popular Christian belief to have occurred on a Friday.
the other i heard had to do with the Knights Templar.
On October 13, 1307, 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, 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.
2007-07-13 05:47:06 · answer #5 · answered by Courtlyn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Friday was regarded by the Norsemen as the luckiest day of the week, when weddings took place, but amongst Christians it has been regarded as the unluckiest, because it was the day of the crucifixion.
In England it is not unlucky to be born on this day, since "Friday's child is loving and giving".
It is held to be a bad day for ships to set sail for sea, but in 1492 Columbus set sail and landed on a Friday!
It has also been called a "hanging day" because it was a common day for executing condemned criminals.
Thirteen was regarded as an unluck number even amongst the Romans, who held it as a sign of death and destruction.(Confirmed by Valhalla and the last supper)
Please read my source for even more information.
2007-07-13 06:00:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A combination of good friday and the number of people at the last supper
2007-07-13 05:39:38 · answer #7 · answered by Chris CB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
13 around the table at the Last Supper. One was Judas
2007-07-13 08:05:24 · answer #8 · answered by Scouse 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi,type in yahoo search friday the 13th click on wilks it makes for good reading.
2007-07-13 05:50:33 · answer #9 · answered by Ollie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because 13 is an odd #.I am not sure about the whole friday thing
2007-07-13 09:05:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋