In many nations where Spanish influence is prevalent, rather than Friday the 13th being unlucky, it is Tuesday the 13th that holds that honor.
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A day when superstitions rule and every setback can be chocked up to bad luck. And how did we begin to consider Friday 13th as unlucky?
Mark Twain was allegedly once invited to be the 13th guest at a dinner party.
The fear and superstition surrounding Friday the 13th is costly.
Why are we so scared of Friday the 13th? A few Christians believe Friday is unlucky because it’s the day Jesus was crucified, and 13 signifies the number of guests at the Last Supper, with the infamous Judas being the 13th person seated at the table.
Another reason people fear the number is that historically it was believed a coven of witches had 13 members.(Mental Floss) Witchcraft was a major source of anxiety and fear in centuries past. A 1993 study published in the British Medical Journal recommended people stay home, finding that the risk of being hospitalized after a traffic accident increased 52 per cent on Friday the 13th. “My first No. 1 song had a 13-second intro”, the singer told MTV in a 2009 interview. Seven years of bad luck, good things in your past.
“When you’re taught a negative superstition like Friday the 13th, it brings its own anxieties with it. Once you’re aware of it, once it comes to mind, if you’ve acquired that belief at all or you’ve been exposed to it, then suddenly you become anxious simply because you’re now aware of it and have to deal with it”.
The band Black Sabbath released its debut album on Friday, February 13, 1970.
A NASA report says a large asteroid will fly close enough to the Earth to be visible without a telescope in Africa, Europe and Asia on Friday, April 13, 2029. Whilst 28% of United Kingdom streets fail to include a Number 13 house, if you find one that does, you may save up to £4,000 for your bravery, according to Zoopla. The word for fear of the number 13 is “triskaidekaphobia”.
Paraskevidekatriaphobia – from the Greek words paraskeví (meaning “Friday”), and dekatreís (meaning “thirteen”).
-There have been 12 Friday the 13th movies, the last of which appeared in 2009. Tuesday is feared because it is the day of the week associated with the Roman god of war, Mars.
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