The day is Friday the 13th as all we known that means unlucky day (or) bad luck .The number of 13 is therefore associated with Judas Iscariot, Christ’s betrayer,The union of day and date has also been traced back to King Philip IV of France arresting hundreds of knights templar on Friday 13 October on 1307.
‘Unlucky’ Friday
For the hundreds of years, Friday has been considered an unluckiest day of the week.In Britain, Friday was once known as Hangman’s Day because it was usually when people who had been condemned to death would be hanged them .
Is Fear of Friday 13th
A combination of Friday and the number 13 as a day of particularly bad luck seems to be a relatively recent tradition – perhaps about only 100 years old.There is a special word for the fear of Friday 13th – paraskevidekatriaphobia or Triskaidekaphobia.
Unclear Why it is Feared
Historians believe that the superstitions surrounding in the late 19th century. The 1st documented mention of the day can be found in a biography of Italian composer Gioachino Rossini, he died on a Friday 13th. A book in 1907 , Friday the Thirteenth, by Thomas Lawson, may have further perpetuated the superstition.
The Fear is so Real
The fear of Friday 13th is also called friggatriskaidekaphobia or paraskevidekatriaphobia comes from Frigg, the Norse goddess of wisdom after whom Friday is named, the Greek words triskaideka, meaning 13, and phobia, the meaning fear.
Very Common!
Experts say that friggatriskaidekaphobia affects several folks and estimate that companies, particularly airlines suffer from severe losses on Friday the thirteenth.You can see several high-rise buildings, hotels, and hospitals skip the thirteenth floor and plenty of airports don’t have gates numbered thirteen. In several elements of the planet, also as having thirteen folks at the dining table is taken into account unhealthy luck.
