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    Unlucky Numbers: Where does the Fear of 13 and Friday the 13th come from?

    Source: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/08/19/friday-13th/



    As a species, we are always looking for ways to ease our fears about the chaos of existence. Superstition and ritual are methods we use to help us feel that we have some control over the universe.

    Seeing specific numbers as unlucky may have more to do with our innate fear of the unknown than with the number itself.

    Numbers have played an important role in our understanding of the universe for aeons. The Encyclopaedia Britannica notes that the ancient Babylonians used a numbering system to track the movements of the planets and predict eclipses.

    By the era of the ancient Greeks, numerical mysticism had become a legitimate past time. Perhaps the most famous number cult was that of the Pythagoreans, supporters of Pythagoras and his theories. In amongst their mysticism was the basis for a large portion of modern mathematics and the discovery that musical harmony is based on whole number ratios.

    For most of human history, the number 13 was not considered anything special and in non-Anglo-American cultures, the number 13 does not have any bearing on luck at all.

    In Italy for example, as detailed in National Geographic, the number 17 is unlucky as the roman numerals can be rearranged to spell ‘VIXI’ which translates to ‘I have lived’ or ‘my life is over.’


    Number 17 was considered a bad omen in Italy.

    Due to cultural influences, the number 13 is now getting some traction as being unlucky in Italy but for most it is considered lucky; hitting a jackpot is called ‘fare tredici’ or making thirteen. National Geographic goes on to report that in different parts of the world there are unlucky numbers that are not thirteen.

    In China, for example, the pronunciation of the number four sounds like the Chinese word for ‘death.’ This superstition is so strong that some hotels in China will miss out the fourth floor.


    The fear of the number 4 is known as Tetraphobia.

    In Japan, the number nine is pronounced like the Japanese word for torture or suffering.

    In Afghanistan, the number 39 has the pronunciation like the word for pimp, leading people to avoid this number in licence plates and phone numbers lest they are assumed to be one.

    The Straight Dope traces the fear of 13, called Triskaidekaphobia, back to the Middle Ages where pious theologians noted that Judas Iscariot was the 13th dinner guest at the Last Supper.

    Mental Floss reports that things only got worse for the number 13 when King Philip IV ordered the mass roundup and execution of the Knights Templar on the original Friday the 13th (Friday, October 13, 1307) and, as noted by Mental Floss, the witch trials of the middle ages may also have added to the problem as witches’ covens were reported to have exactly 13 members.


    The execution of the Knights Templar was on Friday the 13th.

    Over at How Stuff Works, they report that Friday 13th is the unluckiest day for businesses, who can lose around $1 billion in revenue due to superstitious types not conducting business on this day. Even some hotels will leave out the 13th floor to accommodate their more superstitious guests.

    The Independent reports that on Friday 13th you are statistically less likely to be injured than any other day, the hypothesis being that, due to superstitions, people tend to be more careful on this day than on any other. In Finland, every year one Friday the 13th is chosen as National Accident Day to raise awareness of automotive safety.

    In numerology circles, 13 is regarded with some hostility due to its numerical position.

    The number 12 is considered a perfect number, representing all that is good, harmonious and complete; by association thirteen represents transgression, taking things too far or creating *********


    The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia, a word derived from the Greek words Paraskeví (Friday), dekatreís (thirteen), and phobía (fear).

    Popular culture has not been kind to the number 13 or indeed Friday the 13th itself. In 1980 the slasher flick Friday the 13th was released which has spawned a total of 12 films in the series. In it a crazed murderer named Jason Voorhees (at least starting from the first sequel) slashes his way through unsuspecting teenagers while wearing a hockey mask, which has since become an iconic maniac motif. Perhaps more than anything else in recent times, the Friday the 13th film franchise has blackened this day and added to the uneasy feeling people get when it comes around on the calendar.

    Today, there are split opinions on whether Friday the 13th is indeed an unlucky day or merely a superstition. But the dominant cultural fear still reigns supreme in many countries and the number 13 still has a ways to go before being accepted into the realm of ordinary, neutral numbers.

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    some hotels and planes even don't have the 13th or 4th room/seat.
    Also, 13 is the electoral number for the socialist party in brazil, so it is even unluckier for some of us.

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    It's considered as lucky for some and unlucky for others in folklore. Maybe this superstitious fear subconsciously stems from a fear of Paganism and Witchcraft as there's 13 witches in each coven, led by a High Priestess and High Priest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coven
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    Erdoğan is 13th President of Turkish Republic so yea

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    Legend tells that when Jacques de Molay, last Grand Master of the Knight Templars, was burned alive (the Knights Templar were destroyed on Friday October 13th, 1307) he uttered a curse on those who had conspired to destroy the Order: Philippe IV of France and the Pope Clement V.

    He said that God would call them to "Judgement" for their crimes against the Templars. Both died within the year.

    The number 13 usually spells horror. Whenever a Friday the 13th swings around during any given calendar year, many who are superstitious do their best to avoid crossing paths with a black cat, walking under ladders and spilling salt.

    Why is the number 13 unlucky though? Well, it depends on where in the world you find yourself. The earliest mention of said date being unlucky seems to come from the 1869 biography of Italian composer Gioachino Rossini.

    He regarded Fridays as being an unlucky day and felt similarly of the number 13, so you can imagine the look on his face when he actually ended up passing away on a Friday the 13th in November in 1868.

    Being Italian though, his countrymen must have regarded his distaste for Fridays the 13th something of oddity, because in Italian popular culture, Friday the 17th is considered an unlucky day, and all those 13s are actually okay in their minds. Here comes another curveball: as usual, the Spanish have their own way of doing things, so they shirked off the whole Friday thing and decided Tuesday the 13th would be their bad luck day.

    On Friday May 13, 1917 supposedly the first apparition of the Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children in the village of Fátima, Portugal.

    In America, its popularity originated with an early 20th century book titled Friday the Thirteenth; the story of a broker who uses the superstition to cause panic on Wall Street.

    It's estimated that up to 21 million US citizens have an unwarranted fear of Friday the 13th, some of whom actually won’t even get out of bed on those days due to their crippling fear of something bad happening, which actually results in a measurable effect on the economy, as it's estimated that close to one billion dollars of business are lost whenever a Friday happens to land on the thirteenth. Last year on Friday March 13th the lockdown began in the US.

    Along with Rossini, both Tupac and Julia Child died on Friday the thirteenths, so at least for the three of them, it could be said to be an unlucky day.

    In New Zealand, data compiled in 2016 revealed that 13 seemed to be unlucky for homeowners trying to sell. In Mission Bay, Auckland, homes with "No 13" for an address were valued at $390,000 less than their counterparts. In Orakei, houses sporting the number 13 were valued at $350,000 less than the total median.

    Anyway, today is the only Friday the 13th of 2021. Will it be one of those Fridays? What surprise is in store?
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