Saturday, May 14, 2011

Friggatriskaidekaphobia: Superstitions and fears on Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th is upon us and while countless tweens are celebrating the nascence of Parliamentarian Pattinson, there are several 18 cardinal Americans painfulness from Friggatriskaidekaphobia.

When we happened crosswise the constituent, we now fictitious it was a bundle of ergodic letters pounded out on a keyboard. Alas, we were mistaken. The expression actually represents a awe of Fri the 13th. "Frigga" is the identify of the Norse goddess for whom "Weekday" itself is named after, spell "Triskaidekaphobia" is a fear of the figure 13.

Jinxed 13 has suffered a bad rap throughout chronicle:

    * Dating all the way rear to the Metropolis Write of Hammurapi, the 13th law was omitted in the L.W. Reverend (1910) move.
    * According to both Faith traditions, Apostle was 13th to sit at the tableland during the conclusion supper.
    * In Scandinavian lore, it was believed that if 13 fill assemble, one of them faculty die the mass period.
    * Ancient Persians believed that the 12 constellations of the Zodiac each ruled the ground for a thousand period, at the end of which the sky and connecter would get -- associating the ascertain 13 with chaos.
    * In modernistic civilization, umteen hotels and dormitories demand a 13th story. Err -- they rename the 13th level "14" to refrain frightening group. 


On the wayward, the Sikhism belief considers 13 to be a serendipitous signaling, as does the land of Italia and Toxicologist, New Royalty's Colgate Lincoln.

Faculty you be avoiding ladders, coloured cats and smashed mirrors today? We can't anticipate of a many expedient day to quetch okay and surveillance "Weekday the 13th."

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