Paraskevidekatriaphobia
Or, Fear of Friday the 13th.
Just moments ago I realized with some joy that today was Friday the 13th. So here is my small tribute to unluckiest day of them all.
Many theories have been purported as to why Friday, the 13th, and Friday the 13th are considered such an unlucky day. Here are few interesting theories.
Katharine Kurtz in "Tales of the Knights Templar" (Warner Books: 1995):
"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."
"Twelve gods were invited to a banquet at Valhalla. Loki, the Evil One, god of mischief, had been excluded from the guest list but crashed the party anyway, bringing the total number of attendees to 13. True to character, Loki raised hell by inciting Hod, the blind god of winter, to attack Balder the Good, who was a favorite of the gods. Hod took a spear of mistletoe offered by Loki and obediently hurled it at Balder, killing him instantly. All Valhalla grieved. And although one might take the moral of this story to be "Beware of uninvited guests bearing mistletoe," the Norse themselves apparently concluded that 13 people at a dinner party is just plain bad luck."
"As if to prove the point, the Bible tells us there were exactly 13 present at the Last Supper. One of the dinner guests; Judas the disciple betrayed Jesus Christ, setting the stage for the Crucifixion."
Extracted from: urbanlegends.about.com
Also, Jesus was crucified on a Friday.
For more info, visit the link above.
Just moments ago I realized with some joy that today was Friday the 13th. So here is my small tribute to unluckiest day of them all.
Many theories have been purported as to why Friday, the 13th, and Friday the 13th are considered such an unlucky day. Here are few interesting theories.
Katharine Kurtz in "Tales of the Knights Templar" (Warner Books: 1995):
"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."
"Twelve gods were invited to a banquet at Valhalla. Loki, the Evil One, god of mischief, had been excluded from the guest list but crashed the party anyway, bringing the total number of attendees to 13. True to character, Loki raised hell by inciting Hod, the blind god of winter, to attack Balder the Good, who was a favorite of the gods. Hod took a spear of mistletoe offered by Loki and obediently hurled it at Balder, killing him instantly. All Valhalla grieved. And although one might take the moral of this story to be "Beware of uninvited guests bearing mistletoe," the Norse themselves apparently concluded that 13 people at a dinner party is just plain bad luck."
"As if to prove the point, the Bible tells us there were exactly 13 present at the Last Supper. One of the dinner guests; Judas the disciple betrayed Jesus Christ, setting the stage for the Crucifixion."
Extracted from: urbanlegends.about.com
Also, Jesus was crucified on a Friday.
For more info, visit the link above.
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12:57 PM
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