Ready the rabbit’s feet and four-leaf clovers,
Friday the 13th
is on the horizon.
In the western world, the number 13 has so long been
associate with bad luck and negativity that it’s extremely difficult to
pinpoint exactly when these superstitions arose. Many possibilities have been
theorized, but none of them have ever been proven or even accepted as all that
likely.
Some attribute the superstitions to the Middle Ages,
assuming that it relates to the story of the last supper. When Jesus and his
apostles gathered at the table in the Upper Room of King David’s Tomb, Judas,
the betrayer of Jesus Christ, was the 13th and last to sit. The number has been related to wretched luck
ever since.
However, it can also be traced back to Norse Mythology in
more than one tale. For instance, Loki was believed to have engineered the
murder of Balder and was the 13th guest to arrive at the funeral. The
superstition presents itself again in the myth of Norna-Gest. At his birth
celebration, three uninvited nonrs arrived bringing the number of guests from
10 to 13. They then cursed the infant by binding his lifespan to the life of a
nearby candle, which was immediately extinguished and presented to the child.
There is even a myth that attributes the earliest fears of
the number 13 to the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi. Although Hammurabi’s code has
no official numbering system, the 13th law is said to be omitted in
a certain translations, making it seem somehow more ominous in nature than the
rest (which seems difficult considering just how ominous some of the
punishments already are.)
Now, Friday is certainly less universally feared. In the
mind of sailors, Friday is a particularly unlucky day to begin a voyage. And
part of Friday’s bad wrap can again be attributed to Jesus, as it was Good
Friday, when he was crucified.
When the two are combined, they create a dark, creepy shadow
of credulous superstition that our modern culture still can’t shake. According
to one specific study by the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in
North Carolina, anywhere from 17 to 21 million people are affected by parakevidekatriaphobia, the fear of
Friday the 13th. That fear runs so deep, in fact, that some
people refuse to even get out of bed when Friday the 13th occurs.
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