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Why is Friday the 13th considered unlucky?
One of the most commonly held superstitions in our so-called
civilized, educated society is that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day,
and since, in this equation, each is held to be unlucky, added
together, their sum can only equal double trouble.
The modern basis for the aura that surrounds Friday the 13th stems
from Friday October the 13th, 1307. On this date, the Pope of the
church in Rome in Conjunction with the King of France, carried out a
secret death warrant Against "the Knights Templar". The Templars were
terminated as heretics, never again to hold the power that they had
held for so long. There Grand Master, Jacques DeMolay, was arrested
and before he was killed, was tortured and crucified.
Superstitions swirling around Friday as being lucky or unlucky have
existed since ancient times, beginning with the northern nations.
Ancient Romans dedicated the sixth day of the week to their beautiful,
but vain, goddess Venus, so, when the Norsemen adopted the Roman
method of naming days, they naturally adopted Venus as their name for
the sixth day of the week. Their closest translation for Venus, Frigg,
or Freya, eventually evolved into Friday, a day they considered to be
the luckiest day of the week.
From a religious standpoint, Muslims tout Friday as the day Allah
created Adam, legend has it that Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit,
the apple, on a Friday, and later died on a Friday, and Christians
consider Friday as the day on which Christ was crucified by the
Romans.
The Scandinavian belief that the number 13 signified bad luck sprang
from their mythological 12 demigods, who were joined by a 13th
demigod, Loki, an evil cruel one, who brought upon humans great
misfortune. The number 13, in the Christian faith, is the number of
parties at the Last Supper, with the 13th guest at the table being the
traitor, Judas. When Christians combine this day and number, the
combination can only hold special significance.
Whether or not a person considers Friday the 13th as unlucky, he or
she must understand that this superstition, as well as others, merely
stem from beliefs or practices man used, and continues to use, to
explain, and to protect himself, from events beyond his control in his
complicated world. He worked, and works only with the bag of knowledge
he has on hand.
Only when factual, scientific bases for these beliefs are unearthed,
and people do not dispel the beliefs, but instead cling to them, the
beliefs become superstitions. Today's beliefs may very well be
tomorrows superstitions. Until then, however, don't step on a crack!
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