Do you spend every Friday the 13th standing in a circle of salt to keep evil spirits at bay? If you don't, here are some facts to get you nice and paranoid in no time!
Friday the 13th fears can be traced back to many religious systems, mythology and folklore.The actual fear of Friday the 13th is largely undocumented until the 19th century, making some of the connections and connotations the fear shares with events in history that much more disturbing.
Even though there is Good Friday and Friday is the first day of the weekend, people are still afraid of Friday all over the world, be it the 13th or not...
The number 13 is often thought of as one more than complete, as there are 12 months in a year, 12 in a dozen, 12 hours on a clock, 12 zodiac signs, while in numerology, the number 13 means death and is a number of Karmic debt, i.e.bad, bad luck, folks.
Here, I have compiled a list of 13 terrifying facts about Friday the 13th and the number 13, taken from various religions, wives tales and myths and some real creepy coincidences. Enjoy...if you dare!(Insert evil laugh and ominous organ sounds here.)
- The biblical Last Supper was said to have been on a Friday, and had 13 guests seated at the table.
- To ancient Egyptians, life had twelve stages, so the thirteenth stage was death.
- Vikings considered Loki, the rather naughty god of mischief , to be the 13th god.
- On Friday, October 13, 1307, hundreds of Knights Templar were rounded up, charged with various crimes, tortured, jailed and executed by King Philip IV of France.
- The 13th of the month will fall on a Friday if the month begins on a Sunday.
- The fear of Friday the 13th is called friggatriskaidekaphobia.
- An estimated 17 to 21 million people in the United States disrupt their routines based on fear of Friday the 13th.
- Tupac Shakur was pronounced deceased on Friday, September 13th, 1996.
- Many hospitals have no room number 13.
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt would not have or attend a party on the 13th. Period.
- Friday, August 13, 1999 would have been Alfred Hitchcock's 100th birthday.
- 80% of highrises don't have a 13th floor.
- Infamous murderers, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, and Theodore Bundy all have 13 letters in their names.
Sources:
Decoz.com
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