Matthew
13-12-02, 11:21 AM
Well, as it's Friday 13th, did you know that some people suffer with 'paraskevidekatriaphobia' or 'friggatriskaidekaphobia' today?!
Sounds odd doesn't it, but on reading a couple of articles, it appears to be very true! Such people who are 'paraskevidekatriaphobic' or 'friggatriskaidekaphobic' (don't ask me to pronounce then!) harbour a Superstition about Friday the 13th and have "a morbid, irrational fear of Friday the 13th".
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"The number 13 is considered especially unlucky, though it was considered a lucky number in ancient Egypt and China. There were 13 people at the Last Supper. And several mass murderers have 13 letters in their names: Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy. Of course, millions of people who haven't committed any murders, such as Robert Carroll, have 13 letters in their names, too. As far as I know, nobody has studied how many dinner parties with 13 present went off uneventfully. Witches, perhaps to clearly oppose themselves to a Christian superstition, sometimes have groups of 13 known as covens.
Some think thirteen owes its bad reputation to Loki, the Norse god of evil, who started a riot when he crashed a banquet at Valhalla attended by 12 gods.
Some (US) cities skip 13th Ave., Sacramento has an intersection where 13th Street crosses 13th Avenue. Some buildings skip from the 12th to the 14th floor, which, of course, means that the 14th floor is actually the 13th floor.
The ancient Egyptians considered the 13th stage of life to be death, i.e., the afterlife, which they thought was a good thing. The Death card in a Tarot deck is numbered 13 and represents transformation. Those cultures with lunar calendars and 13 months don't associate 13 with anything sinister.
Friday may be considered unlucky because Christ is thought to have been crucified on a Friday, for that was execution day among the Romans. Yet, Christians don't call it Bad Friday. Friday was also Hangman's Day in Britain. Some even think that Friday was the day God threw Adam and Eve out of Eden.
Friday is Frigga's Day. Frigga (Frigg) was an ancient Celtic (Norse) fertility and love goddess, equivalent to the Roman Venus who had been worshipped on the sixth day of the week. The Celts (Norse) worshipped Frigga (Frigg) on Friday and like the ancient Romans thought it a particularly good kind of day. Christians called Frigga a witch and Friday the witches' Sabbath; modern Wiccans are happy to oblige. Some call fear of Friday the 13th friggatriskaidekaphobia.
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Lets hope the NFH out there are paraskevidekatriaphobic enough to stay in bed all day today without any peep of noise, nuisance or annoyance http://www.nfh.org.uk/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif
Sounds odd doesn't it, but on reading a couple of articles, it appears to be very true! Such people who are 'paraskevidekatriaphobic' or 'friggatriskaidekaphobic' (don't ask me to pronounce then!) harbour a Superstition about Friday the 13th and have "a morbid, irrational fear of Friday the 13th".
Small Article Extract:
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"The number 13 is considered especially unlucky, though it was considered a lucky number in ancient Egypt and China. There were 13 people at the Last Supper. And several mass murderers have 13 letters in their names: Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy. Of course, millions of people who haven't committed any murders, such as Robert Carroll, have 13 letters in their names, too. As far as I know, nobody has studied how many dinner parties with 13 present went off uneventfully. Witches, perhaps to clearly oppose themselves to a Christian superstition, sometimes have groups of 13 known as covens.
Some think thirteen owes its bad reputation to Loki, the Norse god of evil, who started a riot when he crashed a banquet at Valhalla attended by 12 gods.
Some (US) cities skip 13th Ave., Sacramento has an intersection where 13th Street crosses 13th Avenue. Some buildings skip from the 12th to the 14th floor, which, of course, means that the 14th floor is actually the 13th floor.
The ancient Egyptians considered the 13th stage of life to be death, i.e., the afterlife, which they thought was a good thing. The Death card in a Tarot deck is numbered 13 and represents transformation. Those cultures with lunar calendars and 13 months don't associate 13 with anything sinister.
Friday may be considered unlucky because Christ is thought to have been crucified on a Friday, for that was execution day among the Romans. Yet, Christians don't call it Bad Friday. Friday was also Hangman's Day in Britain. Some even think that Friday was the day God threw Adam and Eve out of Eden.
Friday is Frigga's Day. Frigga (Frigg) was an ancient Celtic (Norse) fertility and love goddess, equivalent to the Roman Venus who had been worshipped on the sixth day of the week. The Celts (Norse) worshipped Frigga (Frigg) on Friday and like the ancient Romans thought it a particularly good kind of day. Christians called Frigga a witch and Friday the witches' Sabbath; modern Wiccans are happy to oblige. Some call fear of Friday the 13th friggatriskaidekaphobia.
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Lets hope the NFH out there are paraskevidekatriaphobic enough to stay in bed all day today without any peep of noise, nuisance or annoyance http://www.nfh.org.uk/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif