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Friday the 13 th. Origins of the Superstition. Garden of Eden, Tower of Babel, Flood, Solomon’s Temple destroyed, & Crucifiction Pagan Rome—Execution Day (Later) Britain—Hangman’s Day
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Friday the 13th Origins of the Superstition
Garden of Eden, Tower of Babel, Flood, Solomon’s Temple destroyed, & Crucifiction • Pagan Rome—Execution Day • (Later) Britain—Hangman’s Day • Pagan/Pre-Christian Sabbath (so unholy unlucky, like trips, & enemies tied to witchcraft: “Witches’ Sabbath”) • Black Friday, stock market crashes (1800s on) • Unlucky to start trip, begin new projects Unlucky Friday
#12 completeness • #13 irregular, transgressing completeness • Egyptian beliefs in stages of life/death • Last Supper • Primitive man, counting • Patriarchal culture villifying women • Hindus at dinner/Vikings at dinner Unlucky #13
Tuesday the 13th, Spanish cultures • Tuesdays, Greek • Fridays, Indonesian (Java) Other Days
Chinese culture • (Egyptian culture, during the pharoahs) 13 as Lucky
Origin unclear & relatively modern (1900s) • Might just be unlucky Friday & unlucky 13 = more unlucky day • Popularity from book, Friday the 13th(stockbroker’s crash) Combination
“friggatriskaidekaphobia” • “frigga” (Frigga goddess/Friday) + “triskaidekaphobia” (fear of #13) • Or “paraskevidekatriaphobia” • “para” (Gr. Friday) + “dekatreis” (thirteen) + • “phobia” (fear of) Phobia of Friday the 13th
Is it unlucky? Netherlands vs. England: different findings