Paraskavedekatriaphobia?

Or in other words "the fear of Friday the 13th".

There is no written folklores about it until late 19th century, but in oral tradition it has been around since 14-15th centuries.

Some claim that it´s origins are from numerology

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In numerology, the number twelve is considered the number of completeness, as reflected in the twelve months of the year, twelve signs of the zodiac, twelve hours of the clock, twelve tribes of Israel, twelve Apostles of Jesus, twelve gods of Olympus, etc., whereas the number thirteen was considered irregular, transgressing this completeness. There is also a superstition, thought by some to derive from the Last Supper or a Norse myth, that having thirteen people seated at a table will result in the death of one of the diners.

Others are taking it back to the Templar Knights (you know, Da Vinci Code-stuff)

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The Knights Templar were a monastic military order founded in Jerusalem in 1118 C.E., whose mission was to protect Christian pilgrims during the Crusades. Over the next two centuries, the Knights Templar became extraordinarily powerful and wealthy. Threatened by that power and eager to acquire their wealth, King Philip secretly ordered the mass arrest of all the Knights Templar in France on Friday, October 13, 1307 - Friday the 13th.

Both are straight from wikipedia.

By statistics, there isn´t anything that supports bad-luck-theories, actually people are more careful since they expect something bad to happen.


I personally don´t think there is anything special, you just automatically say that bad things happening today are because of the Friday the 13th and blame it for everything.

Any opinions or experiences about this issue?

Oh, the new G1337 keyboard for crossfire-users

And a great song, though it has Finnish lyrics, hard to enjoy since it is mostly about them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REBIFVQ-0zQ