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Longtime no see in the blog, today is Friday the 13th, known by many as the unluckiest day of the year. It's very interesting story and I want to know about Friday the13th 's history. so I search for an information about this and I will share it to you all.
The origin of fears surrounding Friday the 13th is unclear. There is reportedly no written evidence of Friday the 13th superstition before the 19th century, but superstitions surrounding the number 13 date back to at least 1700 BC.
In the ancient Babylon's Code of Hammurabi, dating to about 1772 BC, the number 13 is omitted in the list of laws.
There has also been a longstanding myth that if 13 people dine
together, one will die within a year. The myth comes from both the Last
Supper, when Jesus dined with the 12 Apostles prior to his death, and a
popular Norse myth, in which 11 close friends of the god Odin dine
together only to have the 12-person party crashed by a 13th person, Loki, the god of evil and turmoil.
In fact, the number 13 has been considered cursed across the world
for thousands of years. The number 12 is historically considered the
number of completeness, while its older cousin, 13, has been seen as an
outlier. There are 12 months of the year, 12 gods of Olympus, 12 hours
of the clock, 12 tribes of Israel, 12 Apostles of Jesus, 12 Descendants of Muhammad Imams, among many incidences of the pattern historically.
In 1881, an organization was started called The Thirteen Club
in an attempt to improve the number's reputation. The 13 members walked
under ladders and spilled salt at the first meeting in an attempt to
dissuade any negative associations with the number.
Despite these efforts, the number 13 continues to have an unlucky
association today. Thirteen is so disliked that many cities do not have a
13th Street or a 13th Avenue, many high-rise buildings avoid having a 13th floor, some hospitals avoid labeling rooms with the number 13 and many airports will not have a gate 13.
Friday has also long been considered an unlucky day. One theory
hypothesizes that Friday has been considered unlucky because Jesus was
crucified on a Friday according to Christian Scripture and tradition.
Another states that the superstition regarding Friday comes from
Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales," published in the 14th century, where Friday is considered a day of misfortune and ill luck. In numerous publications in the 17th century, Friday the 13th
was outlined as an unlucky day to take a trip, to begin a new project
or to have a major life change (such as a birth, a marriage, among other
events).
The first recorded reference in English of Friday the 13th
is in Henry Sutherland Edwards' 1869 biography of Gioachino Rissini,
where Edwards writes: "Rossini was surrounded to the last by admiring
and affectionate friends; Why Friday the 13th Is Unlucky."
Nathaniel Lachenmeyer, author of "Thirteen: the story of the world's
most popular superstition," however, suggests in his book that because
references to "Friday the 13th" were nonexistent before 1907,
the popularity of the superstition must come from the publication of
Thomas W. Lawson's popular novel, "Friday, the Thirteenth." In the
novel, a stock broker takes advantage of the superstition to create a
Wall Street panic on Friday the 13th.
Thank you the information form:
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/281404/20120113/friday-13th-history-origins-myths-superstitions-unlucky.htm
