I do agree with you Victor something bad will happen and people will probably blame it on the date. Although people shouldn't mock paraskevidekatriaphobia (or the other 2 names for this phobia) as psychologists have found that some people are more likely to have accidents or fall ill on Friday the 13th.
Originally posted by T.M
I do agree with you Victor something bad will happen and people will probably blame it on the date. Although people shouldn't mock paraskevidekatriaphobia (or the other 2 names for this phobia) as psychologists have found that some people are more likely to have accidents or fall ill on Friday the 13th.
It's a self-actualising prophecy though. If you walk around expecting something to make you jump, you'll jump. Same with accidents.
yeah but people have this heightened state of anxiety on this day because bad things have happened to them in the past not because they are expecting something to happen.
Granted if something happens to someone on Friday 13th then the next Friday 13th they may look out for bad things and this is IMO not good for you because you are bound to see something. But if every Friday 13th I went out and something happened (got ill or something) I would be more cautious.
But bad things must have happened to the people on the day for them to then expect an incident to occur.
Originally posted by LanaI read it was named after Freya in Norse mythology. And if I remember right it was to be a good day, but not sure.
I don't understand the whole superstition behind Friday the 13th, personally.
Friday the thirteenth is considered the unluckiest of days in many superstitions, unless you were born on Friday the thirteenth in which case it is your lucky day.
The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia or paraskevidekatriaphobia, a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a phobia (fear) of the number thirteen.
Origins
The origins of Friday superstitions are many. One of the best known is that Eve tempted Adam with the apple on a Friday. Tradition also has it that the Flood in the Bible, the confusion at the Tower of Babel.
The origins of the Friday the 13th superstition have also been linked to the fact there were 13 people at the last supper of Jesus, who was traditionally crucified on Good Friday, but it probably originated only in medieval times.
It has also been linked to the fact that a lunisolar calendar must have 13 months in some years, while the solar Gregorian calendar and lunar Islamic calendar always have 12 months in a year.
Norse Legend
Another suggestion is that the belief originated in a Norse myth about twelve gods having a feast in Valhalla. The mischievous Loki gatecrashed the party as an uninvited 13th guest and arranged for Hod, the blind god of darkness, to shoot Baldur, the god of joy and gladness, with a mistletoe-tipped arrow. Baldur was killed and the Earth was plunged into darkness and mourning as a result.
Later she was confused with the goddess of love, Freya, who in turn became identified with Friday. When the Norsemen and Germanic tribes became Christians, Freya was supposed to have been banished to the mountains as a witch. Friday came to be called 'witches' Sabbath. It was believed that on this day, each week, twelve witches and the Devil met - thirteen evil spirits in all.
Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
Bad things happen to people on lots of days...
True, but if on a Friday 13th you say got ill had the flu for example. Then the next Friday 13th you are out with friends and you get hurt say you're riding you bike and you fall off. Then the next Friday 13th you get ill again. and so on wouldn't you start getting superstitious?
Originally posted by T.M
True, but if on a Friday 13th you say got ill had the flu for example. Then the next Friday 13th you are out with friends and you get hurt say you're riding you bike and you fall off. Then the next Friday 13th you get ill again. and so on wouldn't you start getting superstitious?
I wouldn't, because stuff like that happens to me all the time.
Originally posted by T.M
True, but if on a Friday 13th you say got ill had the flu for example. Then the next Friday 13th you are out with friends and you get hurt say you're riding you bike and you fall off. Then the next Friday 13th you get ill again. and so on wouldn't you start getting superstitious?
No, because I wouldn't be thinking about Friday the 13th as a cause. If it continued to happen after someone pointing it out, I'd put it down to bad luck AKA unfortunate coincidence.
Not a deterministic cosmology.