Friggatriskaidekaphobia

 
Friggatriskaidekaphobia
Ever suffer from friggatriskaidekaphobia? Me neither, but friggatriskaidekaphobia is a fear of Friday the 13th. Frigga is the name of the Norse goddessfor whom "Friday" is named and triskaidekaphobiameaning fear of the number thirteen.Records of the superstition are rarely found before the 20thcentury, when it became common. So why do people think Friday the 13this a fateful day? It’s probably the combination of two older superstitions:thirteen is and unlucky number and Friday is an unlucky day.

In numerology, the number twelve is considered the number ofcompleteness, the twelve months of the year, twelve hours of the clock,twelve gods of Olympus, twelve Apostles, etc. Whereas thenumber thirteen was considered irregular, breaking this rule of completeness.Another superstition, thought by some to derive from a Norse myth is that having thirteen people seated at atable will result in the death of one of the diners.

So here’s thething, my birthday is on the 13th, though not on a Friday. I’vealways considered 13 my lucky number because I was born at 13:13 p.m., the 13thhour and the 13th minute of the 13th day. I also havefive brothers and sisters who were all born on the 13th   day of their birth months. So the 13th seemslike a very blessed number to me.What’s your luckynumber and are you superstitious about it? And more importantly, do you sufferfrom friggatriskaidekaphobia???