Do you believe in bad or good luck? Do you think there are bad connotations to the number 13? For me, I have used it and won over the years at contest, cake walks, etc....
Friday the 13th has
for years been considered a day to watch out for. A 1993 study done by authors
in the British Medical
Journal have proven
more car accidents are higher on the 13th than on normal Fridays.
Both the number 13
and the sixth day of the week have foreboding reputations since ancient times.
Those who fear something bad will happen on the 13th, will not go to work, eat,
etc...
The number 13 is
also connected with a legend. It is said, that if thirteen people sit down to
dinner, one of them will die within the year. Many cities do not have a 13th Street or
Avenue. There are buildings without a thirteen floor. Having thirteen letters
in your name means you will have the devil's luck. People with 13 letters
include Jack the Ripper, Jeffrey Dahmer, Charles Manson, Theodore Bundy, Albert
De Slavo, to name a few.
Turks have a dislike
so much for the number that it is almost stricken from their vocabulary. And of
course, everyone knows there are thirteen witches in a coven!
To give the argument
from the other side: Chinese consider the number to be a sign of luck.
Egyptians used this for spiritual ascension--twelve in their life and
thirteenth beyond, meant to be eternal afterlife.
It is thought that
western civilization reviled the number as it is considered feminine--used by
prehistoric goddess-worshipping cultures. It corresponded to the lunar (menstrual)
cycles in a year.
Whatever or however
you believe Friday the 13th to be, it's just another day--right?
OR IS IT?
2 comments:
Great post, Pamela!
Thank you, Steve,
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