From Babylon to Greece, here's why this day is feared by everyone

It happens to everyone to be superstitious: those who are afraid of meeting a black cat on the street, those who are afraid of broken mirrors and those who instead frown upon the number 13. Today being Friday the 13th , one wonders why this date was chosen. as nefarious and unfortunate.

The roots seem to be based even in ancient Babylon where 12 was considered a sacred number while 13 was used as little as possible because it was &quot;useless&quot;: rationally speaking (if it is allowed to speak of rationality for such a theme), 12 it was easily divisible and therefore it was preferred to the 13 which created mathematically more problems. Scandinavian tradition instead wants that at the beginning of time 12 good, peaceful and vigilant of human salvation reigned, until the cruel Loki imposed himself on others bringing death and destruction. With Loki being the 13th god, in charge of all the misfortunes, misfortunes and cruelties of the people on earth, no one ever frowned upon the number. It is always about gods, but this time from the cold northern villages, we move to Gregia, where according to legend, the historian Diodorus Siculus, who lived in the first century BC . C., was killed by one of his bodyguards after having made a &quot;sgarro&quot; to the gods: that is, to build his statue right next to that of the twelve gods of Olympus. Finally, how not to mention the last group made up of 13 people most famous in the world: the Last Supper and the twelve Apostles, with Judas as the thirteenth.

The Catholic theme is also directly connected to the explanation of why Friday is also to be considered a bad day. Adam and Eve were expelled from Paradise on Friday, the murder of Cain and Abel happened on Friday, the Great Flood was on Friday, Herodotus&#39; order to kill all the children took place on Friday and finally, the death of Jesus it was on a Friday. If, on the other hand, we want to look at a more historical than religious side, the first collapse of the stock market, when the price of gold plummeted, was in 1989 on a Friday and if instead we are looking for a more esoteric motivation, the famous Knights Templar were arrested. a Friday the 13th by order of the King of France Philip the Fair.

Eventually these two traditions merged giving birth to superstition.

Even today in many countries (especially in North America and Europe) this tension is still felt a lot regarding the duo 13+ on Friday, so much so that in skyscrapers the tradition of avoiding calling the 13th floor by its name still resists, so that you pass from the 12th to the 14th floor, certain airlines &quot;skip&quot; row 13 of the seats for passengers, the same for the gates at airports.

Everything was brought even more prominence in the eighties when the film Friday the 13th was released, the horror film starring Jason Voorhees and which gave life to one of the greatest Halloween franchasing ever.

Friday 13th: the origins of the superstition

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