Happy Friggatriskaidekaphobia Day!
The Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute estimates that
more than 17 million people are affected by friggatriskaidekaphobia
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When I was a kid...
we had two TV channels until the early '60s when WZZM, Channel 13, the local ABC Network affiliate came to town. To overcome the negative image of their assigned number, they adoped the slogan "I'm a triakaidekaphile" (I like thirteen).
{since the local CBS and NBC affiliates were channels 3 and 8, they later appealed to the logical and math minded with the slogan "13 is greater than 3 and 8 put together.".]
Once when my mom was busy she dropped me off with my half sister who went to visit a friend, so I spent an afternoon with a stranger, her friend's son. It was an oddly memorable afternoon - we discussed the Werner Roth X-Men art vs. the original Jack Kirby issues, listened to both sides of the Paperback Writer/Rain single by The Beatles, and I remember he had one of those old "I'm a Triakaidekaphile" buttons.
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Obviously Triakaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13 (I don't think I've ever written - or heard - that sentence before.) although Triskaidekadaphobe is more commonly used fior someone afraid of the number.
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Fear of Friday the Thirteenth:
paraskavedekatriaphobia or
friggatriskaidekaphobia
Supposedly we can credit/thank/blame the Christians for the fear of Friday the 13th. It is claimed (without biblical reference) that Adam and Eve partook of the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden on a Friday the 13th and that Cain slew his brother Abel on a Friday the 13th. It is also noted that there were 13 in attendence on that Good Friday of the Last Supper. at least until Judas ducked out on the check early to go run an important errand.
It is also claimed that The Christians spread these spurious slanders against Friday the 13th because it was a Holy Day of observance for worshipers of the Norse goddess Freya.
[As a sort of compromise, the Norse entities Wotan, Thor and Freya get days of the week named after them while The Christians only get one Christmas, but there is no legal observation of the ancient Norse holidays and their gods and goddesses get the lower case treatment.]
Also in Norse belief, Loki was the thirteenth god, the 13th guest at a dinner in honor of Baldr, whom he slew, and was the 13th guest at his funeral.
While 666 is The Number of the Beast, "13" is the number of aluminum.
Jews believe God has 13 attributes of mercy and 13 is the age of adulthood.
Wiccans feel 13 is the maximum number of members of a manageable coven.
In Tarot Decks, the 13th card of the Major Arcana is Death.
Friday the Thirteenth falls on a Tuesday for Greek and Spanish speaking nations and on a Monday in Russia.
Fear of the number 13 itself is believed to stem from the simplicity of counting in base twelve: ten fingers plus two feet. Most languages have distinct names for the first twelve numbers, after with the names become combinations of numbers and prefixes. (thirteen = three+ten).
Thirteen items cannot be shared evenly (unless you give one each to thirteen people).
Most tall buildings do not have a thirteenth floor. Most commercial airplanes do not have an aisle 13. Formula One racecars are never assigned the number 13. And Microsoft, which currently offers a program called Office 12, is currently working on beta tests of Office 14.
In February Brussells Airlines was temporarily grounded while the entire fleet had their logo changed from a lower case "b" made up of thirteen dots..
Even one of the positive associations with the number 13, the lagniappe or one extra given in a "Baker's Dozen" is added to prevent complaints, to prevent a short miscount or in case one goes bad.
The most positive association with the number thirteen, at least for Americans, is that our country originally had thirteen colonies and our original flag has a circle of 13 stars, plus thirteen stripes. Aren't you glad they decided to add more stars, so we don't have a seersucker flag with fifty stripes?
= Napoleon Park =
(13 letters in the name "Randy Crawford")
Fear of the number 13:
Triakaidekaphobia
Triskaidekaphobia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskaidekaphobia
Wikipedia page on Friday the 13th:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friggatriskaidekaphobia
"Friday the 13th" with Betsy Palmer and Kevin Bacon
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080761/
"Friday" with Ice Cube and Chris Tucker
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113118/
"Freaky Friday" with Jodie Foster and Barbara Harris
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076054/
"His Girl Friday" with Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080761/
"Thank God It's Friday" with Jeff Goldblum and Donna Summer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078382/
"Thirteen" with Holly Hunter and Jeremy Sisto
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328538/
"13 Going On 30" with Jennifer Garner
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337563/
"Apollo 13" with Tom Hanks and Ed Harris
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112384/
"Golgo 13" with Ken Takakura
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0174699/
more than 17 million people are affected by friggatriskaidekaphobia
----------------------
When I was a kid...
we had two TV channels until the early '60s when WZZM, Channel 13, the local ABC Network affiliate came to town. To overcome the negative image of their assigned number, they adoped the slogan "I'm a triakaidekaphile" (I like thirteen).
{since the local CBS and NBC affiliates were channels 3 and 8, they later appealed to the logical and math minded with the slogan "13 is greater than 3 and 8 put together.".]
Once when my mom was busy she dropped me off with my half sister who went to visit a friend, so I spent an afternoon with a stranger, her friend's son. It was an oddly memorable afternoon - we discussed the Werner Roth X-Men art vs. the original Jack Kirby issues, listened to both sides of the Paperback Writer/Rain single by The Beatles, and I remember he had one of those old "I'm a Triakaidekaphile" buttons.
----------------
Obviously Triakaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13 (I don't think I've ever written - or heard - that sentence before.) although Triskaidekadaphobe is more commonly used fior someone afraid of the number.
-----------------
Fear of Friday the Thirteenth:
paraskavedekatriaphobia or
friggatriskaidekaphobia
Supposedly we can credit/thank/blame the Christians for the fear of Friday the 13th. It is claimed (without biblical reference) that Adam and Eve partook of the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden on a Friday the 13th and that Cain slew his brother Abel on a Friday the 13th. It is also noted that there were 13 in attendence on that Good Friday of the Last Supper. at least until Judas ducked out on the check early to go run an important errand.
It is also claimed that The Christians spread these spurious slanders against Friday the 13th because it was a Holy Day of observance for worshipers of the Norse goddess Freya.
[As a sort of compromise, the Norse entities Wotan, Thor and Freya get days of the week named after them while The Christians only get one Christmas, but there is no legal observation of the ancient Norse holidays and their gods and goddesses get the lower case treatment.]
Also in Norse belief, Loki was the thirteenth god, the 13th guest at a dinner in honor of Baldr, whom he slew, and was the 13th guest at his funeral.
While 666 is The Number of the Beast, "13" is the number of aluminum.
Jews believe God has 13 attributes of mercy and 13 is the age of adulthood.
Wiccans feel 13 is the maximum number of members of a manageable coven.
In Tarot Decks, the 13th card of the Major Arcana is Death.
Friday the Thirteenth falls on a Tuesday for Greek and Spanish speaking nations and on a Monday in Russia.
Fear of the number 13 itself is believed to stem from the simplicity of counting in base twelve: ten fingers plus two feet. Most languages have distinct names for the first twelve numbers, after with the names become combinations of numbers and prefixes. (thirteen = three+ten).
Thirteen items cannot be shared evenly (unless you give one each to thirteen people).
Most tall buildings do not have a thirteenth floor. Most commercial airplanes do not have an aisle 13. Formula One racecars are never assigned the number 13. And Microsoft, which currently offers a program called Office 12, is currently working on beta tests of Office 14.
In February Brussells Airlines was temporarily grounded while the entire fleet had their logo changed from a lower case "b" made up of thirteen dots..
Even one of the positive associations with the number 13, the lagniappe or one extra given in a "Baker's Dozen" is added to prevent complaints, to prevent a short miscount or in case one goes bad.
The most positive association with the number thirteen, at least for Americans, is that our country originally had thirteen colonies and our original flag has a circle of 13 stars, plus thirteen stripes. Aren't you glad they decided to add more stars, so we don't have a seersucker flag with fifty stripes?
= Napoleon Park =
(13 letters in the name "Randy Crawford")
Fear of the number 13:
Triakaidekaphobia
Triskaidekaphobia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskaidekaphobia
Wikipedia page on Friday the 13th:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friggatriskaidekaphobia
"Friday the 13th" with Betsy Palmer and Kevin Bacon
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080761/
"Friday" with Ice Cube and Chris Tucker
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113118/
"Freaky Friday" with Jodie Foster and Barbara Harris
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076054/
"His Girl Friday" with Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080761/
"Thank God It's Friday" with Jeff Goldblum and Donna Summer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078382/
"Thirteen" with Holly Hunter and Jeremy Sisto
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328538/
"13 Going On 30" with Jennifer Garner
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337563/
"Apollo 13" with Tom Hanks and Ed Harris
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112384/
"Golgo 13" with Ken Takakura
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0174699/
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