It is Friday the 13th today.
This is one of three Friday the 13s we will encounter this year – in February, March and November.
Many people have several superstitions about this day and some even regard this as an evil day.
Different religions have their own theories about the origins of the belief that Friday the 13th is a bad day, but the origins of being wary of this day are unclear.
The website, ibtimes.com, reveals that the fear of the Friday the 13th may become a phobia known as friggatriskaidekaphobia.
The word comes from Frigga, the name of the Norse goddess for whom Friday is named, and triskaidekaphobia, or fear of the number thirteen.
It is also sometimes called paraskevidekatriaphobia, from the Greek Paraskevi for Friday, Dekatreis for thirteen and phobia for fear.
Others don’t have this severe form of negative belief in the day, but believe in some of the myths of Friday the 13th.
Some of these myths are:
- If you cut your hair on Friday the 13th, someone in your family will die.
- If a funeral procession passes you on Friday the 13th, you will be the next to die.
- You will encounter misfortune if you start a trip on Friday the 13th.
- If you break a mirror on Friday the 13th, you will have seven years of bad luck.
- A child born on Friday the 13th will be unlucky for life.
- If you walk under a ladder on Friday the 13th, you will have bad luck.
- Don’t let a black cat cross your path, because you will encounter misfortune.
