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10-13-2017, 10:05 AM | #1 | |
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Friday the 13th Facts and History: Why is the Superstitious Date So Scary?
Any thoughts about today, Friday the 13th?
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10-13-2017, 11:25 AM | #2 |
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I am pretty sure this is not correct.
Friday the 13th 1307 was the day that the Knights of Templar were massacred and falsely arrested by the King Phillip and the Pope. The grandmaster cursed the King and Pope before he did and they both died within months of his demise. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histor...s_Templar#Fall
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10-13-2017, 11:40 AM | #3 |
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Its the day Pamela Vorhees took revenge on the Camp Counslers for letting her Son Jason drown than it became Jason Vorhees's Birthday of Killing
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10-13-2017, 11:43 AM | #4 |
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Crucifixion of Jesus
Some people used to believe Friday 13th was the day for the crucifixion of Jesus.
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10-13-2017, 01:28 PM | #7 |
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Anyone work or live in a tall building. Just curious if it has a 13th floor? I've never noticed if elevators had a button designating 13th floors in buildings. I guess some don't?
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I know Hotels usually don't have a 13th floor they just skip 13 all together.
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10-13-2017, 05:52 PM | #9 |
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Thirteen is a number of power as well, though. There are 13 lunar months in a solar year (365÷2. Thirteen can also be broken down by its digits into another very powerful number- 4. It also contains the numbees 1 and three, making it even more of a power number. In numerology this makes it even more mystical and auspicious. There are 13 stripes on the American flag, and originally it had 13 stars(both are for the original 13 colonies.) The US seal has thirteen olives and leaves on the branch in the eagle's left talon and 13 arrows in the other. Wiccan covens often have 13 members. In most pagan traditions, 13 is actually a very lucky number for these reasons, as well as others.
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10-13-2017, 09:57 PM | #10 |
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10-13-2017, 10:16 PM | #11 |
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As trolling goes, that was incredibly BAAAD.
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10-14-2017, 04:14 PM | #13 |
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Yes it is even named for the Norse goddess Frigga. (Wednesday is named for Woden/Odin, and Thursday for Thor.)
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10-14-2017, 05:35 PM | #14 |
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That's correct. Some times people refers to Friday as being named after Freyr or Freyja, but on Faroese the day is called Fríggjadagur. In Norse it's frjádagr, based of Frigg's Old High German name that was Frîja and in Lombardic; Frea.
The Scandinavian countries still uses the Norse names for week days: Mandag - Moon's day Tirsdag - Tyr's day Onsdag - Odin's day Torsdag - Thor's day Fredag - Frigg's day Lørdag - Washday (only day not named after a god) Søndag - Sun's day |
10-14-2017, 10:02 PM | #15 |
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Tuesday also gets its name in part from the Celtic (or Germanic- I forget which at the moment) name for for Ares/Mars. It is considered the God of War's day, just as Thursday is Jupiter/Zeus's day, and Friday corresponds to Venus/Aphrodite. Saturday is of course, Saturn's day. Incidentally, the Roman celebration of the Winter solstice was the Saturnalia, which lasted a week. (I celebrated it once in high school as part of Latin class.) Halloween, the Celtic Samhain, was not only a time to remember and give honor to the dead, it was also the Celtic New Year, due to the belief that the veil between the physical and spiritual worlds was thinnest then and they considered it to be the turning of the year wheel.
To the ancient "pagan" cultures, the year was divided by the full moons and the quarters- the four Solstices/Equinoxes. Thus 13 was a number sacred due to its association with the moon and the year wheel. It was only after Christian beliefs tainted it with negative conotaions (13 apostles, etc.) that it became "bad luck". Hotels and airliners often skip the thirteenth row or floor because of this.
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11-09-2017, 03:05 AM | #16 |
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Rigg was born July 20 and Bruce Lee died July 20 , both were conncted to George Lazenby....maybe it was an omen
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