Why is Friday 13th considered 'unlucky day'?

According to the concept of many people around the world, Friday 13th is an unlucky day. So what is the origin of this day and why is it considered a bad day?

The fear is related to Friday 13th (also known as Black Friday ) in a year named for a scientific name is friggatriskaidekaphobia. This name comes from the name of a goddess in Norse mythology Frigga and triskaidekaphobia means fear of number 13.

According to the solar calendar, Friday 13th always appears at least once a year, even if these days appear three times.

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Origin of Friday obsession on 13th

Number 13 is considered a cursed figure all over the world thousands of years ago. The superstition concept around 13 appears from the 18th century BC. From 1772 BC, the ancient Balylo removed number 13 from his Hammurabi law. In addition, most concepts from ancient times were only classified into 12 different individuals such as: 12 Greek gods, 12 zodiac signs, 12 hours in 1 day, 12 months in 1 year .

Westerners, if 13 people eat dinner together, one will die that year. This concept comes from the event of the Last Supper of the Lord, before death God had dinner with his 12 apostles. Some people believe in the dinner of Odin and 11 close friends who were ruined by the 13th character Loki, a god representing crime and chaos in a Norse myth.

Today, number 13 is still the obsession of many people. In some cities, there is no number of roads, number of houses is 13. Many buildings have no 13th floor, airports do not have door 13, the hospital does not name the room number 13.

So on Friday, why is it considered an unlucky day? Researchers found that the day Eva gave Adam the forbidden fruit at the Garden of Eden caused them to be deported on Friday. The followers of Christianity always considered the sixth bad day because of Jesus' executions on this day.

Therefore, the 6th that comes with day 13 constitutes an unlucky day in many people's notions. They are as restrictive as possible to leave home and abstain from shopping, business or traveling on this day.

Bad luck stories related to the 6th of the 13th world famous

Friday, October 13, 2006: NewYork suffered a terrible snowstorm, the whole city was covered by a 91cm thick layer of snow causing damage of about 130 million USD.

Friday, October 13, 1089: A computer virus has knocked down a network in the UK. Thousands of computers were shut down, many companies and individuals were severely affected.

The Costa Concordia train ran aground

Friday January 13, 2012: The Costa Concordia ship, Italy's largest luxury cruise ship stranded off Isola del Giglio off the coast, 4,000 passengers must evacuate, 25 deaths.

Friday, July 13, 1987: Edmonton, Alberta was hit by a massive swirl of tornadoes, killing 27 people and injuring at least 300 people.

Friday, March 13, 1992: A major earthquake struck Turkey, killing more than 200 people, leaving some 50,000 homeless.

Montevideo Old Christians rugby plane crashed.

Friday, October 13, 1972: The Montevideo Old Christians rugby plane crashed, 31 people were killed and only 14 survived.

Friday, August 13, 1993: Due to a negligence of the engineer, the Royal Plaza Hotel, the pride of the city of Nakhon Ratchasima in Thailand collapsed completely caused 137 deaths and 227 other injuries.