Friday the 13th

Friday the 13thThe date which signifies Myths and superstitions

What is all the fuss about?The fear of Friday the 13th was known as friggatriskaidekaphobia. It is not uncommon to find people who believe that the date 13th falling on a Friday is the epitome of ill fate or bad luck. Nowadays the term is referred to as ParaskevidekatriaphobiaOn 13th of January 1987, the computer virus, Friday the 13th infected hundreds of IBM computers, wiping out program files. It was also called as the Jerusalem Virus. It ranks amongst one of the deadliest virii of the 20th century.Records of the superstition are rarely found before the 20th century, when it became extremely common. The connection between the Friday the 13th superstition and the Knights Templar was popularized in Dan Brown's 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code and in John J. Robinson's 1989 work Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry. On Friday, 13 October 1307, hundreds of the Knights Templar were arrested in France, an action apparently motivated financially and undertaken by the efficient royal bureaucracy to increase the prestige of the crown. Philip IV was the force behind this ruthless move, but it has also tarnished the historical reputation of Clement V. From the very day of Clement V's coronation, the king falsely charged the Templars with heresy, immorality and abuses, and the scruples of the Pope were compromised by a growing sense that the burgeoning French State might not wait for the Church, but would proceed independently. However, experts agree that this is a relatively recent correlation, and most likely a modern-day invention.

History of Paraskevidekatriaphobia

In numerology, the number twelve is considered the number of divine organizational arrangement.12 hours of the clock day12 Gods of Olympus12 Apostles of Jesus Christ12 Successors of Muhammad in Islam12 signs of the Zodiac, etc. Whereas the number thirteen was considered irregular, transgressing this completeness.There is also a superstition, thought by some to derive from the Last Supper or a Norse Myth, that having thirteen people seated at a table results in the death of one of the diners.

This is how the fear of Friday the 13th found its place in the gamut of Superstitions

BUT WHO MADE A PROFIT FROM THE NAME ?Friday the 13th is an extremely popular movie franchise. It ranks amongst one of the largest profit grossing movies of all times in the horror genre.

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