2023-10-13 07:59:11
It’s Friday the 13th, the day of superstitious people fearing some misfortune or lucky people dreaming of winning the jackpot.
Since the dawn of time, Friday the 13th has been considered a day of luck or danger in the Anglo-Saxon world, which the magazine “Geo” which questions the origin of the superstition associated with Friday the 13th, which We don’t know if this is a myth or a reality.
Nowadays, some buildings do not indicate the 13th floor and residents refuse to have the number 13 in their address, while some voluntarily avoid flying on Friday the 13th.
Historians place the blame on Page Grégoire, the 13th, as if by chance, who, in 1582, had set up the Gregorian calendar, while the solar calendar provides for one to three “Fridays the 13th”.
The fear of “Friday the 13th” is called paraskevidékatriaphobia, an unpronounceable word which has its origins in Greek etymology: “paraskevi” which means “Friday”, “decatreis” (thirteen) and “phóbos” (fear or phobia), the magazine said.
Recent history reinforces this reputation for misfortune associated with Friday the 13th, including in Quebec where health authorities declared a health emergency after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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