It's Friday the 13th...Are You Superstitious?
By LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222288)
United States
October 13, 2023 7:47am CST
There are several stories about the origin of believing that Friday the 13th is bad luck. Here are two:
A Christian-based story revolves around Jesus' last supper. There were 13 people present on the 13th of Nisan Maundy Thursday, the night before His death on Good Friday.
In Norse mythology there were 12 gods having a dinner party in Valhalla. Loki, who is the trickster god, was not invited. Loki arrived, making him the 13th guest. He arranged for Hoor to shoot Balder with a mistletoe-tipped arrow. "Balder died and the whole Earth got dark. The whole Earth mourned. It was a bad, unlucky day".
I'm not superstitious; and I don't believe in bad luck on Friday the 13th.
Are you superstitious about Friday the 13th? Have you ever had bad luck on that day?
Photo Credit: Pixabay
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@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
13 Oct 23
Interesting info. Thanks for presenting it. It's just another day to me, but if something bad happens, I will be sure to blame it on that!
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@LindaOHio (222288)
• United States
14 Oct 23
@LadyDuck I love that period in history, especially medical.
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@LindaOHio (222288)
• United States
13 Oct 23
Me neither. I hope today won't be the start of something bad!
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@dodo19 (48120)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
13 Oct 23
@LindaOHio Hopefully not! I'll keep my fingers crossed.
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@LindaOHio (222288)
• United States
14 Oct 23
@dodo19 lol And I'll knock on wood!!!
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@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
13 Oct 23
No, I’m not superstitious. It’s just another day for me.
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@LindaOHio (222288)
• United States
13 Oct 23
Me too; but there's a lot of cool movies on today.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
13 Oct 23
@LindaOHio Are you watching any ?
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@LindaOHio (222288)
• United States
14 Oct 23
@Tampa_girl7 By the time we sat down to watch a movie, all the good ones were over.
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@Chellezhere (6421)
• United States
13 Oct 23
My birth was on a Monday, but it was the 13th, so I am not afraid of Friday.
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@Chellezhere (6421)
• United States
13 Oct 23
@LindaOHio Yes, they do. I have the news on right now, though.
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@LindaOHio (222288)
• United States
13 Oct 23
Me either. They have a lot of cool spooky movies on today though.
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@LindaOHio (222288)
• United States
13 Oct 23
There's a lot of spooky movies on today.
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@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 Oct 23
That black cat in the photo looks like my Tish when she is angry, For me the number 13 is a lucky number under my birth sign and I was born on a Friday so Friday the 13th counts as a very lucky day for me,
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@Marilynda1225 (91013)
• United States
13 Oct 23
Nope I'm not superstitious about Friday being the 13th. My grandmother was very superstitious about many things.
Those are interesting theories about how Friday the 13th became bad luck
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@Marilynda1225 (91013)
• United States
16 Oct 23
@LindaOHio October seems to be filled with all sorts of horror/spooky movies. My days of enjoying those kinds of movies are over. I'd rather watch a Hallmark movie and especially enjoy them for Christmas
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@LindaOHio (222288)
• United States
16 Oct 23
@Marilynda1225 I enjoy a good thriller, sci-fi or spooky movie on occasion.
@LindaOHio (222288)
• United States
13 Oct 23
Me either. There are a lot of cool spooky movies on today.
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@akalinus (44366)
• United States
13 Oct 23
I remember when I was a kid, our family went to town. We found it was on fire. My brothers helped with the fire hoses but they would not let me because I am a girl. Whole blocks of downtown were destroyed. It was Friday the 13th.
On the other hand, I played the number 13 at a raffle and won a turkey for my family.
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@akalinus (44366)
• United States
13 Oct 23
@LindaOHio Yes, it is just a day and just a number. Bad things happen as well as good things.
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@LindaOHio (222288)
• United States
13 Oct 23
So you've seen both sides of Friday the 13th and the number 13!
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@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 Oct 23
Friday the 13th is my favorite day! The number 13 has always been my "lucky" number, so I always get excited when there is a Friday the 13th. I always seem to have a good day when it rolls around.
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@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 Oct 23
@LindaOHio It was an awesome day for me! Had a great day at work, had a great dinner with my family, and an enjoyable evening watching some streaming shows.
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@LindaOHio (222288)
• United States
14 Oct 23
I'm glad to hear that. Was Friday a good day for you?
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@LindaOHio (222288)
• United States
15 Oct 23
@moffittjc Cool. I'm glad to hear it. Have a great Sunday.
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@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
13 Oct 23
@LindaOHio My grandma lived in a Manhattan apartment with no 13th floor for many years.
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@LindaOHio (222288)
• United States
13 Oct 23
lol I'm surprised they even have an apartment 13. Thought it might be like skipping 13 for the building floors.
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@LindaOHio (222288)
• United States
14 Oct 23
Yes, yesterday went by without a hitch.
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@pitsipeahie (5758)
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14 Oct 23
Friday the 13th just comes and goes for me like any other day, sometimes I didn't even notice it was Friday the 13th. I also have never considered 13 as an unlucky or bad luck number.
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@LindaOHio (222288)
• United States
14 Oct 23
Me either. Yesterday was just another day.
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@FourWalls (86575)
• United States
13 Oct 23
No, but I love “Superstition” by Stevie Wonder!
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@LindaOHio (222288)
• United States
13 Oct 23
Me too. I saw Stevie Wonder at Leo's Casino in the 60s. He had to have permission from the City of Cleveland to perform because he was so young.
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@Fleura (34927)
• United Kingdom
13 Oct 23
No, not at all. My mother was born on Friday 13th.
I don't think it's such a big deal here as it is in the US, I mean no-one really takes it seriously and certainly don't bother about the number 13 alone. I was really taken aback to find that many buildings in the US simply don't have a 13th floor, for example (I mean they do, but they just re-number it). I don't think anyone here would dream of letting a silly superstition actually change a building!
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@LindaOHio (222288)
• United States
13 Oct 23
Yup. The 13th floor thing is definitely something they don't do in a lot of cases here in the US.
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