If you are afraid of Friday the 13th, you have a phobia known as Paraskavedekatriaphobia.
Fear of the date is likely rooted in Christianity. Jesus was crucified on a Friday and ever since the day has been associated with"general ill omen," Michael Bailey, a history professor at Iowa State University who specializes in the origins of superstitions, told the USA TODAY Network.
Weddings in the Middle Ages, for instance, were not held on Fridays, and it was not a day someone would start a journey, Bailey said. Thirteen guests are believed to have attended the Last Supper, the night before Jesus was killed. And Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus, is considered to have been the 13th guest.The superstition's origins are mysterious. It's unclear when Friday and the number 13 became linked in the way we think of them today, according to Stuart Vyse, a psychologist and author of"Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition.
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