friday the 13th: Triskaidekaphobia... - 01/13/17 01:24 PM
Do you have a fear of Friday the 13th? As my email was hacked today it got me to thinking about the irony of the day?
According to Wikipedia the history of Friday the 13th is this:
The fear of the number 13 has been given a scientific name: "triskaidekaphobia"; and on analogy to this the fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskevidekatriaphobia, from the Greek words Paraskeví (Παρασκευή, meaning "Friday"), and dekatreís (δεκατρείς, meaning "thirteen").[4]
  The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci The superstition surrounding this day may have arisen in the Middle Ages, "originating from the story of Jesus' last supper and crucifixion" in which there were 13 individuals present in … (10 comments)

 
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