pinksugarsub -> RE: Friday 13th (6/13/2008 4:27:45 PM)
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Gravy on french fries? O GAWD HOW GROSS!!! Please move immediately to 'Random Stupidiy' and add this to the 'Grits and Other Horrid Foods' thread. LMAO. Today is just about over, and has been a very good one for me. It just began storming here, so maybe the heat wave W/we've been having will finally break. This is what NatGeo said about the origins of fear of Friday the 13th: Dossey, also a folklore historian and author of Holiday Folklore, Phobias and Fun, said fear of Friday the 13th is rooted in ancient, separate bad-luck associations with the number 13 and the day Friday. The two unlucky entities ultimately combined to make one super unlucky day. Dossey traces the fear of 13 to a Norse myth about 12 gods having a dinner party at Valhalla, their heaven. In walked the uninvited 13th guest, the mischievous Loki. Once there, Loki arranged for Hoder, the blind god of darkness, to shoot Balder the Beautiful, the god of joy and gladness, with a mistletoe-tipped arrow. "Balder died and the whole Earth got dark. The whole Earth mourned. It was a bad, unlucky day," said Dossey. From that moment on, the number 13 has been considered ominous and foreboding. There is also a biblical reference to the unlucky number 13. Judas, the apostle who betrayed Jesus, was the 13th guest to the Last Supper. Meanwhile, in ancient Rome, witches reportedly gathered in groups of 12. The 13th was believed to be the devil. This fear, known as triskaidekaphobia, has amazing economic effects. "It's been estimated that [U.S] $800 or $900 million is lost in business on this day because people will not fly or do business they would normally do," said Donald Dossey, founder of the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville, North Carolina. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/02/0212_040212_friday13.html Meanwhile, i'm loving the 'little Halloween'. i had fun sending e-cards out to F/friends in 'celebration' of the day. pinksugarsub
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