The 13 landing on a Friday only happens each so often. Friggatriskaidekaphobia is what it is called when somebody is really scared of the day, although there isn’t really a reason for the fear to exist. Black cats might scratch you or shed on your carpet but are harmless other than that. Regardless, individuals do indulge in their superstitions. The word for being afraid of Friday the 13th is Friggatriskaidekaphobia. Jason Voorhees won’t appear, even if you say the word in the mirror three times.
Frigga what now?
It’s pronounced “fri-gah-tri-sk-eye-de-kah-fo-bia.” The word, a portmanteau, means a person is scared of Friday the 13th. With friggaphobia as the fear of Friday and Triskaidekaphobia being a fear of thirteen, they make a deadly combination. Put them together and also you have Friggatriskaidekaphobia. Friday is somehow correlated with different witches. The German/Norse goddess Frigga, or Freya, got the day of the week named for her, as Freya-day. Ancient world sexism isn’t our topic for today although the day was named, as argued by others, after a female deity, making it have an association with witches. Triskaidekaphobia is what we call someone scared of thirteen. The come together because “tri” means 3 and “deka” means the number 10.
Any Friday the thirteenth things happen?
No, not really, for short. Even if it were to be long it’d still be no. Nothing has ever been seen happening on Friday the thirteenth that was out of place, besides all the friggatriskaidekaphobia, or people getting the “heebie-jeebies”. There would be some kind of documented memory by now if anything bad really did happen on Friday the thirteenth. Even if there were more accidents happening Friday the thirteenth, more factors would have to be accounted for besides the day like the fact more individuals like to drink on Fridays.
Doing something fun with the day
Superstitions like Friggatriskaidekaphobia are harmless. There are still superstitions that exist as tradition today. ”MacBeth” is a cursed play meaning theaters will refer to it only as “the Scottish play” so as to avoid the curse. Watch a scary movie with your family or friends, and use this as an excuse to have some fun. I would suggest Crystal Lake be one of the activities you don’t do though.
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