Sunday, February 15, 2009
Friday, The 13th....the most ''SUAY'' Day!!!!
13/2/09( Friday)Anyone Notice what so ''SPECIAL'' about this day? IT is friday the 13th....Omg!!! The most suay day!!! haha...but this is those western ppl believe in lah....I acutally don't believe in this sort of thing one...so not bother about this day at all...but to those who want to know how this myth started...i will post it below now......
The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia, a word that is derived from the concatenation of the Greek words Παρασκευή, δεκατρείς, and φοβία, meaning Friday, thirteen, and phobia respectively; alternative spellings include paskevodekatriaphobia or paraskevidekatriaphobia, and is a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a phobia (fear) of the number thirteen.No historical date has been verifiably identified as the origin of the superstition. Before the 19th century, although there is evidence that the number 13 was considered unlucky, and Friday was considered unlucky, there was no link between them.
The earliest confirmed reference to Friday the 13th as an unlucky day is from 1880. However, an 1869 biography of Gioachino Rossini mentions a possible link between the two superstitions:"[Rossini] was surrounded to the last by admiring and affectionate friends; and if it be true that, like so many other Italians, he regarded Friday as an unlucky day, and thirteen as an unlucky number, it is remarkable that on Friday, the 13th of November, he died".However, many popular stories exist about the origin of the concept:
1)That the biblical Eve offered the fruit to Adam on a Friday, and that the slaying of Abel happened on a Friday (though the Bible does not identify the days of the week when these events occurred).
2)The Last Supper which occurred on Thursday, with Judas numbered among the thirteen guests (Jesus plus his 12 apostles), and that the Crucifixion of Jesus' looking which occurred on a Friday. However, Judas was not actually present for the latter part of the meal.
3)Friday and 13 were both sacred to the Norse goddess Freyja, so Friday 13th was especially sacred. Christians who wished to suppress her worship said the day was unlucky.
4)Friday, October 13th, 1066 was the last day of the reign of the Saxon King Harold II. On this day, William, Duke of Normandy offered Harold the option of ceding the crown; Harold declined the offer. The Battle of Hastings took place the following day (Saturday, October 14th, 1066). Harold was slain and William took control of England.
5)The Knights Templar were arrested on Friday October 13, 1307. The notion that this is the origin of the superstition was mentioned in the very popular work of fiction The Da Vinci Code.
Natural events on Fridays the 13th
1)The Uruguayan Rugby team infamously crashed in the Andes mountain range on Friday the 13th October, 1972.
2)January 13, 2006 and October 13, 2006 were not only Fridays, but the digits in the month, day, and year of each date add up to 13. This will next occur on May 13, 2011.
3)Lake Storm "Aphid", an out-of-season snowstorm that wrought havoc on the Buffalo, New York area took place on Friday, October 13, 2006.
4)The asteroid 99942 Apophis will make its close encounter on Friday, April 13, 2029
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