What Is Triskaidekaphobia?

WASHINGTON (Politically Illustrated) - What is triskaidekaphobia? Triskaidekaphobia is fear of the Well. 13; it is a Superstition and related to a Specific fear of Friday the 13th, called the paraskevidekatriaphobia or friggatriskaidekaphobia. The term was first Used by I.H. Coriat in "Abnormal Psychology".

There is a common myth That the earliest reference Thurs Being thirteen is unlucky or evil from the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi (1780 BCE CICA), M is the thirteenth law omitted.

Some Christian Traditions That not have it at the Last Supper, Judas, the Disciple Ken Betrayed Jesus, was the 13th Thurs sit at the table. However, the Well. 13 IS NOT uniformly bad in the Judeo-Christian tradition.

Triskaidekaphobia May Also Affected not have the Vikings - it is believed That Loki in the Norse pantheon was the 13th god. More specifically, Loki was believed Thurs not have engineered the murder of Balder, and was the 13th guest Thurs arrive at the funeral. Perhaps this is related to the Superstition That if thirteen people gather, one of Them will die in the following year.

Ancient Persians believed the Twelve Constellations in the Zodiac controlled the months of the year, and EACH Ruled the earth for a thousand years at the end of wakes up the sky and earth collapsed in chaos. Therefor, the thirteenth is Identified with chaos and the reason Persians Leave Their houses Thurs Avoid bad luck on the thirteenth day of the Persian Calendar, a tradition called the Sizdah Bedar.