Legend of Friday the 13th 😱 #shorts
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The Legend of Friday the 13th exists in several cultures that associate the number 13 and also Friday with bad luck. So when the 13th coincides on Friday, it is considered a day of misfortune.
In the Christian tradition, Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit on a Friday and Cain killed Abel that same day of the week.
The imperfection of the number 13 is also linked to the innumerable references to the number 12 in the Bible (12 tribes of Israel and 12 disciples), thus, the number 13 would be at odds with God's design.
At the last supper, on a Thursday, Jesus was with his 12 disciples, 13 in total, including Judas, the traitor. The next day, a Friday, Jesus was arrested and crucified.
In Revelation, it is in chapter 13 where the number of the beast and the antichrist is mentioned. Kabbalah, in Judaism, lists thirteen evil spirits.
In mythology there is another explanation for bad luck. According to a legend of Nordic origin, the god Odin made a feast with twelve other deities. Loki, god of discord and fire, having not been invited, when he knew he encouraged and caused the death of one of the guests.
So, according to superstition, there is a fear that an encounter with 13 people will end in tragedy.
Even Frigga, Odin's wife and goddess of fertility, is also related to Friday the 13th, as the Catholic Church, during the conversion of the barbarians, considered Frigga to be a demon.
And, according to legend, she, the devil and eleven other witches go out every Friday to avenge themselves by cursing plagues against humanity.
In History also is the origin of the supreme bad luck, which is to add Fridays to the number 13…
… because in the French monarchy, when King Filipe IV felt threatened by the monetary influence and power exercised by the religious order of the Knights Templar, he tried to join the prestigious order, but as he was refused, the king ordered the persecution and execution of the Templars …
… on a Friday, October the 13th of 1307.
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