13 is actually a very poweful number and it has a long history....
Druids,witches even the christians i mean Jesus and his 12 apostoles(whatever spelt).....
In many secret communities u will find 13 members and one leader :)
So i rly dont know how did it start to be a bad luck number(personally thats my good luck number)
The Egyptians were the first to develop a superstition for the number thirteen, but for them the number brought good luck. They believed that there were twelve steps on the ladder to eternal life and knowledge and to take the thirteenth step meant going through death into everlasting life. Thirteen, for the Egyptians, was associated with immortality.
It was in Roman times that the number thirteen became associated with ill omens, particularly those bringing death and destruction.
For Christians, the number thirteen also brought bad luck. The superstition stems from the Last Supper where Judas Iscariot became the thirteenth guest to sit at the table and would later betray Jesus, leading to his crucifixion. Still to this day it is considered very bad luck for thirteen people to sit down for dinner together. It is believed that one of the dinner guests will die within the year.
Norse mythology also has a superstition surrounding thirteen at a dinner table and the bad luck that ensues. In fact, it is believed that the Christian story of the Last Supper may find its origin in this particular myth. Apparently twelve deities sat down for a meal at a gods' feast only to have Loki, the god of mischief and disorder, come along and crash the party. He rose the number to thirteen, causing one of the gods to die during the meal.
The number was adopted by witches for their covens, which always number thirteen.
Still, to this day, the superstition lives on.
Most hotel chains have no room number thirteen and many skyscrapers are without a thirteenth floor.
lol the 13th friday WAS a bad luck day here XD
because most of the letters coming from the schools (the letters where you can see what school youre be going on next year) were late, it was in the news too xD and it haven't yet come lol maybe there is a necromancer in this town, oh wait, the thing was in a wide area in here. O_O
hey grimwing tell more, I got interested in that black cat thing XD how do you do it with your cat? :3 I have a black cat too :P and today woked up seeing it sleeping infront of me xD
(if you want, pm me :P)
but in europe black cats were orginally good luck signs, before the american animations become popular O.o
but when it was the last friday the 13, it was a lucky day (something good happened then, I just dont remember what it was O.o)
maybe christians made it a bad luck day because the had something against necromancers? or something, and it might actually been a lucky day for them too. but christians didnt want to believe that they can cast good luck by magic? I just started thinking about this o.o
