Why Do We Say That Friday The 13th Brings Bad Luck?

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Friday the 13th! If you are superstitious, just thinking about it will have made your hair stand on end.

Just like if a mirror breaks (seven years of bad luck) or if a black cat crosses you (a misfortune is on the way down), you always have the advantage that you can touch wood to divert bad luck to other courses far away of yours.

Actually, what is a superstition? A superstition is simply the irrational belief that things magically happen, without any scientific basis. Superstitions create myths that transform stories, which is why in the past they multiplied to give an explanation to things that were not understood or seemed inexplicable.

There are many theories that try to explain why the fear of Friday the 13th was born. One of the most credible takes us back to the 14th century, more precisely to Friday, October 13, 1307, the day that King Philip IV of France ordered the capture and arrest. of the Order of the Knights Templar, who were denounced for sacrilege, heresy and worship of pagan idols before Pope Clement V.

Jacques de Molay, a Templar teacher, died burned at the stake, not without first warning that God would retaliate for their deaths. Mysteriously, they assure that in less than a year and both on a Friday the 13th, King Philip IV and Pope Clement V would die. Chance or omen? This is how many claim the legend was born.

Not in all countries around the world is this day celebrated as bad luck.

In Italy, for example, they experience this phobia on Friday the 17th, while in Spain the day of bad omens is set for Tuesday the 13th, known there with the expression “Tuesday and the 13th”.