Since when was 13 considered an unlucky number?

by BattleBattlerBenji (PHAET) Posted 2012/04/13 01:37:12

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Just interested to know when, and for what reason, the number 13 became unlucky.

Burning Bright Embers 2012/04/13 02:20:20

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October 13, 1307, a Friday. The Knights Templar were rounded up, imprisoned, and all their worldly goods confiscated by King Phillip of France. This was after they had restored him to the throne. Most of them were executed.
Friday the 13th has had an unlucky reputation ever since.

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adam.r.pheonix 2012/04/21 21:56:15

Actually the number 13 became known as an unlucky number solely because of the 13th card of the major arcana of the tarot, the death card, while this card is used solely to represent change and is in itself neither good nor bad the early Europeans feared death so much that they simply couldn't accept this and so the they declared the number 13 to be unlucky.

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Born to Rock 2012/04/15 14:21:08

because that is when you become a teenager

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Candace Washington 2012/04/15 02:12:34

that's what i want to know. i actually like the number 13

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Jacob Mahurien 2012/04/14 15:27:49

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There were thirteen people present at the last supper. That's another explanation.

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babygirl 2012/04/13 17:02:05

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i dnt like it!!!!!!

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Seonag 2012/04/13 12:54:24

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Burning Bright Embers has it right! October 13, 1307 is when King Phillip of France rounded up, imprisoned, tortured and executed The Knights Templar, confiscating their lands and most of their wealth held in France.

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Ticiana 2012/04/13 06:22:20

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Some people believe that it has to do with Oct 13 1307 - mass arrest of the Templars in France.

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cmdrbnd007 2012/04/13 06:13:08

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On Friday the 13 the Pope and the King of France declared war on the Knights Templar and went around gathering them up and executing them. Ever since then Friday the 13 has been unlucky and the number 13 has been considered unlucky.

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VERYwiseguy 2012/04/13 06:07:44

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http://www.straightdope.com/c...

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goatman112003 2012/04/13 05:39:25

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It has to do with Friday the 13th and that was the date when the King of France went after the Knight Templars and since that number and date has been considered unlucky.

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POWERSHAKER 2012/04/13 04:44:33

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I don't know how thirteen became known as an unlucky number. I don't really know the history of it. I think you'd have to look it up, or maybe it's just a superstition that developed.

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flaca BN-0 2012/04/13 04:04:35

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I don't get it. Because Judas was Jesu's closes friend and even though some people think Judas was the betrayer, others believe that Judas willingly took the job of turning Jesus in so that the prophecy could be fulfilled. Which is why he kissed Jesus right before. They had a pact. Even Lloyd Webber picked up on that in Jesus Christ Superstar. And the recently discovered "gospel of Judas" alludes to it as well.

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GoreGirl 2012/04/13 03:31:21

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I was raised Catholic and I was told that the reason it's 'unlucky' was that there were originally 13 disciples of Jesus and one left him and was damned. Idk, that's what I got and it makes sense since it really came about in the Dark Ages when everyone was very religious.

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Andjella ObeyYMCMB 2012/04/13 03:30:49

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Really Don't know anything about the topic..To me it is not unlucky number and I'm never unlucky on Friday the 13.
Anyways, I found this very interesting topic and would like to find out more about all this.

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Black Mohawk Man 2012/04/13 02:28:13

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It's always been unlucky (except for Taylor Swift)!!

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OblivousPain 2012/04/13 02:20:56

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If it is then I think that the worlds middle school kids are screwed.

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Burning Bright Embers 2012/04/13 02:20:20

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October 13, 1307, a Friday. The Knights Templar were rounded up, imprisoned, and all their worldly goods confiscated by King Phillip of France. This was after they had restored him to the throne. Most of them were executed.
Friday the 13th has had an unlucky reputation ever since.

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Maria 2012/04/13 02:04:54

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.There have been a number of events known as "Black Fridays" in history. Usually, these events are devastating.

Some historians propose that the origin of the "Black Friday" was the simultaneous arrest of hundreds of Knights Templars on October 13, 1307 (Friday), to be later tortured into "admitting" heresy.

Today, the concept of Friday the 13th has been extended through the 'black Friday' concept to incorporate anything really bad that happens on a Friday. In history there have been a number of events that happened on a Friday and are known as Black Friday:

Black Friday (1869), a financial crisis in the United States
Black Friday (1889), the day of the Johnstown Flood.
Black Friday (1910), WSPU took militant action when the Conciliation Bill failed.
Black Friday (1919), a riot in Glasgow stemming from industrial unrest
Black Friday (1921), day on which British dockers' and railwaymen's union leaders announced their decision not to call for strike action against wage reductions for miners
Black Friday (1929), a stock market crash in the United States
Black Friday (1939), a day of devastating fires in Australia
Black Friday (1945), largest air battle over Norway, over Sunnfjord
Hollywood Black Friday (1945), the day the six-month-old Confederation of Studio Unions (CSU) stri...

.There have been a number of events known as "Black Fridays" in history. Usually, these events are devastating.

Some historians propose that the origin of the "Black Friday" was the simultaneous arrest of hundreds of Knights Templars on October 13, 1307 (Friday), to be later tortured into "admitting" heresy.

Today, the concept of Friday the 13th has been extended through the 'black Friday' concept to incorporate anything really bad that happens on a Friday. In history there have been a number of events that happened on a Friday and are known as Black Friday:

Black Friday (1869), a financial crisis in the United States
Black Friday (1889), the day of the Johnstown Flood.
Black Friday (1910), WSPU took militant action when the Conciliation Bill failed.
Black Friday (1919), a riot in Glasgow stemming from industrial unrest
Black Friday (1921), day on which British dockers' and railwaymen's union leaders announced their decision not to call for strike action against wage reductions for miners
Black Friday (1929), a stock market crash in the United States
Black Friday (1939), a day of devastating fires in Australia
Black Friday (1945), largest air battle over Norway, over Sunnfjord
Hollywood Black Friday (1945), the day the six-month-old Confederation of Studio Unions (CSU) strike boiled over into a bloody riot at the Warner Bros. studios leading to the eventual breakup of the CSU.
Black Friday (1978), a massacre of protesters in Iran
Black Friday (1982), known in Britain after Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, sparking the Falklands War
Black Friday (1987), the day an hour-long F4 category tornado ran through the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Black Friday (2004), a crackdown on a peaceful protest in the capital city of Maldives, Malé

Other uses of the term include:

Black Friday, a name used for any Friday which falls on the 13th of a month
Black Friday, the Friday preceding Easter, also known as Good Friday or God Friday.
Black Friday (shopping), the day after Thanksgiving Day in the United States, the first shopping day of the Christmas season and one of the busiest shopping days of the year
"Black Friday" is the name given to the last Friday before Christmas in the United Kingdom. It is a day when widespread anti-social behavior due to public alcohol consumption is expected to occur, and police are given additional powers to combat it
Black Friday (1940 film), a science-fiction/horror film starring Boris Karloff, Stanley Ridges and Bela Lugosi
Black Friday (2005 film), a Hindi film on the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai, directed by Anurag Kashyap
"Black Friday", a title of a song by Grinspoon
"Black Friday", a title of a song by Steely Dan
"Black Friday", a title of a song by Megadeth
"Black Friday Rule", a title of a song by Flogging Molly
"Black Friday", the nickname for game 3 of the 1977 NLCS baseball championships. Philadelphia Phillies fans gave the nickname because the Phillies blew an early lead against the Los Angeles Dodgers and a controversial call was made during the game
"Black Friday", a title of a poem written by Dennis Rader, the BTK killer
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The Dutch Centre for Insurance Statistics (CVS) on June 12, 2008, stated that "fewer accidents and reports of fire and theft occur when the 13th of the month falls on a Friday than on other Fridays, because people are preventatively more careful or just stay home. Statistically speaking, driving is slightly safer on Friday the 13th, at least in the Netherlands; in the last two years, Dutch insurers received reports of an average 7,800 traffic accidents each Friday; but the average figure when the 13th fell on a Friday was just 7,500......
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flaca BN-0 to Maria 2012/04/13 04:06:19

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I bet there are more Friday 13ths in those countries that didn't have bad events though.

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Pixie·MzAwesome♠ƤĦĂĔŢ♠ 2012/04/13 01:58:48

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Christians decided it was because a lot of covens had 13 members.

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Astro to Pixie·... 2012/04/13 08:39:57

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Actually it was a tradition for all witches covens to have13 members to function appropriately, but usually this was as many let into a single 'coven' it didn't mean that the covens didn't interact.

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Live. Laugh. Love. Die. 2012/04/13 01:54:23

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No clue. Maybe because my mom was born on friday the thirteenth and she freaked everybody out. Just kidding. I love my mom. Most of the time.

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Jaz Killjoy Way 2012/04/13 01:53:07

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since friday the 13 movie came out then people keep saying Jason is gonna come

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I <3 SuFin 2012/04/13 01:51:12

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idk, but it hasn't been unlucky for me all year

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Morgan 2012/04/13 01:51:00

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I heard it started as one in the bible

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Michael=Constitution & Liberty 2012/04/13 01:50:11

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?...

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Michael... to Michael... 2012/04/13 01:51:34

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this is long, but will explain it if you watch.

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Renée♥ 2012/04/13 01:41:48

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Duh all the time! Friday the 13

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BattleB... to Renée♥ 2012/04/13 01:42:52

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But why though. When did it begin. For what reason?

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Renée♥ to BattleB... 2012/04/13 01:49:16

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Psh idk everything

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HippiesKnowAll 2012/04/13 01:41:40

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Just found this on a website.
Many people believe that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day, that the 13th floor of a building is unlucky, or that the number 13 in general is unlucky. No one seems to know exactly why this came to be so, but there are many possible explanations.

One is that the superstition goes back to the Last Supper. There were 13 people at the meal, including Jesus Christ, and Judas was thought to be the 13th guest.

In some ancient European religions, there were 12 good gods and one evil god; the evil god was called the 13th god. And a meeting of witches, called a Sabbath, required at least 13 witches.

Friday has also long been considered unlucky, perhaps because Christ died on Friday. Since Friday and the number 13 are both considered unlucky, then Friday the 13th is considered the unluckiest day of all!

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BattleB... to Hippies... 2012/04/13 01:45:11

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Interesting. Thanks for looking that up ^^

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Hippies... to BattleB... 2012/04/13 01:48:03

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You're welcome.

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Alexis to Hippies... 2012/04/13 01:45:54

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I was born on Friday the 13th...

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Hippies... to Alexis 2012/04/13 01:48:53

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Awesome :)

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Maria to Alexis 2012/04/13 01:50:41

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So was my friend too...LOL

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Toxic-D... to Alexis 2012/04/13 02:16:22

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My bf was too!It's a small world

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flaca BN-0 to Hippies... 2012/04/13 04:07:38

but Judas was the good guy. he made a pact with JC. to fulfill the prophecy.

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Alexis 2012/04/13 01:41:31

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How is 13 considered an unlucky number

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BattleB... to Alexis 2012/04/13 01:43:22

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Thats what I'm asking.

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