number 13 phobia remedy
Do we really must feel uncomfortable with number 13 ?
Triskaidekaphobia and Friggatriskaidekaphobia
Many people around the world have fear of certain numbers (for ex. number 4 in China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. Number 17 in Italy...), and 13 for some western countries.
The fear of number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia, the fear of Friday the 13th is called Friggatriskaidekaphobia, (or paraskevidekatriaphobia)
The fear of number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia, the fear of Friday the 13th is called Friggatriskaidekaphobia, (or paraskevidekatriaphobia)
Frigga = the Norse goddess for whom Friday is named.
triskaidekaphobia = the fear of the number 13
Why people hate the number 13? so that have been impact on their lives..
This fear has at least two origins:
1 - Thirteen men went to the Last Supper, and one betrayed Jesus Christ.
2 - And in a Norse myth, the evil god Loki crashed a party of 12. The ends in death.
Here some pictures show that meanwhile civilization still under the power of the religion and the history of the number 13 :
Here some pictures show that meanwhile civilization still under the power of the religion and the history of the number 13 :
A picture taken in an elevator in a residential apartment block in Shanghai. Floors 0, 4, 13 and 14 are missing.
Wikimedia
Wikimedia
Seat 13 missing on a Ryan Air plane
Missing room number 413 in hotel Kardial, Banja Vrućica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Closeup of the exposed lift shaft of an under-construction block of apartments in Lane Cove West, New South Wales. Markings for the 13th floor have been replaced by a heart, and the 4 in the markings for the 14th floor has been painted upside down.
House number 13 written as 12+1 (Apeldoorn)
(wikimedia)
(wikimedia)
No number 13 w:Santa Anita Park receiving barn showing superstition.Thirteen... Taken by Ellen Levy Finch Feb 11, 2006 (wikimedia)
story for children, Number 13 #3, By David Walker, Robert Love
books.google.com
books.google.com
The Family at Number 13: An absolutely gripping psychological thriller.
A story about a family whose life seems perfect, but the truth is very different.
(books.google.com)
(books.google.com)
The remedy for this kind of fear is for a person to strengthen his heart, have certain faith in God and put his trust in Him. He should know that no disaster happens except by the decree of God, and he should beware of getting carried away with this fear that may cross his mind.
A lot of people around the world have number 13 apartments, and travel in Friday 13, but nothing bad happen to them, so why do we must have fear ?
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