Paraskevidekatriaphobia: The Word is Scarier than the Day
Can you pronounce Paraskevidekatriaphobia? - I can't!
- paraskevi = Friday
- dekatreis = thirteen
- phobia = fear
Long word for something simple: Fear of Friday the 13th. The aberration was born a
sunny day of the 1950s from the mind of a psychotherapist.
Fear of the number 13 (Triskaidekaphobia) comes from many sources: a Valhalla banquet where Locky became the guest 13... the 13 of the Last Supper...
What about Friday? Adam and Eve evicted from Eden... the day Jesus was
crucified... the arrest of the Templars on Friday, October 13, 1307...
Finally, the horror movies - the most visually impacting for our modern minds.
No more dangerous than any other day. Go out and have fun.