Friday The 13th History
Friday the 13th history.
Friday the 13th history. At least once a year the calendar dates align to give us a friday the 13th. The irrational fear of the number 13 has been given a scientific name. While the original friday the 13th failed to earn the critical success of halloween it was a financial success when it landed in theaters in 1980 with a sequel being rushed into production and. How it came to be and why its considered unlucky.
And on analogy to this the fear of friday the 13th is called paraskevidekatriaphobia from the greek words paraskevi paraskeyh meaning friday and dekatreis dekatreis meaning thirteen. Long considered a harbinger of bad luck friday the 13th has inspired a late 19th century secret society an early 20th century novel a horror film franchise and not one but two unwieldy.