There are plenty of things in western culture that we
associate with superstitions and luck.
A broken mirror brings seven years of bad luck. Don’t let a
black cat cross your path. Walking under a ladder also brings bad luck. But of
all the superstitious beliefs even those who are skeptic regularly acknowledge,
the superstition surrounding the fear of Friday the 13th is compiled
up an intriguing selection of different fears and beliefs which form a recipe
for a super superstition, if you will.
According to Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained,
it has been estimated that as many as 8 percent of Americans actually suffer
from the crippling fear of the day Friday the 13th, known in phobia
terminology, as paraskevidekatriaphobia. Say that one five times really fast!
Let’s take a look at the two main ingredients that
helped to create the commonly dreaded day of Friday the 13th.
