Fear of 13

Today Room 9 was writing a responce on two optional topics that were writing on the board. "The day of the dead and The fear of 13." The fear of  13 is historicaly bad luck, because 12 is a whole number. ( 12 stars and 12 months )

Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in Western superstition. It occurs when the 13th day of the month in the Gregorian calendar falls on a Friday, which happens at least once every year but can occur up to three times in the same year. According to folklore history, the unlucky number 13th originated from a Norse myth, where 12 gods had a dinner, one to which Loki wasn’t invited to, so he took the seat being known as the 13 guest.  He had arranged for  Hoor to shoot Balder with a mistletoe-tipped arrow. Balder died, and the whole Earth got dark. The whole Earth mourned. It was a bad, unlucky day." This major event in Norse mythology caused the number 13 to be considered unlucky. Rossini was surrounded to the last by admiring friends; and if it be true that, like so many Italians, he regarded Fridays as an unlucky day and thirteen as an unlucky number, it is remarkable that on Friday 13th of November he passed away. It is also known that months that begin with a Sunday, will always have a Friday the 13.