Why does Friday the 13th get a bad rap?
I like Fridays. And the number 13 isn't so shabby either. There are 13 in a baker's dozen. And that means that you can filtch one donut before offering the remaining 12 to your officemates - and they'll never know!
So whenever I want to know something... I google it. And this is a piece of what I discovered:
"Other sources suggest the number 13 was purposely vilified by the founders of patriarchal religions in the early days of western civilization because it represented femininity. Thirteen had been revered in prehistoric goddess-worshiping cultures, allegedly, because it corresponded to the number of lunar (menstrual) cycles in a year (13 x 28 = 364 days). The "Earth Mother of Laussel," for example, a 27,000-year-old carving found near the Lascaux caves in France often cited as an icon of matriarchal spirituality, depicts a female figure holding a cresent-shaped horn bearing 13 notches. According to this theory, as the solar calendar triumphed over the lunar with the rise of male-dominated civilization, so did the number 12 over the number 13, thereafter considered anathema."
I also discovered that the Chinese and ancient Egyptians revered the number 13.... but, I am still missing the connection between 13 and Friday....
I don't get it.... Buller? Buller? Anyone? Buller?
I like Fridays. And the number 13 isn't so shabby either. There are 13 in a baker's dozen. And that means that you can filtch one donut before offering the remaining 12 to your officemates - and they'll never know!
So whenever I want to know something... I google it. And this is a piece of what I discovered:
"Other sources suggest the number 13 was purposely vilified by the founders of patriarchal religions in the early days of western civilization because it represented femininity. Thirteen had been revered in prehistoric goddess-worshiping cultures, allegedly, because it corresponded to the number of lunar (menstrual) cycles in a year (13 x 28 = 364 days). The "Earth Mother of Laussel," for example, a 27,000-year-old carving found near the Lascaux caves in France often cited as an icon of matriarchal spirituality, depicts a female figure holding a cresent-shaped horn bearing 13 notches. According to this theory, as the solar calendar triumphed over the lunar with the rise of male-dominated civilization, so did the number 12 over the number 13, thereafter considered anathema."
I also discovered that the Chinese and ancient Egyptians revered the number 13.... but, I am still missing the connection between 13 and Friday....
I don't get it.... Buller? Buller? Anyone? Buller?
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