Pagans!!! Witchcraft!!! The Devil!!!

Cheesy slasher movies that have a soft-spot in our hearts simply because!!!

Supersticious hog-wash that has no place being discussed in such a serious fashion!!!

I want to prove that I know what friggatriskaidekaphobia means (or at least that I’m clever enough to know where to look it up!!!)!!!

Some historians suggest the Christian distrust of Fridays is actually linked to the early Catholic Church’s overall supression of pagan religions and women. In the Roman calendar, Friday was devoted to Venus, the goddess of love. When Norsemen adapted the calendar, they named the day after Frigg, or Freya, Norse goddesses connected to love and sex. Both of these strong female figures once posed a threat to male-dominated Christianity, the theory goes, so the Christian church vilified the day named after them.

The number 13 could also have been considered pagan because there are 13 months in the pagan lunar calendar. The lunar calendar also corresponds to the human menstrual cycle, connecting the number to femininity. from Howstuffworks

Let the great pagan revelries begin. And why not, all I’m saying is that this is another day. I myself happen to have always enjoyed Friday the 13th, and so today I’m ready, I’m on the look-out for whatever manner of odd occurances are likely to come winging themselves in my general direction.

I mean after all, I am convinced that it isn’t half as important what you believe in, what really matters is that you believe in it.

Strangely, there is evidence to suggest that Friday the 13th is actually unlucky for some. Psychologists have found that some people are especially likely to have accidents or fall ill on Friday the 13th. This has been attributed to such people feeling a heightened state of anxiety on that day. The Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville, North Carolina estimates that in the United States alone, $800 or $900 million is lost in business each Friday the 13th because some people will not travel or go to work from Wikipedia

Right, like I was saying. I’m having fun today… how ’bout you?

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