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Triskaidekaphobia

An example of the phobia. The elevator does not have the "13th floor".

Triskaidekaphobia[n 1] is the fear of the number thirteen. The number 13 has been linked to bad luck in the western superstition. Some buildings in the United States do not have a "13th floor."

The term was first used by Isador Coriat in Abnormal Psychology.[1]

There is also a fear of Friday the 13th. This fear is called paraskevidekatriaphobia[n 2] or friggatriskaidekaphobia.[n 3]

Triskaidekaphobia Media

  • Elevator panel in a building in the United States, where floors proceed from 12 to 14

  • The exposed lift shaft of an apartment block under construction. The lift shaft has numbers marking the levels, but the 13th level is marked with a heart instead.

  • Alternate mission patch of STS-41C, with a 13 and a black cat, as it landed on April 13th, which was a Friday the 13th and this was the mission originally scheduled as STS-13

  • Panel from an elevator in a residential apartment building in Shanghai. Floors 4, 13 and 14 are missing, because of the similarity between the pronunciation of the word "four" and "death" in Chinese.

  • The 4th floor is designated "F" in this South Korean building. The 13th floor, however, is labelled such.

  • Dan Marino's 13 jersey in the Hall of Fame

  • Taylor Swift performing with the number 13 written on her hand

  • Taylor Swift fans write the number 13 on their hands to emulate her

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Notes

  1. ↑ From Greek words τρείς (treis; three), δέκα (deka; ten) and φόβος (fobos; fear).
  2. ↑ From Greek words παρασκευή (paraskevi; Friday) and δεκατρείς (dekatreis; thirteen).
  3. ↑ From Norse Goddess Frigg, from whom the word "Friday" came.

References

  1. ↑ "Abnormal Psychology" p. 319, published in 1910, Moffat, Yard and company (New York). Library of Congress Control No. 10011167.
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