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
An elevator in a residential apartment building in Shanghai: the 4th, 13th and 14th floors in height are deliberately not so named, such numbers are skipped.
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

Related pages

Tridecagon

Notes

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

References

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

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[1] From Greek words τρείς (treis; three), δέκα (deka; ten) and φόβος (fobos; fear).

[3] From Greek words παρασκευή (paraskevi; Friday) and δεκατρείς (dekatreis; thirteen).

[4] From Norse Goddess Frigg, from whom the word "Friday" came.

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

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