{"id":10829,"date":"2026-02-13T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=10829"},"modified":"2026-02-13T15:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:12:09","slug":"friday-the-thirteenth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/friday-the-thirteenth\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday the Thirteenth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"424646\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #424646;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-13-13.54.39.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10830 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-13-13.54.39.webp 475w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-13-13.54.39-212x300.webp 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@polinamalilo?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Polina M<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/a-person-with-a-tattoo-on-the-arm-zhzC-_jkDOI?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a> illustrating Friday the Thirteenth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, &#8216;Thank God It&#8217;s Friday!&#8217;. In fact, the belief that Friday the Thirteenth is a very bad luck days is not that old.  Researchers can only trace it back to the 19th Century in France.  Have a look at this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/newsround\/articles\/c87jz5xdj2yo\">BBC site for details<\/a>. However, 13 has long been an ill-omened number.  Judas Iscariot was the 13th to arrive at the Last Supper,  And that didn&#8217;t turn out well.  13 was an unlucky day for the Romans too.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/royal-academy-flaming-june-july-24_17-1024x554.jpg\" alt=\"Copy of the Last Supper at the Royal Academy\" class=\"wp-image-5188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/royal-academy-flaming-june-july-24_17-1024x554.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/royal-academy-flaming-june-july-24_17-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/royal-academy-flaming-june-july-24_17-768x415.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/royal-academy-flaming-june-july-24_17-1536x830.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/royal-academy-flaming-june-july-24_17-2048x1107.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Copy of the Last Supper at the Royal Academy showing 13 participlants<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Baldur and Loki<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Norse Mythology, Baldur, the son of Odin who was a bright and cheerful God, was having premonitions of doom.  Odin sought the advice  of a dead seer who told him, Baldur was doomed. Baldur&#8217;s mother, the Goddess Frigg, was determined to save him. So got every entity in the cosmos live or dead to swear they would not harm Baldur.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thereafter, the Gods enjoyed themselves at banquets by throwing missiles at Baldur who was now immune to all threats. The mischievous God, Loki, saw an opportunity for his evil skills. He spoke, in disguise, to Frigg asking if she had really got every single entity to swear?  She said yes except the Mistletoe as it was so innocuous.   So, ofcourse, Loki went to make a spear out of the mistletoe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the weapon, Loki attended a Banquet of twelve gods to which he was not invited, being therefore the 13th. When the Gods began their now customary game of throwing things at Baldur, Loki  asked the slayer God <a href=\"http:\/\/norse-mythology.org\/hodr\/\">Hodr<\/a> to throw the mistletoe spear. It killed Baldur, and despite many attempts the Gods could not get Baldur out of Hell, Much of the joy of the world died with him.  For more detail see <a href=\"https:\/\/norse-mythology.org\/tales\/the-death-of-baldur\/\"> norse-mythology.org.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"b78a5e\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #b78a5e;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SAM_66_75v_death_of_Baldr-819x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10831 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SAM_66_75v_death_of_Baldr-819x1024.webp 819w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SAM_66_75v_death_of_Baldr-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SAM_66_75v_death_of_Baldr-768x961.webp 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SAM_66_75v_death_of_Baldr.webp 949w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Jakob Sigur\u00f0sson[2] &#8211; S\u00c1M 66, 75v. Digitized version available from http:\/\/sagnanet.is\/saganet\/?MIval=\/SinglePage&amp;Manuscript=1109&amp;Page=150&amp;language=english. Image processing (crop, rotate, color-levels) by Skadinaujo (talk\u00a0\u00b7 contribs)ou Jakob Sigur\u00f0sson. The Death of Baldr. From: Reykjavik: Stofnun \u00c1rna Magn\u00fassonar \u00ed \u00edslenskum fr\u00e6\u00f0um. S\u00c1M 66. 1765. 75v. Hand copied paper manuscript. MyNDIR: My Norse Digital Image Repository. Ed. P. A. Baer. 2023. Edition 2.5.1. Victoria, B. C.: Humanities Computing and Media Centre, University of Victoria. 2023., Public Domain, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=6029049<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Unlucky Friday?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday was often an unlucky day in the Bible. In particular, it was the day Adam and Eve ate of the Tree of Knowledge. Below you can see the human-headed snake beguiling Eve who hands the fruit of knowledge to Adam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"493f36\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #493f36;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"536\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/courtauld-mar-25_24.webp\" alt=\"Detail from The Creation and Fall of Man by Mariotto Albertinelli Courtauld Institute photo by KFlude\" class=\"wp-image-10832 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/courtauld-mar-25_24.webp 536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/courtauld-mar-25_24-212x300.webp 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Detail from The Creation and Fall of Man by Mariotto Albertinelli Courtauld Institute photo by KFlude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the day when Noah&#8217;s premonition was proven correct.   In the Canterbury Tales, Chaucer writes that  &#8220;And on a Friday fell all this mischance.  O Venus, sweet goddess of love\u2019s chance&#8221;. (Nun&#8217;s Priest&#8217;s Tale).   And Friday was the normal Hangman&#8217;s Day in England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But  no one seems to have put the two together until the 19th Century.  In 1834 a French play had a line<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> &#8220;I was born on a Friday, December 13th, 1813 from which come all of my misfortunes.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is one Friday 13th a year, and often three. They insist on appearing only in a month that starts on a Sunday. The compound word for fear of Friday 13th is paraskevidekatriaphobia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>On This Day (Friday 13th)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1307 <\/strong>&#8211; On Friday 13 October, King Philip IV of France arrested leading members of the Knight&#8217;s Templars. One of the most powerful monastic orders in Europe to whom many of the leading Knights belonged.  They had basically become the bankers to the Royalty of Europe, But they had become too powerful, and were destroyed very violently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Published on Friday the 13th of February 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the other hand, &#8216;Thank God It&#8217;s Friday!&#8217;. In fact, the belief that Friday the Thirteenth is a very bad luck days is not that old. Researchers can only trace it back to the 19th Century in France. Have a look at this BBC site for details. 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