Yikes! It's Friday the 13th...again.

Yesterday, A friend of mine reminded me of Friday the 13th. Making a pathetic hantu sound, he thought he could make my heart tremble. Although, Jason did come into my mind for a second. One of the scariest movie I've ever seen.

"Bro, your face alone is enough to scare people, ok! hahahahaa..." He didn't seem amuse with my remark.

Just for fun, I did some findings on Friday the 13th. Did you know that in 2005, Friday the 13th came only once. In 2006, Friday the 13th comes twice, in January and October. Same will be for 2007 but back to once in 2008. Fascinating. So, how did this myth start? Googling my way in the cyberspace, I found that, apparently, friday the 13th is considered the unluckiest of days in many superstitions, unless, you were born on that day itself, in which case, it's you're lucky day! Hmmm... interesting. I dug deeper.

Did you know that fear of friday the 13th, is called paraskavedekatriaphobia, a phobia of the number thirteen. Amazing! Never knew such word exist in the first place and how can anyone come up with such name? Plus the origin of Friday the 13th has many versions. One of them is that Eve tempted Adam with the forbidden fruit on Friday. It is also linked to the fact that there were 13 people at the last supper Jesus, who was crucified on Good Friday.

Another belief suggested that it originated from a Norse Myth, about 12 Gods having a feast. Loki, the uninvited guest, gate crashed the party and arranged Hod, the blind God of Darkness, to shoot Baldur, the God of Joy and Gladness, with a mistletoe-tipped arrow. Baldur was killed and as a result, Earth plunged into darkness.

Frigg

Also, 'Friday' was named after Frigg or Frigga, the Norse Goddess of Marriage. She was confused with the Goddess of Love, Freya, who later identified with Friday.
Freya (not bad, eh?)

When the Norsemen and Germanic tribes became christians, Freya was to be banished to the mountains as a witch. Soon after, Friday was known as Witches of Sabbath. And it was believed that on this day, 12 witches and the Devil met. 13 evil spirits Annual Convention, I guess.

Well, at the end of the day, it's all up to us whether to believe. Personally, I believe that God gives us the wisdom to think and choose what to believe. In Islam, ironically, Friday is the chief of all days. And Friday is the day of worship. The day to remember all the blessings that God has bestowed on us. Well, I guess, one has to respect one's opinion. For me, one thing's for sure, THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY! Yeehhaaaa!!!