Name: 為何十三號星期五不討喜？ (Why Is Friday the 13th Considered Unlucky?)
Uploaded: 2015-02-20T01:00:02.000Z
Duration: 5 min 24 s
Description: 1Paraskevidekatriaphobia0:41 黑色星期五又稱為十三號星期五，是西方的迷信，因為耶穌死在星期五，而 13 是不吉利的數字，而這兩者的結合令人相信當天會發生不幸的事情，”paraskevi + dekatria + phobia” 指的就是黑色星期五恐懼症，是來自星期五的希臘文 paraskeví...

I'm Cristen from "Stuff Mom Never Told You"

我是「媽媽沒教的事」的克莉絲汀

here to tell you why Friday the 13th is considered unlucky.

今天我要告訴大家為何 13 號星期五象徵不幸

a significant proportion of the population

有很大比例的人口在 13 號星期五

behaves very strangely on Friday the 13th.

host parties, apply for jobs, get married,

In fact, in the United States, roughly 8% of the population

is a condition known as-- say it with me--

It's actually a combination of two separate fears.

黑色星期五恐懼症其實結合了兩種恐懼

We have fear of the number 13, called triskaidekaphobia,

其一是對數字 13 的排斥，叫做「數字13恐懼症」

because everybody's always working for the weekend,

這說來好笑，大家工作不就是為了週末的到來嗎

Anyway, the most familiar source of both of these phobias

總之，這些恐懼症最為人所知的典故

13 is significant to Christians because it

數字 13 對基督徒而言具特別意義

is the number of people who were present at the Last Supper,

因為 13 剛好是「最後的晚餐」的出席人數

because you've got Jesus and his Twelve Apostles.

And Judas, the Apostle who betrayed Jesus,

was allegedly the 13th member of the party to arrive.

具傳是這場宴會中最晚到的一位 (第13個)

I think Judas was just being fashionably late, but you know.

我是認為猶大遲到是精心安排的啦，你也知道為什麼

think that Jesus was crucified on a Friday.

因為耶穌正是在星期五這天被釘在十字架上

ate from the forbidden fruit on a Friday.

Why are all of the worst events in the Bible happening

全都發生在星期五呢？ 也包括大洪水嗎？

Yeah, supposedly Noah and his Ark set sail on a Friday.

沒錯！據說諾亞方舟就是在星期五啟航的

Because of all this, in the past many Christians would never

基於以上種種原因，過去許多基督徒

begin any new project or trip on a Friday for fear that

不會在這天旅行或展開新的計畫

the endeavour would be doomed from the start.

因為害怕所有努力在一開始就註定失敗

Now sailors were particularly superstitious in this regard,

如今航海員對這點更是特別迷信

often refusing to ship out to sea on a Friday.

若遇上星期五，他們通常會拒絕出海

According to nautical legend, in the 18th century

the British Navy commissioned a ship called the HMS Friday

They even selected a man named James Friday as the ship's

他們甚至挑選了名為「詹姆士．星期五」的人

And then one Friday morning the ship set sail.

接著在某個星期五的早上，船出海了

But at bad luck would have it, it disappeared.

但如惡運降臨般，這艘船消失不見了

Some historians then also trace a Christian distrust of Friday

根據歷史學者所言，基督徒對星期五的不信任

to the church's overall opposition to pagan religions,

可追溯至教會對於異教徒的反感

because, did you know, Friday is named after Frigg,

因為「星期五 Friday」是由「弗麗嘉女神 Frigg」之名衍變而來

to invite to one of your weekend parties.

很適合邀請她參加你的週末狂歡派對

Now this strong female figure, these historians claimed,

歷史學家聲稱，如此強烈的女性形象

posed a threat to the male dominated Christianity.

會對由男性主導的基督教派造成威脅

So to fight her influence, the Christian church

characterized her as a witch, vilifying the day after her.

基督教將她描述成女巫，以她為名的這一天也跟著遭殃

This characterization may have also played

a part of the fear of the number 13, triskaidekaphobia.

大家對數字13的恐懼 「數字 13 恐懼症」

I can just now start to say it correctly.

我到現在才可以正確得念出這個字

join a convent of witches, normally a group of 12,

holds that 13 is unholy because it signifies

認為數字 13 很邪惡，因為 13 象徵

the gathering of 12 witches and the devil.

In Norse mythology, the beloved hero Baldr

北歐神話一位備受敬愛的英雄巴德爾

was killed at a banquet by the malevolent god

在場宴會中被一位邪惡的神「洛基」給殺了

Loki who crashed the party of, you guessed it, 12,

他破壞的這場盛宴上有...沒錯， 有 12 個貴賓

And this story plus the story of the Last Supper

這則北歐神話和「最後的晚餐」的故事

led to one of the most entrenched connotations

You should never sit down to a meal at a group of 13.

你從來不會與為數 13 的人同桌吃飯

Another significant part of the Friday the 13th legend

還有另一個關於 13 號星期五的傳說

On a Friday the 13th in 1306, King Philip of France

西元 1306 年的某個 13 號星期五，法國國王菲利普

burned the revered Knights of Templar at the stake,

在火刑柱上焚燒十字軍的聖殿騎士

Now these days, some people come to fear Friday

So if you get in a car wreck on Friday the 13th

or lose your wallet on that day, then that superstition

或是遺失錢包，那麼這樣的迷信

If you think about it, terrible things, horrible things,

但是你想想看，恐怖可怕的事件