Friday, March 13, 2009

Friggatriskaidekaphobia

Frigga
in Norse mythology, the goddess of love and fertility but then banished as a witch; Friday was named after her

tris
Greek for "three" (3)

kai
Greek for "and"

deka
Greek for "ten" (10)

phobia
from the Greek phóbos, "fear"


We have Friday The 13th thrice this year! One we had last February. Of course, today. The other would be in November. I personally don't know of anyone who is mortally afraid of Friday The 13th. If this kind of phobia has a declining rate in recent years, that I'm not sure of. But then, most of the living souls today believe in luck and all of them wouldn't like to meet the bad one. Who would? However, too much dependence on this belief breeds fear.

Do you want to enjoy life or what? :-)

GMT 0 Accra, Ghana

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