Many scholars believe the figurine may have represented a goddess of fertility in a ritual or ceremony, while the 13 lines are typically read as a reference to the lunar or menstrual cycle, both of which symbolize feminine power.
Rewriting a reputation. As Christianity gained momentum in the Middle Ages, however, paganism stood at odds with the new patriarchal faith. Not only did its leaders take objection to the worship of multiple gods and goddesses, but the celebration of Friday, the number 13, and the goddesses who invoked love, sex, fertility, magic and pleasure were deemed unholy.
So revered were these deities, though, that making people relinquish them proved a real challenge. But Christian authorities persisted with their campaign, branding both the deities and the women who worshiped them witches. Early in her career, Taylor Swift would often perform with the number 13 -- which the singer considers lucky -- written on her hand. These days, of course, Friday the 13th still haunts the Western imagination. But with conversations around the role misogyny has played in silencing powerful women throughout history now in the mainstream, perhaps the narrative of this unlucky date and the female deities associated with it might soon be rewritten.
The tide may have already started to turn: Take Taylor Swift, who considers 13 her lucky number and, early in her career, often performed with the number written on her hand. I turned 13 on Friday the 13th. My first album went gold in 13 weeks.
My first No. Basically, whenever a 13 comes up in my life, it's a good thing. There are many theories that date back to earlier centuries, but most of them have been completely debunked. Politicians, beware the Ides of March The real Friday the 13th hysteria started in the 20th century.
Many date this back to Thomas Lawson's book " Friday, the Thirteenth " which is about a stockbroker who chooses this day to deliberately crash the stock market. One year later in , The New York Times became one of the first media outlets to acknowledge the superstitions of Friday the 13th. Later in the s, the popularity of the " Friday the 13th " movie franchise added to the cultural phenomenon.
The science behind superstition. While the other 3 out of 4 Americans might scoff at this, there is actually psychological science to back superstition. Psychologists at Kansas State University say superstitions are all about trying to control your fate. People often use superstitions to try to achieve a desired outcome or to help alleviate anxiety.
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For starters, a study published in the British Medical Journal indicates otherwise. Researchers analyzed the traffic flow and number of injuries from car accidents on the southern section of London's M25 motorway during the five months that the 13th fell on a Friday between and They compared these numbers to data collected on Friday the 6th of the same months, and found that although there are consistently fewer vehicles on the road during the 13th — possibly as a result of superstitious people choosing not to drive that day, the researchers proposed — "the risk of hospital admission as a result of a transport accident may be increased by as much as 52 percent" on the 13th.
But before triskaidekaphobics, or those who fear the number 13, say "I told you so," it should be noted that although the data were authentic, the authors didn't mean for their conclusions to be taken seriously.
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