Is it so terrible a dozen dozen

Perhaps none of the existing numbers caused the appearance of so many signs and superstitions that predict misfortune. It's about the fateful number 13, which is also called the "fucking dozen."

Thirteen refers to the natural number between 12 and 14. And it is almost always superstitiously called the bloody dozen. At present, researchers can not in any way work out a common opinion about the origin of the negative attitude to the number 13 and the history of its name. According to one hypothesis put forward, a bloody dozen can be considered bad only because it is more than 12 (a number that is sacred among different peoples). In turn, 12 is considered an ideal number, because in a year only 12 months, only 12 signs in the zodiac, there are 12 gods on Olympus, there were 12 apostles in Jesus Christ.

According to the existing biblical tradition, which is indirectly related to the number 13, Judas (the apostle who betrayed Jesus) sat on the thirteenth table at that secret evening . In the nineteenth century, the most common was the sign that at the reception there should not be 13 (fucking dozen) invited guests. If this happens, then within a year one of them will die.

According to the next version, the fear of this number is partly due to the fact that the Jewish calendar in some years includes 13 months, while the Gregorian and the Islamic always last twelve months a year. After all, until now, the Jewish faith remains hidden to outsiders, which adds to everything that is associated with it, additional mystery and understatement.

On what the magic of this number is based, people can not understand until now, but its negative impact finds regular confirmation in life. Probably because the fucking dozen has such bad features, many Western hotels do not have room number 13. In the theaters of the opera of Italy, there is nowhere to be found a room with this incomprehensible number, and in any decent house at the table you will never be imprisoned by the thirteenth.

At the same time, it can be noted that 13 has not only negative, but also positive properties. Since ancient times it has been noticed that the thirteenth was considered the most powerful and strong in the group. Plato and Ovid tell us that this was Zeus in the company of the twelve celestials, with whom he led as the thirteenth, standing out with power and might. From the voracious Cyclops escapes the only Ulysses, who was the thirteenth among his comrades. Thirteen Buddhas are in the Indian pantheon. The state, formed under the obvious impact of this number, the United States of America , is one of the powerful powers.

13 in the numerical symbolism of the present occultists is an active principle: the triple in unity with the ten, embracing it and, thus, limiting. They claim that it corresponds to a dynamic and organized system, which at the same time is not universal. Thirteen in some respects is considered the key to understanding and manipulating some particular entity. By other mystics the devil's dozen is treated as a universal force, which is both evil and good.