Perhaps none of the existing numbers does not cause the appearance of so many beliefs and superstitions that predict misfortune.This is a fatal number 13, which is also called "baker's dozen".
Thirteen belongs to the natural number, which is located between 12 and 14. And it almost always superstitiously called the Baker's Dozen.Currently, researchers can not develop a consensus about the origin of a negative attitude among the 13 and the history of its name.According to one of the proposed research, a baker's dozen could pass for a bad been only for the reason that it is greater than 12 (the number of which is sacred in different nations).In turn, the number 12 is considered ideal, because in the year, only 12 months, a total of 12 signs in the zodiac, there are 12 gods on Mount Olympus, was the 12 apostles of Jesus Christ.
Under existing biblical tradition, which is indirectly related to the number 13, Judah (the apostle who betrayed Jesus) at the Last Supper thirteenth sitting at the table.In the nineteenth century, the most common was a sign that the reception should not be 13 (a baker's dozen) invited guests.If it happens, during the year, one of them dies.
In the next version, the fear of this number is partly due to the fact that the Jewish calendar in some years included 13 months, and the Gregorian and Islamic always account for twelve months a year.Until now the Jewish faith remains hidden to the public eye, adds that everything that is connected with it, more mystery and innuendo.
On what foundation is the magic of this number, people can not understand until now, but the negative impact is regularly confirmed in life.Probably due to the fact that such a baker's dozen is bad especially in many Western hotel has no room number 13. Opera Italy will not find a place this unknown number, and any decent home at a table you will never be put thirteenth.
At the same time you can see that 13 is not only negative, but also positive effects.Since ancient times, it was observed that the most powerful and strong in the group considered the thirteenth.Plato and Ovid told that this was Zeus in a society of twelve gods, which he led as the thirteenth, while stressing the strength and power.From voracious Cyclops escapes only Ulysses, who was thirteenth among his comrades.Thirteen Buddhas is located in the Indian pantheon.The government formed under the influence of the apparent number - the United States - is one of the great powers.
13 in numerical symbolism current occultists is an active principle a triple in unity with the ten, covering it and thus limiting.They claim that it meets the dynamic and organized system, which at the same time is not universal.Thirteen in some respects is considered key to the understanding and manipulation of some private entity.Other baker's dozen mystics interpreted as a universal force that is both evil and good.
