friggaˌtrɪskaɪˌdɛkəˈfəʊbɪə
friggatriskaidekaphobia
'The actual origin of the superstition, though, appears also to be a tale in Norse mythology. Friday is named for Frigga, the free-spirited goddess of love and fertility. When Norse and Germanic tribes converted to Christianity, Frigga was banished in shame to a mountaintop and labeled a witch. It was believed that every Friday, the spiteful goddess convened a meeting with eleven other witches, plus the devil — a gathering of thirteen — and plotted ill turns of fate for the coming week. For many centuries in Scandinavia, Friday was known as "Witches' Sabbath."'
ˈfraɪdɪ/13
May 2011//Roll on
Quote From
'Panati's Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things'
By CHARLES PANATI
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