I actually look forward to Friday the 13th. Good things usually happen to me on those days. Counter-intuitively enough, 13 is my lucky number. In any event, I thought that I present to you some possible origins of Friday the 13th. I've always leaned towards the definition from Norse mythology myself. Excerpt:

Another suggestion is that the belief originated in a Norse myth about twelve gods having a feast in Valhalla. The mischievous Loki gatecrashed the party as an uninvited 13th guest and arranged for Hod, the blind god of darkness, to shoot Baldur, the god of joy and gladness, with a mistletoe-tipped arrow. Baldur was killed and the Earth was plunged into darkness and mourning as a result.

For those unfamiliar with why mistletoe was chosen, think Achilles heel. Every thing in the world had promised to not harm Baldur, the exception being mistletoe because it seemed so innocuous. Whoops.

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