SUPERSTITIONS: This Tuesday is TUESDAY the 13th, the bad luck Spanish day!
Friday, March 9th, 2007
RosaI do not know if you have realised, but here in Spain, if we had to name a horror movie with a man killing people with a white mask and a chain-saw it would not be called Friday the 13th but Tuesday the 13th… why?
It seems that the Spanish tradition is different, in the Anglo countries like Great Britain or United States, Friday is considered a bad luck day because Jesus died on a Friday, however in Spain, although we are considered a catholic country, it is Tuesday the bad day as it is the day related to the god Mars, the god of war and therefore, the god that represents death.
The number 13 is in any case in many cultures, a bad number; and there are many reasons for this, the most popular are: during the Last Supper the twelve disciples and Jesus made 13 and in the Tarot cards 13 is the number that represents Death.
