Yet again its another Friday the 13th
Word jasonism
Syllabification ja-son-iz-em
Part of Speech n.
Other Forms jasonistic, jasonite
Etymology [From Jason, villain of a series of 11 horror films that have somehow scraped by.]
Definition A severe mental condition in which a movie watcher becomes a movie freak, then gets sucked into horror films, discovers Friday the 13th, and falls into an elaborate conscious coma, rapidly and ignorantly regurgitating facts of the movie even though no one really cares about it.
Friday the 13th is often considered by those who believe in superstition to be a day of bad luck. The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia. It is a form of triskaidekaphobia, fear of the number thirteen.
The origins of the Friday 13th superstition has been linked to the fact there were 13 people at the last supper of Jesus Christ, who was traditionally crucified on Good Friday, but it probably originated only in medieval times. It has also been linked to that fact that a lunisolar calendar must have 13 months in some years, while the solar Gregorian calendar and lunar Islamic calendar always have 12 months in a year. 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.
Some also say that the arrest of Jaques de Molay, Grand Master of the Knights Templar, and 60 of his senior knights on Friday, October 13, 1307 by King Philip IV of France is the origin of this superstition. That day thousands of Templars were arrested and subsequently tortured. They then 'confessed' and were executed. From that day on, Friday the 13th was considered by followers of the Templars as an evil and unlucky day.
Word jasonism
Syllabification ja-son-iz-em
Part of Speech n.
Other Forms jasonistic, jasonite
Etymology [From Jason, villain of a series of 11 horror films that have somehow scraped by.]
Definition A severe mental condition in which a movie watcher becomes a movie freak, then gets sucked into horror films, discovers Friday the 13th, and falls into an elaborate conscious coma, rapidly and ignorantly regurgitating facts of the movie even though no one really cares about it.
Friday the 13th is often considered by those who believe in superstition to be a day of bad luck. The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia. It is a form of triskaidekaphobia, fear of the number thirteen.
The origins of the Friday 13th superstition has been linked to the fact there were 13 people at the last supper of Jesus Christ, who was traditionally crucified on Good Friday, but it probably originated only in medieval times. It has also been linked to that fact that a lunisolar calendar must have 13 months in some years, while the solar Gregorian calendar and lunar Islamic calendar always have 12 months in a year. 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.
Some also say that the arrest of Jaques de Molay, Grand Master of the Knights Templar, and 60 of his senior knights on Friday, October 13, 1307 by King Philip IV of France is the origin of this superstition. That day thousands of Templars were arrested and subsequently tortured. They then 'confessed' and were executed. From that day on, Friday the 13th was considered by followers of the Templars as an evil and unlucky day.
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