Truth About Friday The 13th

Today we will be celebrating again with regards to another occurrence of Friday the 3th.  The origins of some of our superstitions are largely unknown in today’s world. This is unfortunate because superstitions are a part of our heritage. We may not believe in them, but it’s always interesting to know their genesis just for the heck of it. So many of these legends have passed into the modern vernacular, yet we don’t understand why we’re saying or doing things that keep us from stepping on cracks and breaking our mothers’ backs and throwing salt over our shoulders.

Such is the case with the superstition that Friday the 13th is an “unlucky” day when all kinds of bad things can happen to us. Then there are all those movies about killer maniacs that bust loose on this date. Spooky as they may be, they have no real tie-in to the superstition at all. The following is the truth about the origin of Friday the 13th.

During the first and second Crusades, in about 1118 A.D., the Knights Templar were created by order of the Vatican to protect Christian pilgrims as they journeyed to the Holy Lands. Since Jerusalem and the surrounding land was sacred according to Christians, Jews and Muslims, European Christians who ventured to the area were likely to be set upon by Muslim warriors, tortured, and killed as infidels. Nine monks, called the Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon, were dispatched by the Pope to protect these pilgrims. Later referred to as the Knights Templar, the monks took up residence in the ruins of the Temple of Solomon. While remaining bound by their vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, the Knights quickly became the fiercest warriors of their time, easily defeating Muslim assassins.