... 13 is an unlucky number?
Some attribute this superstition to the Last Supper at which there were thirteen: Christ and
the twelve disciples. Though this perception may have strengthened the superstition, the fear of thirteen
actually predates the Last Supper. its origin is found in a part of the Norse mythology having to do with a
banquet at Valhalla at which Balder, the favorite of the gods, was killed by Loki, the spirit of discord,
intruded, bringing the number to thirteen.
