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1. 最後的晚餐中的13門徒

Some Christian traditions have it that at the Last SupperJudas, the disciple who betrayed Jesus, was the 13th to sit at the table.

傳說耶穌遇難前和弟子們共進了一次晚餐。參加晚餐的第13個人是耶穌的弟子猶大。就是這個猶大為了30塊銀元，把耶穌出賣給猶太教當局，致使耶穌受盡折 磨。而且參加最後晚餐的是13個人，晚餐的日期恰逢13日，“13”給耶穌帶來苦難和不幸。從此，“13”被認為是不幸的象徵，也成為背叛和出賣的同義詞。

2. 北歐火神洛基的傳說

Triskaidekaphobia may have also affected the Vikings-it is believed that Loki in the Norse pantheon was the 13th god. More specifically, Loki was believed to have engineered the murder of Balder, and was the 13th guest to arrive at the funeral. This is perhaps related to the superstition that if thirteen people gather, one of them will die in the following year.

在北歐神話中，火神洛基(Loki)是諸神中的第13位，他本身邪惡而狡詐。他欺騙並唆使黑暗盲神Hoder害死了自己的兄弟、光明之神 Balder，又成為葬禮上的第13位弔唁者。此後西方就有迷信：如果葬禮中有13個人出席，那麼其中一人會在第二年死去。這也是“恐數字13症”的一種由來。

3. 波斯黃道十二宮的傳說

Ancient Persians believed the twelve constellations in the Zodiac controlled the months of the year, and each ruled the earth for a thousand years at the end of which the sky and earth collapsed in chaos. Therefore, the thirteenth is identified with chaos and the reason Persians leave their houses to avoid bad luck on the thirteenth day of the Persian Calendar, a tradition called Sizdah Bedar.

古代的波斯人相信天空中的黃道十二星座掌控著一年的十二個月，而每個星座會統治地球一千年。等到十二個輪回結束，天空和大地就會崩塌。因此，第十三就和混亂聯繫了起來。波斯人在波斯曆上的第十三天會外出、以避免厄運，這個傳統被稱為“Sizdah Bedar”，意思是“十三戶外”。

However, the number 13 is not uniformly bad in the Judeo-Christian tradition. For example, the 13 attributes of God (also called the thirteen attributes of mercy) are enumerated in the Torah. Some modern Christian churches also use 13 attributes of God in sermons.

除此以外，不吉利的13還有很多傳聞，包括漢摩拉比法典(code of Hummurabi)的第13條法規、十字軍東征時的13圓桌騎士以及Friday the 13th(十三號星期五)等等。不過，也不是所有基督教傳統的國家都認為13是不吉利的，在某些基督教祭典中還有13信條的儀式.