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Elevator panel in a building in the United States, where floors proceed from 12 to 14. Triskaidekaphobia (/ ˌ t r ɪ s k aɪ ˌ d ɛ k ə ˈ f oʊ b i ə / ⓘ TRIS-kye-DEK-ə-FOH-bee-ə, / ˌ t r ɪ s k ə-/ TRIS-kə-; from Ancient Greek τρεισκαίδεκα (treiskaídeka) ' thirteen ' and Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) ' fear ') [1] is fear or avoidance of the number 13.
The number 13. Fear of the number 13 is known as triskaidekaphobia. The number 17. Fear of the number 17 is known as heptadecaphobia and is prominent in Italian culture. [6] The number 39. Fear of the number 39 is known as the curse of 39, especially in Afghan culture. [7] The number 43.
13 (thirteen) is the natural number following 12 and preceding 14.. Folklore surrounding the number 13 appears in many cultures around the world: one theory is that this is due to the cultures employing lunar-solar calendars (there are approximately 12.41 lunations per solar year, and hence 12 "true months" plus a smaller, and often portentous, thirteenth month).
The number 13 gets a bad rap, especially when it comes on a Friday in any given month, but if you think about it, Friday the 13th can't be all that bad, right? Just take your age and multiply it ...
In Hispanic countries, instead of Friday, Tuesday the 13th (martes trece) is considered a day of bad luck. [15] The Greeks also consider Tuesday (and especially the 13th) an unlucky day. [16] Tuesday is considered dominated by the influence of Ares, the god of war (or Mars, the Roman equivalent).
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It is a defense to a prosecution pursuant to sections 13-1404 and 13–1405 in which the minor's lack of consent is based on incapacity to consent because the minor was fifteen, sixteen or seventeen years of age if at the time the defendant engaged in the conduct constituting the offense the defendant did not know and could not reasonably have ...