This is going to be a very trying year for people with Triskaidekaphobia, also known as the fear of the number 13.對于那些患有數字13恐懼癥的人們來說，今年可真是難熬的一年。While the superstitious folks afflicted with this problem can easily stay home on Friday the 13th, it’s going to be a lot harder to stay inside for another 362 days。以往迷信的人可以在家躲過每個13號的周五，但剩下362天難道也在家宅過去嗎？Why is 13 considered unlucky, anyway?那么為什么13會被認為是不吉利的數字呢？There were 13 people at the Last Supper。最后的晚餐有13個人Its said that Judas Iscariot and the one who betrayed Jesus - was the 13th man to take his place at the table。據說背叛耶穌的信徒猶大就坐在飯桌的第十三個位子上。Similarly, there’s a Norse legend that has 12 gods sitting down to a banquet when the 13th (uninvited) god, Loki, shows up。同樣，在北歐神話中有12個神的宴會，結果第十三個到來的就是不請自來的洛基(最會惹麻煩的神)。Loki killed one of the other gods, which led to events that eventually resulted in Ragnarok - the death of a bunch of gods, a slew of natural disasters, and the eradication of everything on earth save for two human survivors. Theres a lot more to the story than that, but you get the general idea。洛基殺了其中一個神引發了一系列事件，最終導致世界毀滅：眾神的死亡、自然災害和地球上一切的消亡(僅幸存2名人類)。這個故事遠沒有這么簡單，但你能差不多明白個大概。Traditionally, there used to be 13 steps leading up the gallows。傳統中通往絞刑臺有13個階梯。Theres also a legend that a hangmans noose traditionally contained 13 turns, but its actually more like eight。還有傳說稱劊子手的紋索上有13個曲紋，但實際上似乎是8個。