What day is Black Friday?

As we all know, in most European countries, Friday is considered an unlucky day; If a Friday happens to be 13, that day is even more unlucky, because the number 13 is also considered unlucky. Until today, many cities in Europe have no streets 13, hotels have no rooms 13, and buildings even have no floors 13 and 12. According to Eric Weierstern, an encyclopedic editor in the fields of science and mathematics, Friday is more likely to meet 13 than other days of the week.

Such a deep-rooted superstition. Its origin is naturally complicated. First of all, we have to start with its naming. In ancient Rome, Friday was regarded as the day of Venus, the goddess of love. Probably to inherit the tradition of ancient Rome. In Norse mythology, the fifth day of the week was also designated as the festival of Freya, the god of beauty and love, and later it gradually became Friday. Legend has it that once, 12 God met, and the uninvited 13 God Loki suddenly broke in and killed Bald, the god of peace. Fraiwa, Balder's mother, loved God, and she was in great pain when she learned about it. Fraiwa Day (Friday) was cast an ominous shadow.

Another important origin of Black Friday is that Jesus was executed on Friday. Judas who betrayed him was a 13 disciple of Jesus. In the Bible, Adam and Eve stole the forbidden fruit on Friday and got their original sin. In the story of Noah's Ark, the flood that destroyed everything broke out on Friday. The legendary Temple of Solomon was also destroyed on Friday.

There is also a legend circulating in the hands of water:/kloc-In the 8th century, in order to break the unlucky superstition of Friday, the British Navy named a ship "H _ M.S. Friday", selected its crew on a Friday and set sail on Friday. Even the captain's name is James Friday (Fri-today is Friday). As a result, on the maiden voyage of the ship, it mysteriously disappeared on a Friday morning and was never heard from again.

In fact, in the history of all countries and nations, there are customs that regard certain days as unlucky, for example, it is unlucky to travel, work or start a business on certain days, while some days are beneficial to sacrifice, start a business, get married or fight. In Anglo-Saxon cultural tradition, there are 24 unlucky days in a year, with an average of one day every half month. Ancient astronomers thought it unlucky to see blood or drink alcohol six days a year. However, after the Reformation in16th century, the influence of these unlucky days gradually weakened, leaving only the superstition of Black Friday. Nowadays, in the north of England, there is absolutely no wedding on Friday.

Strangely, in India, far away from Europe, the superstition of Black Friday is also widely circulated, which seems to be an example of the close cultural relationship between East and West. The development of human civilization is like a traveler who once stood at a crossroads and didn't know which way to choose. So, one road took him to the ancient Germanic civilization, another pointed to the Nordic culture, another led to ancient Rome, and another extended to the Far East. No matter which road he chooses, people today must know that those strange and deep-rooted superstitions in tradition are deeply rooted in the soil of cultural origin and development, and are another cultural heritage worthy of our study and exploration.