THE Tuesday and 13 it is considered Georgian in Greece, but also in several Spanish-speaking peoples. On the contrary, the Anglo-Saxons and the Americans consider Friday the 13th as a Gandem day.
The Spanish say “On Tuesday do not marry or start a journey”, considering it extremely unlucky. In Greece, however, the roots of… evil are found in the history books and the stars.
13 is the most unlucky number, which breaks the harmony of 12 (12 Gods of Olympus, 12 labors of Hercules, 12 tribes of Israel, 12 disciples of Christ, 12 Imams, etc.). By adding the number 1, the beginning of a new cycle is formed.
What historical events is it associated with?
The prevailing opinion is that Tuesday the 13th is considered Greek, because on Tuesday, May 29, 1453, the Fall of Constantinople took place. Of course, the calendar showed 29, and not 13, but the sum of the digits of 1453 gives 13. This particular view, however, is probably due to the need to find the reason why the event of the Fall occurred.
As far as historical events are concerned, the theory that Tuesday the 13th is Gademic seems to have a stronger basis, because on Tuesday, April 13, 1204, the Fall of the City by the Crusaders took place.
As the “father” of Greek folklore, Nikolaos Politis (1852-1921), observes, this interpretation is a later one, since contemporaries in Alosis also attributed that national calamity to the destructive effect of the day. Evidence for this prevention already exists from 1164.
The explanation of superstition must be sought, according to Nikolaos Politis, in astrological predictions. According to them, on Tuesday the planet Mars is dominant, while at some time of the day (the “bad time”) it prevails together with the planet Saturn. That is why this time becomes particularly dangerous. However, since no one can determine it, the whole of Tuesday is treated as a bad day.
Tuesday and 13 at the cinema
Greek cinema has also honored the Greek day with the 1963 comedy film, “Tuesday the 13th”, starring the “precautionary” Nikos Stavridis and his “charm”, Yiannis Gionakis.
The film is written by Giorgos Lazaridis-Georgos Roussos and directed by Orestis Laskos, it presents us the everyday life of a proactive civil engineer, Nikos Stavridis, who finds his “charm” in the face of an old classmate – the role he has Giannis Gionakis – very poor, but also very ambitious.
Source: enikos.gr