Do countries outside the US also consider an unfortunate number?

Most of the Western world, such as the United States, Canada, Australia, Great Britain and Europe, have the history that 13 is an unfortunate number. The fear of 13 as an unfortunate number is called Triskaidekaphobia.

Jesus Christ and his 12 followers sat at the dining table for the last dinner, so a total of 13 people. One of the followers betrayed Jesus and the next day, Friday, Jesus was crucified. Friday 13. He is considered a particularly unfortunate day. Some travelers still refuse to travel on that day. Some hotels were built without the thirteenth floor because 13 were considered such an unfortunate number.

Norwegian mythology also includes the idea that thirteen is an unfortunate number of people at the dining table. Loki, the god of evil, was the thirteenth guest at the table, which was supposed to sit only 12 gods. Loki joined the stoluted and were responsible for the random death of the god Baldura. Pluto was considered the second day of the second month of the year as a sacred day.

most Asian countries do not consider 13 an unfortunate number, but rather China, Japan and Korea traditionally consider number 4 to be a very unfortunate number. Sounds that are said that number four are very similar to sounds, which means "death". Marketing studies conducted in China found that product names and labels with number 4 were not sold almost the same as similar items with number 8 instead. Eight is traditionally considered the happiest number in China.

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