Results for "phobia"
5 entries found.
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreTetraphobia
The avoidance of the number four due to its similarity to the word for death in East Asian languagesBelief · Luck and prosperity Living
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreFriday the 13th
A Western superstition marking a specific calendar date as unlucky.Belief · Luck and prosperity Living
🇦🇫 AfghanistanCurse of 39
A number feared in Afghanistan for its link to prostitution and shameBelief Living
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreFriday the 13th
A Western superstition marking a specific calendar date as unluckyBelief · Cursing and harm Living
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreFriday the 13th
A Western superstition that a specific calendar alignment brings misfortuneBelief · Cursing and harm Living
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Curse of 39: Fahim1133, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tetraphobia: Halowand, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Friday the 13th: Leonardo da Vinci, Public domain, source