中西方的幸运数字和忌讳数字.ppt

中西方的幸运数字和忌讳数字;;;;;;;;;;;;;Triskaidekaphobia may have also affected the Vikings-it is believed that Loki in the Norse pantheon was the 13th god. More specifically, Loki was believed to have engineered the murder of Balder, and was the 13th guest to arrive at the funeral. This is perhaps related to the superstition that if thirteen people gather, one of them will die in the following year. ;Ancient Persians believed the twelve constellations in the Zodiac controlled the months of the year, and each ruled the earth for a thousand years at the end of which the sky and earth collapsed in chaos. Therefore, the thirteenth is identified with chaos and the reason Persians leave their houses to avoid bad luck on the thirteenth day of the Persian Calendar, a tradition called Sizdah Bedar. ;For taboo, westerners leave no stone unturned to avoid and 13 contact. In the Netherlands, it is hard to find the 13th floor and the number of 13. They use “12 a replaced 13. In British theatre, you cant find 13 and exhaust and 13 seat. The French clever, theater 12 exhaust and 14 between lines are usually pedestrian passageway. Besides, people also taboo 13th to have atravel, 13 people dining table, 13 dish is not accepted.