Taking the elevator to the 13th floor makes some people feel worried, so builders come up with alternatives like floor 12A. On the flip side, the iconic Empire State Building does have a 13th floor. Triskaidekaphobic tenants aside, for 40 years it stood as the tallest building in the world — And it held the record longer than any of the other eight buildings that held it during the last century.
Where did a fear of the number 13 begin? At the Last Supper, Judas was the 13th guest. In Norse mythology, Loki crashed a banquet of a dozen gods. As the 13th partygoer, he caused a celestial uproar when he killed one of these divine guests with a poison arrow. In many old stories, three might be a crowd, but 13 turns tragic. Of course, we all remember Apollo "Failure is not an option" Not the most successful lunar mission.
In the past, you could even turn superstition about the number 13 into an occupation. An aversion to 13 at the table became entrenched in the modern world, particularly in France, where if 13 guests somehow ended up on an invitation list a 14th was hurriedly pressed into service.
Some Frenchmen — known as quatorzes — earned a living by attending dinner parties to sit in the 14th chair. Taylor Swift was born on December 13th and considers 13 her lucky number. When I was staying at the Four Points by Sheraton in Bali, I noticed that there was a jump from third floor to fifth with no fourth listed.
The Florida beach condo tower we stayed at when I was a kid not only had no 13th floor, but no units numbered 13—like it would go , , January 16, Welp, as it turns out, that IS the reason why. Of course, not all hotels skip the 13th floor. The story goes that the writers of the code left out the 13th law on the list. However, the list has no numbers. Nonetheless, superstitious fear of the number 13 did crop up. The number 13 may have been bad in early religions. Some say Loki was the 13th Norse god.
Judas was the 13th to sit for The Last Supper. However, the superstition was not blatant until the 17th century. The main area where you will notice the difference when it comes to omission of the 13th floor is in the elevator.
You may also notice it in stairwells. For whatever reasons there may be, there seems to be a multitude of stories about what happens on the 13th floor, some documented, some not. A good example is that some have suggested the 13th floor in government buildings is not really missing, but actually contains top-secret governmental departments, or more generally that it is proof of something sinister or clandestine going on.
It should be noted that to place a floor between those accessible from an elevator, it is necessary to either take longer to travel between the neighboring floors, or accelerate, both of which would be noticed by the riders.
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