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Images and main historical events showing the story of number 13 :)

The significance of Numbers: Use any media to design a piece of work that demonstrates the importance of numbers. The number 13 has always been a number of superstition, but why is that? Is it unlucky or even lucky, bad or good? The number 13 brings the test, the suffering and the death. It symbolises the death to the matter or to oneself and the birth to the spirit: the passage on a higher level of existence. This short animation shows three settings that represent the number 13 in history and in its symbolism; 1) The Knights Templar who were watching the Holy Grail got imprisoned and tortured by Kind Philip IV for their power, it is said this happened on Friday the 13th 1307; 2) In norse myth there was a banquet held for the God named Baldur, 12 Guests were invited, however Loki the 13th was uninvited and showed up with a spear of mistletoe leading to the death of Baldur; 3) The Mother of Laussel is a carving noted as an icon of matriarchal spirituality, she also was seen as the Goddess of Nature and the Moon, while 13 represents the Moon by having 13 lunations in the year, it also was shunned in religion, because it represents feministy. 4) The Serpent Bearer or Ophiuchus is the 13th Zodiac which was left out by astronomer because of its short appearance, but it is seen from Nov 30th till Dez 17th being between Scorpio and Sagittarius.

So is the number a lucky or an unlucky number? It's up to you what to believe.