ʻO ka Pōʻalima ka lā 13 he lā pili i ka pōʻino. I kēia lā, he mau miliona o ka poʻe superstitious e pale aku i nā hālāwai me nā pōpoki ʻeleʻele, e haʻalele i nā aniani no ka makaʻu e uhaʻi iā lākou, hōʻole i ka hoʻokele a me ka huakaʻi ma ka mokulele. Hoʻokuʻu pinepine nā hōkele a me nā haukapila i ka papahele 13, a lele nā mokulele i ka puka 13.
Aia kekahi manawa no ka makaʻu i ka Pōʻalima ka 13 - paraskavedecatriaphobia a i ʻole frigatriskaidekaphobia. ʻO ka makaʻu i ka helu 13 i kapa ʻia ʻo triskaidekaphobia.
ʻO ka hui ʻana me ka pōʻino maikaʻi paha i ka Baibala - ʻo 13 nā malihini i ka ʻahaʻaina hope i ka wā i kumakaia ʻia ai ʻo Iesū. Ua kau ʻia ʻo ia ma ke keʻa i ka lā aʻe - Pōʻalima. Hiki nō hoʻi ke ʻae ʻia ka lā 13 no ka mea ma hope o ka lā 12, e like me nā mahina. ʻO nā hōʻailona o ka zodiac, nā akua o Olympus, nā hana a Hercules, nā ʻohana o ka ʻIseraʻela a me nā lunaʻōlelo a Iesū he ʻumi.
I ka Middle Ages, ua kapa ʻia ka Pōʻalima ʻo Hanging Day no ka mea ua pepehi ʻia nā lawehala i kēlā manawa. He 13 mau anuu a hiki i ka scaffold, no ka nui o na puka lou ma ke oloke, he 13 peni ka uku i ka Ilamuku.
ʻAʻole ʻo Pelekikena Franklin Roosevelt i huakaʻi i ka Pōʻalima lā 13, ʻaʻole hoʻi ʻo ia i hoʻokipa i nā pāʻina ʻaina no 13 mau kānaka. ʻO ka Napoleona nui i loaʻa i ka makaʻu nui i ka helu make.
ʻO ka pōʻino loa o ka Pōʻalima 13th i hōʻike ʻia ma ʻOkakopa 1972 i ka wā i hāʻule ai kahi mokulele ma Andes. Ua make nā kānaka 12 a ua koi ʻia ka poʻe i pakele e hānai i nā kupapaʻu ma mua o ka hoʻopakele ʻia ʻana ma hope o 72 mau lā.
Manaʻo ʻia ka hopena o ka honua i kēia lā. Wahi a nā wānana, ma ka Pōʻalima ka lā 13 o 2029, e hele weliweli ana ka 320 m anawaena asteroid 99942 Apophis kokoke i ka Honua. Wahi a ka poʻe ʻepekema NASA, inā e pae ka asteroid i ka ʻāina, e hoʻopau ia i kahi ʻāina e like me Texas. Inā hāʻule i loko o ke kai, hiki ke hana i nā nalu nui.
