NgoLwesihlanu umhla we-13 ngumhla onxulunyaniswa namashwa. Ngolu suku, izigidi zabantu abaneenkolelo ziyaziphepha iintlanganiso neekati ezimnyama, zihlale kude nezipili ngenxa yokoyika ukuziqhekeza, zingavumi ukuqhuba nokuhamba ngenqwelo-moya. Iihotele kunye nezibhedlele zihlala zitsiba kumgangatho we-13, kwaye izikhululo zeenqwelo moya zitsiba ukuphuma kwe-13.
Kukho igama lokoyika uLwesihlanu we-13 - paraskavedecatriaphobia okanye i-frigatriskaidekaphobia. Uloyiko lwenombolo 13 lubizwa ngokuba yi-triskaidekaphobia.
Unxulumano namashwa lusenokuba luseBhayibhileni – abali-13 babeziindwendwe kwiSidlo Sangokuhlwa Sokugqibela xa uYesu wangcatshwayo. Wabethelelwa ngosuku olulandelayo – ngoLwesihlanu. Kwakhona kunokwenzeka ukuba umhla we-13 awukho ngenxa yokuba usemva kwe-12, njengeenyanga. Imiqondiso yezodiac, oothixo baseOlympus, imimangaliso kaHercules, izizwe zakwaSirayeli kunye nabapostile bakaYesu balishumi elinesibini.
KumaXesha Aphakathi, uLwesihlanu wayebizwa ngokuba yiMini yokuNjinga ngenxa yokuba izaphuli-mthetho zazibulawa ngoko. Kwakukho izinyuko ezili-13 eziya kwisikafula, kangangokuba amarhintyela amaninzi emthini, ishumi elinesithathu leedenari lalihlawulwa kumxhobi.
Umongameli uFranklin Roosevelt akazange ahambe ngoLwesihlanu we-13, kwaye akazange abambe iitheko zesidlo sakusihlwa kubantu abayi-13. Nkqu noNapoleon omkhulu wabandezeleka kukoyika inani elibulalayo.
Olona Lwesihlanu lubi kakhulu lwengozi ye-13 kwirekhodi yayingo-Oktobha 1972 xa inqwelomoya yawa eAndes. Kwasweleka abantu abali-12 kwaye abasindileyo banyanzelwa ukuba batye kwizidumbu ngaphambi kokuba bahlangulwe emva kweentsuku ezingama-72.
Ukuphela kwehlabathi nako kulindeleke ngalo mhla. Ngokwezibikezelo, ngoLwesihlanu umhla we-13 ngo-2029, i-320 m ububanzi be-asteroid 99942 Apophis iya kudlula ngokuyingozi kufuphi noMhlaba. Ngokutsho kwezazinzulu zeNASA, ukuba i-asteroid ibinokwehla, iya kutshabalalisa ummandla olingana neTexas. Ukuba ithe yawela elwandle, inokubangela amaza amakhulu.
