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Glossary of Traditional Witchcraft Terms
thirteen
13
Among Traditional Crafters, no number or day of the week is less lucky than any other. With that understood, as numbers go, the number thirteen (13), holds a special place and is known as The Witching Number. Thirteen is considered quite favourable. In fact, thirteen shows up in several notable places that indicate its positive significance. Several of these are:
- King Arthur of the Round Table had 12 knights, plus himself = 13
- Robin hood had 12 in his merry band, plus himself = 13
- Thirteen is the number of full moons in a year.
- In mathematics, the number 13 is a "lucky prime", or prime, which is a natural number that has exactly two distinct natural number divisors: 1 and itself.
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