In ancient times, in the region of Urartu, near Mount Ararat, the local deity was offered 17-fold sacrifices. The Rosicrucians believed that nature consisted of 16 elements. It was popular in ancient India the Vedas talk of 16-fold incantations, and the Chinese-Indian goddess Pussa has 16 arms. 16īecause 16 is the square of 4, it inherits favourable attributes. The 3 × 3 magic square has 15 as its magic constant, and in Babylon this square was associated with Ishtar. In ancient Nineveh the goddess Ishtar was served by 15 priests, and the city had 15 gates. 15Īs the product of two sacred numbers (3 × 5), 15 naturally has religious significance. In medieval Germany 14 innocent beings gave legal protection to whomever they accompanied. The number is important in Islam the Arabic alphabet contains 14 Sun letters and 14 Moon letters. In ancient Egypt Osiris was cut into 14 parts.
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A period of 14 days is half of the Moon’s 28-day cycle, so it takes 14 days (one fortnight, short for fourteen-night) for the Moon to wax from new to full or to wane from full to new. The number 14 is an even number with attributes similar to those of 7.
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In medieval theology 13 = 10 + 3 (Commandments plus Trinity), and therefore the number had some positive aspects. There are 13 lunar months in the year (with a small error), which led the Maya and the Hebrews to consider 13 as auspicious. The fear of 13 may relate to Judas Iscariot’s having been the 13th person to arrive at the Last Supper, but its negative undertones go back much earlier, probably because an extra 13th item spoils the auspicious 12. Skeptics note that it returned to Earth safely, unlike any other manned spacecraft that has exploded, making its crew some of the luckiest people on the planet. Triskaidekaphobes believe 13 to be unlucky, especially when the 13th day of the month is a Friday, a fear that was reinforced by the explosion that almost wrecked the Apollo 13 lunar spacecraft in 1970. SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.
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