2. 北歐火神洛基的傳說
　　Triskaidekaphobia may have also affected the Vikings-it is believed that Loki in the Norse pantheon was the 13th god. More specifically, Loki was believed to have engineered the murder of Balder, and was the 13th guest to arrive at the funeral. This is perhaps related to the superstition that if thirteen people gather, one of them will die in the following year.
　　在北歐神話中，火神洛基(Loki)是諸神中的第13位，他本身邪惡而狡詐。他欺騙并唆使黑暗盲神Hoder害死了自己的兄弟、光明之神 Balder，又成為葬禮上的第13位吊唁者。此后西方就有迷信：如果葬禮中有13個人出席，那么其中一人會在第二年死去。這也是“恐數字13癥”的一種由來。