Unusual Phobias in Humans
> Triskaidekaphobia- fear of the number 13
13 number is considered bad omen in Christianity.Historical contexts like not numerating the 13th law in Babylonian 'Code of Hummubari',like Judas being his disciple who betrayed Jesus was 13th in order to sit at table of 'The last supper' and like Loki, the 13th God of Vikings actually conspired the murder of Balder who in turn is the 13th person to attend the funeral.This might be the reason for the superstition that if 13 people gather at a meal, the one of them will die the next year.
> Tetraphobia, fear of the number 4
The fear originates because the pronounciation of 4 in chinese sounds similar to death.That's why this Phobia exiats mostly in Korea,China and other south-east chinese countries.Even Finnish Mobile Company NOKIA also has this fear!That's why none of its mobile models have the number starting with 4(Nokia 4000 series doesn't exist).
> Xanthophobia – fear of the colour yellow
It's the fear of anything that is dominant yellow like sun,daffodils,yellow walls,paints,yellow pages.It is the reason why sea turtles (which contain Xanthophobia) provokes them to visually find the sea (fearing the sun) after hatching.
> Porphyrophobia- Fear of the color purple.
> Leukophobia- Fear of the color white.
> Melanophobia- Fear of the color black.
> Pteronophobia- Fear of being tickled by feathers.
> Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the body.
> Levophobia- Fear of things to the left side of the body.
> Eleutherophobia- Fear of freedom.
> Pogonophobia- fear of beards
> Papaphobia- Fear of the Pope
> Epistemophobia- Fear of knowledge
> Trypophobia- fear of holes
> Nomophobia- fear of being without mobile phone coverage
> Somniphobia- fear of falling asleep
> Uranophobia or Ouranophobia- Fear of heaven
> Tropophobia- Fear of moving or making changes
> Papyrophobia- Fear of paper
> Pogonophobia- fear of beards
> Omphalophobia- fear of the navel
> Geliophobia- Fear of laughter
Fictional Phobias that are famous but don't actually exist.
They were just mentioned in some literature or films.These fears has been made real and famous in many websites quoting facts but the fact is that they are just fictional.
> Anatidaephobia – the fictional fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you. From Gary Larson's The Far Side.
> Sciuridaephobia – the fear that somewhere, somehow, a squirrel is watching you.
> Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia – fear of long words is mentioned as one of Tickle's Teasers in the an episode of Brainiac Series.Actually fear of long words is called Sesquipedalophobia.
> Arachibutyrophobia – fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth used in 'Peanuts' comic strip.
> Chromophobia or Chromatophobia- Fear of colors.It has been mentioned in a film of same name.
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