Editing Triskaidekaphobia (section)

===Playing cards===

[[File:Jean_Dodal_Tarot_trump_13.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Death (tarot card)|Death]] card, number 13, from an 18th century [[Tarot deck]]]]

[[Tarot card games]] have been attested since at least around 1450 with the [[Visconti-Sforza Tarot]]. One of the [[Trump (card games)|trump cards]] in tarot represents Death, and is numbered 13 in several variants.

In 1781, [[Antoine Court de Gébelin]] writes of this card's presence in the [[Tarot of Marseilles]] that the number thirteen was ''"toujours regarde comme malheureux"'' ("always considered as unlucky").<ref>{{cite book |last1=Court de Gébelin |first1=Antoine |language=French |title=Du jeu des tarots |date=1781 |url=http://www.tarock.info/gebelin.htm}}</ref> In 1784, [[Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf]] cites Gébelin, and reaffirms that the tarot card number 13 is death and misfortune (''"Der Tod, Unglück"'').<ref>{{cite book |last1=Breitkopf |first1=Johann Gottlob Immanuel |title=Versuch, den Ursprung der Spielkarten, die Einführung des Leinenpapieres, und den Anfang der Holzschneidekunst in Europa zu erforschen. 1, Welcher die Spielkarten und das Leinenpapier enthält |date=1784 |language=German |page=[https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb11712008?page=28,29&q=%28%22zahl+13%22%29 20]}}</ref>