Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia

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Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia is the fear of the number “666”. Related to triskaidekaphobia, or the fear of the number 13, this phobia has its origins in both religious belief and superstition.
Some experts questions whether hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia should be classified as specific phobia and view it as as fear based on superstition. Most people find their fear does not significantly impact their lives, which is a necessary component of a phobia diagnosis. According to the last book in the Bible, 666 in the number ,or name, of the wild beast with seven heads and ten horns that comes out of the sea. (Revelation 13:1, 17, 18). This beast is the symbol of the worldwide political system, which rules over “ every tribe, people,

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