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==In culture== *Four is the sacred number of the [[Zia (New Mexico)|Zia]], an indigenous tribe located in the U.S. state of [[New Mexico]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GZpLAQAAMAAJ&q=Four+is+the+sacred+number+of+the+Zia|title=Bulletin - State Department of Education|date=1955|publisher=Department of Education|pages=151|language=en|quote=Four was a sacred number of Zia}}</ref> *The Chinese, the Koreans, and the Japanese are [[tetraphobia|superstitious about the number four]] because it is a [[homonym]] for "death" in their languages.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lachenmeyer|first=Nathaniel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sDXJ1s0YNAgC&q=+homonym+for+%22death%22|title=13: The Story of the World's Most Notorious Superstition|date=2005|publisher=Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated|isbn=978-0-452-28496-8|pages=187|language=en|quote=In Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, the word for four is, unfortunately, an exact homonym for death}}</ref>
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