Other formulistic motifs.
Miscellaneous groups of motifs. · Formulas. · Other formulistic motifs. · view the constellation · filed as Z60
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11 finer motifs beneath it
Never. Various ways of expressing this idea. When black sheep turn white, when a dry branch sprouts, etcProverbial simileFormulas signifying fruitlessness, e.g. like putting a withe about sand, like mocking a beggarThree explanations. When explanation of phenomenon is asked, three explanations are offered of which the last is always the true one. (Cf. Z71.1.)Color formulasFormulistic numbersFormulas based on the yearA day and a nightFormula: as many children as holes in a sieveFormulistic exaggerationsTestament willing rewards and punishments. Conventional ending of a story