Proverbial simile — Mythoi

Motif

Proverbial simile.

Miscellaneous groups of motifs. · Formulas. · Other formulistic motifs. · view the constellation · filed as Z62

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Filed under Other formulistic motifs.

2 finer motifs beneath it

The old and the new keys. Hero marries his first sweetheart according to the proverb that the old key is better than the new. (Cf. L214.) "Bridegroom like the sun and bride like the moon."

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Never. Various ways of expressing this idea. When black sheep turn white, when a dry branch sprouts, etc Formulas signifying fruitlessness, e.g. like putting a withe about sand, like mocking a beggar Three explanations. When explanation of phenomenon is asked, three explanations are offered of which the last is always the true one. (Cf. Z71.1.) Color formulas Formulistic numbers Formulas based on the year A day and a night Formula: as many children as holes in a sieve Formulistic exaggerations Testament willing rewards and punishments. Conventional ending of a story

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