μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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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, etcFormulas 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

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