Proverb: one man for worship, two men for cultivation of a field, three men for a journey — Mythoi

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Proverb: one man for worship, two men for cultivation of a field, three men for a journey.

Miscellaneous groups of motifs. · Formulas. · Other formulistic motifs. · view the constellation · filed as Z64.1

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

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Filed under Three explanations. When explanation of phenomenon is asked, three explanations are offered of which the last is always the true one. (Cf. Z71.1.)

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