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

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

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

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Other formulistic motifs.

1 finer motif beneath it

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

Filed beside it

Never. Various ways of expressing this idea. When black sheep turn white, when a dry branch sprouts, etc Proverbial simile Formulas signifying fruitlessness, e.g. like putting a withe about sand, like mocking a beggar 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

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Formulistic number: three

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