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Motif

Formulistic numbers.

Miscellaneous groups of motifs. · Formulas. · Other formulistic motifs. · view the constellation · filed as Z71

Cited in the index
  • general *Hdwb. d. Abergl. s. v. "Zahl"
  • general Penzer I 242 n. 3, 255 n. 2, VI 14 n. 1
  • general Feilberg Dania II 185ff.
Within the index

Filed under Other formulistic motifs.

18 finer motifs beneath it
Odd numbers – formulistic Formulistic numbers: a number plus one (101, 1001, etc.) Formulistic number: three Formulistic number: four Formulistic number: five Formulistic number: six Formulistic number: seven Formulistic number: nine (99, 900, 999, 99,999, etc.) Formulistic number: eleven Formulistic number: twelve Formulistic number: thirteen Formulistic number: sixteen Formulistic number: thirty. (Cf. Z71.1.0.1.) Formulistic number: forty Formulistic number: sixty. (Cf. Z71.4.) Formulistic number: seventy-two. (Cf. Z71.8.) Formulistic number: seventy-seven. (Cf. Z71.5.0.1.) Formulistic numbers – miscellaneous
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 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 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.)
Magic numbers. (Cf. Z71.)

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