μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Formulas based on the year.

Miscellaneous groups of motifs. · Formulas. · Other formulistic motifs. · view the constellation · filed as Z72

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross.
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Filed under Other formulistic motifs.

7 finer motifs beneath it
A year and a day. (Cf. Z71.0.2.) Seven years, seven months, seven days Seven (three) years between feasts Seven years as length of course in school Every third year as period of tribute Three hundred and sixty-five Twelve years and thirteen days
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 Formulistic numbers 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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