Re: OT: What is this thread about?

--- Joe <joe@...> wrote:

> I don't know about three.  Having said that,
> three seems to occupy some
> kind of special place in our culture's brains.
> "I'lll count to three",
> "third time lucky", "three strikes, you're
> out".  Odd, really.
Not so odd as all that. Threes are quite the
magic number in many IE cultures. Consider the
Christian trinity, Irish war Goddesses always
come in threes. Dumezil posited a tripartite
system for the IE pantheon. Brothers that have to
accomplish a deed in stories always come in
threes. Maid, Mother and Crone - more threes.

Padraic.



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