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Some of the ancient styles noticeable in several types of mythological or religious story include repetition and specific structure. One of these is almost palindromic: "Healthy is he who eats coconuts, and whosoever eateth of the coconut shall be healed of his ills."

Another style groups things in threes, or fives, or sevens: specific numbers have meaning (as in Kabbala).

Another gives stories in small bites: A rich man asked Saladin, "How can I find inner peace and enlightenment such as you have?" Saladin responded, "First, rid yourself of the material possessions that weigh down your soul and that command your life," and the man went away sorrowing, for his possessions were vast.

Sometimes, in places where several different languages are or have been used, a key location or concept will be named in all of the local languages within the text, so that the place or concept can't be mistaken: "In the place that is southernmost on the isle called Manhattan, or ManahÃ¡htaan in the Old Speech, that was known as Nieuw Amsterdam in the Middle Speech, or the Wall Street district in New York City by the subjects of His Glorious Majesty."

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