XPost: alt.folklore, humanities.classics, soc.history.ancient   
   From: ed@somewhere.in.the.uk   
      
   On 01/02/2011 04:59, David Dalton wrote:   
   > I'm interested in stories featuring a time period of   
   > seven years from mythology, folklore, religious history   
   > and even regular history.   
   >   
   > This is because I want to find parallels to the Buddha's   
   > seven ascetic/wilderness/trial years.  I already know   
   > of some celtic ones on http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/celtic.html .   
   >   
   > David   
      
   Look up Pythagoras + 7. He was roughly contemporary with the Buddha.   
      
   Ed   
      
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