Learning all about the #3 (and UFC 215 Embedded)

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Not-America

This is the third episode of UFC 215 Embedded. Three is an interesting number, one with import throughout the world. There are obvious examples, such as the Three in One Divinity of Christians, there’s something called the Rule of Three (unless I made that one up), but others as well, and I’ll list a few I grabbed from Wikipedia before you get on to getting on with watching the video clip.

Things to know about Three:

Many world religions contain triple deities or concepts of trinity, including:

the Hindu Trimurti

the Hindu Tridevi

the Three Jewels of Buddhism

the Three Pure Ones of Taoism

the Christian Holy Trinity

the Triple Goddess of Wicca

In Christianity[edit]

The threefold office of Christ is a Christian doctrine that Christ performs the functions of prophet, priest, and king.

The ministry of Jesus lasted approximately three years (27–30 AD^{[citation needed]}).

During the Agony in the Garden, Christ asked three times for the chalice to be taken from his lips.

Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his death (Sunday, April 9, 30 AD).

The devil tempted Jesus three times.

Saint Peter thrice denied Jesus and thrice affirmed his faith in Jesus

The Magi – wise men who were astronomers/astrologers from Persia^{[citation needed]} – gave Jesus three gifts.

There are three Synoptic Gospels and three epistles of John.

Paul the Apostle went blind for three days after his conversion to Christianity.

In Judaism[edit]

Noah had three sons: Ham, Shem and Japheth
The Three Patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
The prophet Balaam beat his donkey three times.
The prophet Jonah spent three days and nights in the belly of a large fish
Three divisions of the Written Torah: Torah (Five Book of Moses), Nevi’im (Prophets), Ketuvim (Writings)^[8]
Three divisions of the Jewish people: Kohen, Levite, Yisrael
Three daily prayers: Shacharit, Mincha, Maariv
Three Shabbat meals
Shabbat ends when three stars are visible in the night sky^[9]
Three Pilgrimage Festivals: Passover, Shavuot, Sukkot
Three matzos on the Passover Seder table^[10]
The Three Weeks, a period of mourning bridging the fast days of Seventeenth of Tammuz and Tisha B’Av
Three cardinal sins for which a Jew must die rather than transgress: idolatry, murder, sexual immorality^[11]
Upsherin, a Jewish boy’s first haircut at age 3^[12]
A Beth din is composed of three members
Potential converts are traditionally turned away three times to test their sincerity^[13]
In the Jewish mystical tradition of the Kabbalah, it is believed that the soul consists of three parts, with the highest being neshamah (“breath”), the middle being ruach (“wind” or “spirit”) and the lowest being nefesh (“repose”).^[14] Sometimes the two elements of Chayah(“life” or “animal”) and Yechidah (“unit”) are additionally mentioned.
In the Kabbalah, the Tree of Life (Hebrew: Etz ha-Chayim, עץ החיים) refers to a latter 3-pillar diagrammatic representation of its central mystical symbol, known as the 10 Sephirot.

A lot of Jew shit, eh? Thor has some three stuff too.

Three is a very significant number in Norse mythology, along with its powers 9 and 27.

Prior to Ragnarök, there will be three hard winters without an intervening summer, the Fimbulwinter.
Odin endured three hardships upon the World Tree in his quest for the runes: he hanged himself, wounded himself with a spear, and suffered from hunger and thirst.
Bor had three sons, Odin, Vili, and Vé.

And now some violence.