Chapter Muzzle to Mysterious Three of M by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

on the Pope's mitre.
    Almost any phrase or long name can be twisted into this number. (See Number Of The Beast.)

Mysteries The three greater mysteries (in Christianity). The Trinity, Original Sin, and the Incarnation.
    Surely the resurrection of the body should be added.

Mysterious Three (The) of Scandinavian mythology were “Har” (the Mighty), the “Like-Mighty,” and the “Third Person,” who sat on three thrones above the rainbow. Then came the “Æsir,” of which Odin was chief, who lived in Asgard (between the rainbow and earth); next come the “Vanir,” or gods of the ocean, air, and clouds, of which deities Niord was chief.