Hoori is the title of an old Japanese myth about a hunter who, in pursuit of a lost fish hook, descends into the depths of the sea and finds a real treasure, the treasure “hard to attain.” This myth from Japan offers a perfect example of the parallelism found in mythologies from around the world. The magic number in this myth and a later myth applied to Christ is the number three (3). We will see how these stories parallel and get at the core message and meaning they reveal.