saga

 myths

 and religious writings

 often use long lists

 of antecedents

 and ancestors

 in what i think

 (but i'm not sure of)

 is a means of

 inducting trances

 and/or gaining credibility

 by ad hominen reasoning.

 Perhaps it is easier

 to simply say the name

 three times to

 make some sort of

 commitment
 

 testing...

 Kofi Annan,

 UN Secretary-General

 Kofi Annan,

 UN Secretary-General

 Kofi Annan,

 UN Secretary-General
 

 "I have the touch" the song goes