Mental protection or something because it's just too easy a leap? I always think of and lists like that as a storytelling device especially oral storytelling.

If you're relying on it too much in writing and you're not purposefully setting out to do something that says clearly, I am doing something like Homer's lists then don't or the Bible begats. Sorry, my Classical thinking was showing there as that's my first association with the begats later. It can work but it can become a writing crutch quickly.