Tower of Babel: remarkably tall tower designed to reach sky — Mythoi

Motif

Tower of Babel: remarkably tall tower designed to reach sky.

Marvels. · Extraordinary places and things. · Extraordinary buildings and furnishings. · view the constellation · filed as F772.1

Filed across the traditions

Arabian Basset 1001 Contes I 179
India *Thompson-Balys.
general Frazer Old Testament I 362ff., Jewish: *Neuman

Within the index

Filed under Extraordinary tower.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Year taken to mount high tower Tower reaches moon

Filed beside it

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Forgetfulness caused by Tower of Babel. (Cf. F772.1.) Unfinished Tower of Babel sinks into earth. (Cf. F772.1.)

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