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The Lepcha legend of the building of the tower
Anthropos • 48 • Published In 1953 • Pages: 889-897
By: Nebesky-Wojkowitz, René de, Ziolkowski, Theodore.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article consists of two versions of a Lepcha legend concerning the building of a tower of pots to the sky. This legend parallels in many respects the story of the Tower of Babel. The author includes an explanation of the two versions. Included is a supplement on some archaeological potsherds from the field where the tower is supposed to have been built which may possibly be Lepcha material, although the Lepcha no longer make pottery.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mythology
- Verbal arts
- Prehistory
- Prehistory
- Clans
- Exchange transactions
- Sacred objects and places
- Utensils
- Burial practices and funerals
- Ceramic technology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Lepcha
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1958
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1950-1953
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950-1953
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Sikkim, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- by RenéNebesky-Wojkowitz
- Translation of: [Die Legende vom Turmbau der Lepcha]
- The original German text is not included
- Translated from the German for the Human Relations Area Files by Theodore Ziolkowski
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 07021775
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Lepcha (South Asian people)