Fairy Tale Ark vs Scaled Down Model ... what about a House that's a Scaled Down Model?

And thus shalt thou make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits: the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits
[Genesis 6:15]

So, a roof might be less than 3 m high, what about ... 2.10 ?

That would make the length 21 m. and the width 3 1/2 m.

In fact, longhouses are in Old Norse Scandinavia somewhat similar proportions, but typically broader in relation to the length. One of 29.42 m would have been 8 m broad. It had a middle room of 18 * 8 m, and shorter rooms at both ends of the house. There were sixteen of that exact model, grouped in four squares around the central courtyard of the Viking fortress, the Trelleborg near Slagelse.

Older longhouses in those countries are at Gudme, and archaeological finds are typically 200 to 550 AD, from very much closer to when I think Oden came up to Norse countries. Gudme is also 46.1 km from Odense, which literally means "temple" or "hallow of Oden" ... I wonder if Oden invented the longhouse (he certainly didn't create the world!) with the proportions of the Ark in mind? My suspicion is still, he was a Hebrew apostate. Parts of the Norse myths indicate he was familiar with the Ancient Near East, including but not limited to the Bible. Havamal could easily be partly inspired by the Ecclesiastes. So, why not the first longhouse inspired by the proportions of the Ark?

Not too easy to make a children's toy of, though. If you took half the proportions I suggested, you'd have sth small children could play in, but it would be adequate for a kindergarden rather than just a large family.

10.5 m = 393,7008 inches, so, 19.299 cubits.
19.299 / 300 = 6.433 % of each direction, one in 15~16.

Perhaps a new staple in private Evangelical daycare of the kindergarden type?

Hans Georg Lundahl
Paris
IV Lord's Day after Pentecost
memory of St. Maria Goretti
6.VII.2025