Mythical origins of language
There have been many accounts of the origin of language in the world's mythologies and other stories pertaining to the origin of language, the development of language and the reasons behind the diversity in languages today.
Doré's "The Deluge". Man and beast take refuge on an isolated rock during the Great Flood, a feature of creation myths from around the world.
In Greek mythology, Phoroneus was a culture-hero of the Argolid, fire-bringer, law giver, and primordial king of Argos.
Relief from Giotto's Campanile, depicting Phoroneus as the man who invented law.