Extract from The Gods, All of them (Religion)

by David Turell @, Sunday, December 12, 2010, 23:38 (5093 days ago) @ romansh

I absolutely agree with you. The surprising point to me is that groups with no contact, appear to have the same myths and stories.
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> The works of Joseph Campbell go a long way to explaining this. I have not read it (it's heavy going), but A Hero with a Thousand Faces might be worth a read.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hero_with_a_Thousand_Faces-Based on the reference in Wikipedia above I don't see a real explanation except the similarities seem to indicate that everyone tends to make up the same stories. Are we coded for that? For a purpose? I don't have an answer, but I appreciate the reference you offered.


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