For questions about subjects and themes that appear in several mythologies, and the similarities and differences between them.
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What parallels are there beween the myths of Atlantis and Mu?
Atlantis is a mythic civilisation lost underwater according to European mythology.
The Continent of Mu is a mythic civilisation lost underwater according to pre-columbian South American mythology.
The myths of Mu were researched and published by…
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Are there any cultures with no known interactions that have notable similarities in their creation myths?
Roman and Greek mythologies and religions are intertwined because of the occupation of Greece by the Roman empire.
But are there any occurrence of two different cultures having similarities in their mythologies but no known interactions by which…
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