In my studies I have found that the myths that all cultures have are the creation myths. The creation myths are the cultures explaination of how the world first came to be. They usually involve a higher being than a human who started the creations. It also generally starts of talking about birth. Birth is explained to be the start of new life. Even though they start off talking about the creation of our world, the theories are all different. Some believe that the earth started of as just water, then the earth appeared later. Others believe that it started off above or below where we are now. (for a better explaination go to www.dept.cs.edu)
The differences in the creation myths of how the world came to be are believed to be based off of geography. which makes sense because a place that has many lakes and rivers around it would naturally think 'well maybe the water came first' or a place that has alot of open space where you can see the sky for miles would naturally think that the earth originated above them.
The similarity of thinking a greater being started the creation of Earth, is also understandable. As humans i think we all learn that no one can do something as amazing as building the Earth. (well some people in this world think they might be able to, but that's a different story) So I think it would be natural to think someone greater than human is responsible.
The fact that we do have creation myths at all says things about humanity. Humans are naturally curious about things. They like having knowlledge. Knowing where we come from or how we started is just a natural need for humans. Why do you think your children ask the dreadful question of where do babies come from? From a small age we develope a curiousity for the unknown. Mythology is a way to express their theories of how the world came to be
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