There are many methods of drawing correlations and parallels between all of these cultures and societies, and I will attempt to summarize them in a concise format through the Antiquarian fields or comparitive analysis of mythological iconography and literature.
Let us examine the Monomyth theory and Comparative Mythology .
We have the Linguistic approach:
Some scholars look at the linguistic relationships between the myths of different cultures—for example, the similarities between the names of gods in different cultures. One particularly successful example of this approach is the study of Indo-European mythology. Scholars have found striking similarities between the mythological and religious terms used in different cultures of Europe and India. For example, the Greek sky-god Zeus Pater, the Roman sky-god Jupiter, and the Indian (Vedic) sky-god Dyauṣ Pitṛ have similar names.
The Structural Approach:
Some scholars look for underlying structures shared by different myths. The folklorist Vladimir Propp proposed that many Russian fairy tales have a common plot structure, in which certain events happen in a predictable order.[7] In contrast, the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss examined the structure of myths in terms of the abstract relationships between its elements, rather than their order in the plot. In particular, Lévi-Strauss believed that the elements of a myth could be organized into binary oppositions (raw vs. cooked, nature vs. culture, etc.). He thought that myth's purpose was to "mediate" these oppositions, thereby resolving basic tensions or contradictions found in human life or culture.
And the Psychological Approach, which I find extremely tenuous and full of assumptions which are extremely difficult to prove. This approach was developed by many famous psychologists and their students who can be shown to actually have been involved in the Occult organizations and thus are quite bias in their attempts to mislead people and throw us off track. This method may have some merits, but it appears to be distraction and highly misleading. Beware of this approach.
The wiki article then lists various parallels. However one of the most important parallels is not mentioned at all, which I find extremely suspicious and it causes me to feel that even Wikipedia could be censored in order to lead many people off track of the pursuit for understanding what is going on here.
1. The Flood : stories which appear in countless mythologies around the world.
2. Virgin Goddess and Immaculate Conception : Why isn't this listed? It's one of the most important aspects of this analysis and it is extremely important and widespread throughout countless cultures and mythological systems.
3. The Creative Sacrifice : Death leads to new creation.
4. Dying God - Resurrection : 'Life - Death - Rebirth'
5. Hero Story Structures
6. Axis mundi : A location at the 'center of the world'.
7. Titanomachy : The 'new gods' came from 'old gods'.
8. Deus otiosus : The so called 'idle god', or celestial supreme being.
9. Foundation myths : Explains the foundation of cultures, nations, identities.
Panbabylonism
The Antiquarian methods.
Books on antiquarian topics covered such subjects as the origin of customs, religious rituals, and political institutions; genealogy; topography and landmarks; and etymology.
antiquarianism had diverged into a number of more specialized academic disciplines including archaeology, art history, numismatics, sigillography, philology, literary studies and diplomatics.
These are extremely important fields of study which are pathways to revealing similar relationships and correlations between these subjects and will allow you to find the truth on your own without having someone else tell you what to believe. These are akin to the 'scientific method' and will allow you to ask questions and seek answers through experiment in a repeatable format.
Please review these links and the links they connect to in depth so that you can gain understanding of these processes and how they relate.
Flood Myth
Life-Death-Rebirth
Axis Mundi
Titanomachy
Theogony
Theomachy
Deus Otiosus
Sky Father
Founding Myth
Immaculate Conception
Geneaology
Topography
Etymology
Comparative Linguistics
Art History
Archaeology
Numismatics
Sigillography
Philology
Literary Studies
Diplomatics
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