(I'm a bit off my game today. So bear with me if this makes absolutely no sense. So here we go...)
I think the reason so many ancient stories have the same ideas & themes is because all of the people and groups that have listened to the old stories eventually created their own versions of what they could remember (the moral, the storyline, etc.) and made it into their very own tale which they then told their families or friends and then the entire cycle repeats itself over & over just as in the beginning. For example, the story of creation, the flood, and stories like that.
Sometimes people keep repeating the same theme/idea because it gives them a sense of comfort or hope or some sort of stablity that can ground them- even if it's just for a little while.
I guess we can learn from the similiarities by realizing that all these stories we hear today have been around longer then we have. That we weren't the first to hear them & we probably won't be the last.
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