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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 138097" data-attributes="member: 2205">No, there's not.&nbsp; However, there are certain periods in history when there was more widespread cultural sharing across broad regions than other times.&nbsp; Many of these mythologies sound familiar because they are based on, or influenced by, a common Indo-European mythology that had these same gods.&nbsp; After seperation for thousands of years, we get the differences that appear between Indra, Perkun, Thorr and Zeus, for instance: all based on the same original.&nbsp; There are even folks who try to triangulate this proto-Indo-European mythology as much as can be done, although I don't know how much value there is in postulating stories about Trito, or the concept of the sky-father Dyeus Pater.&nbsp; This is one kind of broad cultural sharing and illustrates the evolution of mythology from a geneological standpoint.But near the end of the Roman empire, there was a particularly sharp blending of various cultural mythologies.&nbsp; Not only that, we have a pretty good record of what happened, which also makes it unusual.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 138097, member: 2205"] [i][/i][color=silver][/color] No, there's not. However, there are certain periods in history when there was more widespread cultural sharing across broad regions than other times. Many of these mythologies sound familiar because they are based on, or influenced by, a common Indo-European mythology that had these same gods. After seperation for thousands of years, we get the differences that appear between Indra, Perkun, Thorr and Zeus, for instance: all based on the same original. There are even folks who try to triangulate this proto-Indo-European mythology as much as can be done, although I don't know how much value there is in postulating stories about Trito, or the concept of the sky-father Dyeus Pater. This is one kind of broad cultural sharing and illustrates the evolution of mythology from a geneological standpoint. But near the end of the Roman empire, there was a particularly sharp blending of various cultural mythologies. Not only that, we have a pretty good record of what happened, which also makes it unusual. [/QUOTE]

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