Creationist Myths

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Now that I know some of these myths, I have found really odd the similarities that exist between some of them. The creationist myths for example. My first question is:
Do you consider that some of these myths could have been basically the same story adapted to the people of different societies?
Also I’m curious, in what moment these societies stopped believing in the veracity of these myths (if they have)?

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