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Each culture developed separately from each other, a bit like a religion. They each formed their own opinion of the world, and because of lack of easy transportation, the myths and legends of each culture had years to develop before they were taken and told in different areas. For instance, why would Europe know of the myth of the Mouse and the Douglas Fir Cone, when they have no Douglas Fir trees? They didn't know that Douglas Fir cones look like they have mouse butts sticking out of them, so they didn't come up with an explanation for it. So they didn't know it until they came to America and were told the myth by the Native Americans.

In addition, people came up with different explanations for the same phenomena. Why would the Greeks think that Apep swallowed the sun, when they never heard of him? And why would they have heard of him, with little to no contact with the Egyptians who came up with the Great Snake?

And they would also be influenced by the nature of certain animals in each area. For instance, most Asian cultures have snakes as a wise animal, because they are less likely to attack a person than a snake from, say, Austalia, where many extremely poisonous snakes reside.

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