Comment on Many mythology seem to share a concept of spirits is there a reason for that?
RegularJoe@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Your question is broader than you think.
For one culture to have an idea and share it to others isn’t uncommon. Pyramids are in Egypt and Mesoamerica. Giants exist in many cultural myths (see en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_giants_in_mythology_an…) as are ghosts (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ghosts).
You see, an idea that’s communicated is a meme.
" A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices, that can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena with a mimicked theme. "
If you’re considering spirit as a soul
planksip.org/the-concept-of-the-soul-in-ancient-p…
TL;DR: So, why does it exist across cultures? It’s a meme.
wabafee@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Never thought Meme is more than just an internet meme TIL.