Which myths and legends are common to many cultures?
Religions are technically myths because they are believed and there is no facts as to if they are real. In America Christianity is a huge myth, because Jesus supposedly walked on water, and died and came back to life. In Mexico, La Llorona is a woman whose children drowned and she moans every night at the river for her dead children. She is also dead, so she is a ghost. This myth teaches children not to go out at night or else Llorona will take then in as her own or drown them. Its a scary tale. There also many others. Myths have very beneficial affects on children and colonizations.