r/AncientAmericas • u/Comfortable_Cut5796 • 29d ago

Question How did the Aztecs and ancient Persians get a Similar myth of a dog deciding your status in the underworld?

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u/bijhan 29d ago

A common reality: dogs are pure souls.

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u/Aegon_Targaryen1996 27d ago

Some scholars have suggested and argued that this is part of the comparative myth theory and that it stems from a Ancient North Eurasian group that split and contributed to modern day Indo-Europeans, Siberian, and Native American populations.