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Across Native America from the Aztecs to the Navajo there is an emphasis on concepts like 4 cardinal directions, 3 part souls, and the importance of duality to achieve balance. Is there any explanation how separate religions came to value the same group of concepts?

by /u/Chicano_Ducky in /r/AskHistorians

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