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I believe many mythologies are interwoven and stem from the same source. It's not as far-fetched as you may think.
Whether you're a creationist or an evolutionist, it doesn't matter. Both sides pretty much agree that man originated from in or around the areas of the fertile crescent and branched out from there. So why wouldn't they have carried their beliefs and mythologies with them?
All religion is rooted in mythology and they existed long before anyone knew how to record them in writings. As people spread around the world their stories evolved to adapt to their unique cultures. A common theme in most creation myths, regardless of what culture it is credited from, is that a God or some form of Deity created Man and Woman from Earth. It varies in sequence but the basic story is the same.
The Enuma Elish (Babylonian Creation myth) is considered to be virtually identical to the book of Genesis, yet in the Enuma Elish man is created as a slave to the gods, whereas in Genesis God creates man out of love, or some such bs.
Joseph Campbell attempted to map these threads in his various writings and a lifetime of studying world mythology. His work and ideas are highly regarded by many students of mythology. Yet he believed all of it was fiction.
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