So you can’t tell me that they’re not the same stories. I’ve been with them all my life. MOYERS: They come from every culture but with timeless themes. CAMPBELL: The themes are timeless, and the inflection is to the culture. MOYERS: So the stories may take the same universal theme but apply it slightly differently, depending upon the accent of the people who are speaking? CAMPBELL: Oh, yes. If you were not alert to the parallel themes, you perhaps would think they were quite different stories, but they’re not.
