Naturally, some single merchants or navigators could from time to time reach “unknown lands”. Just like the Vikings were in North America long before Columbus.
But the Vikings did not have any cultural impact on the local Indian tribes, and the influence of merchants and sailors on other peoples was also very insignificant. Especially in the area of religion.
However, over and over again we find
suspiciously similar motifs in the mythologies and images of different
peoples, sometimes located at opposite ends of the Earth....<<<Read More>>>...