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The following paper illustrates the various resemblances in the narrative elements and discourse of Indian and Greek mythologies. With a Jungian understanding of the psychoanalytical importance of myths and its archetypes, the paper will dive deep into the aforementioned mythologies and fish out some interesting parallels between the plot, characters, conflict, setting and theme of the two. The paper will discuss how the underlying tone of various myths and mythical characters is the same and how despite the different language the essence of the mythologies remains the same. Monica Fludernik's essay- "The Structure of Narrative" would be used to understand the narrative discourse, structure and elements of the myths. An endeavor to perform a comparative analysis of the mythological epics- Homer's Iliad and Valmiki's Ramayana would be made. The paper would also attempt to explore the process of stories transcending into history and history transcending into mythology. Rahul Sankrityayan's Volga Se Ganga and the Parry-Lord theory will be used to understand the significance of the similarities between these mythologies and the possibility of a combined narrative and a collective narrator in context of migration and orature.