Was Carl Jung's Theory Accurate?

I think that Carl Jung’s theory is accurate because first there are many examples of his theory that other cultures like to use the same archetypes as previous cultures for, example the Olmec, the Maya, and the Mexica all displayed the same idea of sacrifice. Almost all of the tribes have one part of the creation myths identical and that would be the crocodile that splits in two to create the world. Some cultures, even share the idea of the hero twins with each other. The Maya, Mexica, and Asmat cultures all believed that the head was extremely important and was the center of intelligence and they would all display the skulls of those sacrificed. A couple of cultures also shared the idea of men’s houses. A couple cultures have even shared cannibalism.

The Olmec, the Maya, and the Mexica may have shared sacrificing, but the Olmec did mainly self sacrifice but still did a little human sacrifice. While the Maya and the Mexica still performed self sacrifice but performed more human sacrifices. The Mexica took the heart out of their sacrificial bodies and tossed the body down the temple. Most of the cannibalistic cultures took up the idea of head hunting because they thought that the head was the center of knowledge. Just like the Aztecs, they thought that the head was the center of wisdom. A couple of cultures also shared the idea of the abdomen was the life force. Those would be the Aztecs, Maya, and Inca, along with a couple Oceanic cultures. Most cultures have a similar form to the world. That form is a tree that forms multiple layers most of the time 4 layers. Inside of these layers are other more specific layers. Many of these cultures featured many rituals. The Olmec, Maya, and Aztec all shared multiple rituals including the ball game and Auto