Well posted Warwick
Parallels are abundant and are a fundamental concept in comparative mythology, which I believe many might benefit from
FYI to take your parallels back one more step
when you said this:
a mountain----pyramid
scripture and parchment------hieroglyphs on papyrus
Ka'Ba----- the Ka and the Ba
the Sky---- the Sky
the swelling sea----- the inundation of the Nile
the Lord's Punishment---the scales of Ma'at
Within my mind I had a flash and thought thusly:
pyramid -> mountain -> rock, first known second generation tool (requiring a tool to make a tool)
scripture/parchment -> hieroglyphs on papyrus -> carvings in rock -> markings on rock -> ownership.
Ka'Ba -> the Ka and the Ba -> Division between the spirit and the flesh -> First belief in afterlife/first burial rites
The sky -> the sky, always the sky, the place above all things, the source of life in the form of a sun, does any belief system with an origin story neglect the sun as a source ?
The inundation of the nile -> the swelling of the sea -> the tides that rose and fell, feeding the first coastal dwellers -> perhaps even the pre-mythical source of the story of a flood that cleansed the land and renewed life across multiple non-contact cultures.
Lord's punishment -> the scales of Ma'at -> Judgement of your fellow man -> Superiority/Authority of one man over another for whatever mystical reason.
Fascinating little brain spark to chase. Now I have a new challenge -- what other archetypical religious fundamental concepts might be traceable back to primordial beginnings?
True, it's mostly speculation to form those connections, but within that speculation might not the germ or seed of a new line of research find soil and light?
Hmm perhaps this should have been a new topic. I'm feeling frisky and thoughtful today though.