What do you think is behind the fact that cultures all over this planet have similar mythological creatures like vampires and elves and such?

The sprites, Puca, (That's where puck came from) elves, faeries, gnomes, trolls, ogres, Yetis, Sasquatches, werewolves, vampires, skin walkers, dragons, etc etc.....

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Keraunos · 36-40, M

The commonalities seem to have been much exaggerated as far as I can tell, but insofar as they're there all the same, I'd give most of the credit to what are awkwardly called "altered states of consciousness" nowadays.