Not really. Some stories may be similar, but most vary greatly. Comparing the flood accounts of Noah and Gilgamesh makes the point. The floods are similar, but the story of Noah has more of a polished feel.
Time and a written language would have the tendency to allow that to occur.
have you ever picked up one of those plastic eggs we give kids for Easter or a ping pong ball that had a longitudinal crack in it? When you applied pressure from the ends, did it stay circular in cross section at the equator? When you let go didnt it try to snap back to a shape more closely resembling the original?
If any significant portion of the ice on our balloon sandwich were to melt suddenly and the mass of the water were to stay clinging to the balloon in a more equally distributed fashion, what would happen to the ant? What would be the effect on the water balloon? Would that energy have any effect on the water now covering the surface?