It could mean that all over the world throughout the ages people are fundamentally the same and like to make up ghost stories to scare each other. But where to place the monsters? The only two viable choices are far above or deep below because otherwise you'd be able to see them. Let those stories foster for a few generations so everyone in the region has at least heard the stories. And wherever whenever you are, some powerhungry psycho will come along, see this golden opportunity, make a religion out of it and start building ritual sites.
You do realise that building *anything* technically points towards the sky