Olmec religion Olmec religion The religion of the Olmec people significantly influenced the social development and mythological world view of Mesoamerica. Scholars have seen echoes of Olmec supernatural in the subsequent religions and mythologies of nearly all later pre-Columbian era Mesoamericans cultures. The first Mesoamerican civilization, the Olmecs, developed on present-day Mexico southern Gulf Coast in the centuries before 1200 BCE. The culture lasted until roughly 400 BCE, at which time their center of La Venta lay abandoned. The Olmec culture is often considered a "mother culture" to later Mesoamerican cultures. There is no surviving direct account of the Olmec's religious beliefs,
Otis Day and the Knights rights to the band name from Universal Studios and formed a real-life version of the band Otis Day and the Knights with some of his family members and toured the country for years afterward, with Jessie essentially assuming the identity of Otis Day. They recorded an album, produced by George Clinton, that came out in 1989 titled "Shout" which flopped, but included updated versions of ""Shout"" and ""Shama Lama Ding Dong"". Otis Day and the Knights Otis Day and the Knights was created as a fictional band to perform in the 1978 movie "National Lampoon's Animal House". They are best