Scripture vs. Myth

[Randilin]

I have often wondered this and thought I would throw it out to the group. We refer to the stories of our gods and goddess as Myths. Which given the definition of it (see Def #3) seems in some ways to devalue it.

Myth
Etymology: Greek mythos
1 a : a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon b : PARABLE, ALLEGORY
2 a : a popular belief or tradition that has grown up around something or someone; especially : one embodying the ideals and institutions of a society or segment of society b : an unfounded or false notion
3 : a person or thing having only an imaginary or unverifiable existence
4 : the whole body of myths

The christians on the other hand refer to theres as scriptures

Scriptures
Pronunciation: 'skrip(t)-sh&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin scriptura, from Latin, act or product of writing, from scriptus
1 a (1) capitalized : the books of the Bible -- often used in plural (2) often capitalized : a passage from the Bible b : a body of writings considered sacred or authoritative
2 : something written

it seems to me that our myths our as much scripture for us as anything else. Or at the very least there Scriptures are much the same as our myths.  

[TheDisreputableDog]

It's because we call stories of the various gods that pagans follow myths that the definition of myth seems devaluing.

The Cement Garden

You think it's humiliating to look like a girl, because you think it's humiliating to be a girl...Girls can wear jeans and cut their hair short and wear shirts and boots because it's okay to be a boy; for girls it's like promotion. But for a boy to look like a girl is degrading, according to you, because secretly you believe that being a girl is degrading.