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
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.