Stories tell how earth was created from a vast expanse of water.

"Creation myths."

Creation myths explain how Earth was created from a vast expanse of water.  Creation myths are symbolic stories that explain how the world was created and how people came to exist. Most cultures and religions have creation stories that seek to explain the creation of the world. Creation myth stories can be found in all cultures and religions and are documented in their scriptures such as the Quran and the Bible.

"CREATION STORIES OR MYTH

Explanation:

Creation myth tell us how earth is come into effect by Almighty God.

A myth of existence  is a symbolic story of how the universe started and how humans first came to live in it.

The myths of existence teach us how things started. All religions have myths of existence; they seem to be our main myths, the very first stage in what might be called the species ' psychic life. They define as cultures through shared dreams that they term myths of creation.