Myth is an important category in the study of religion and therefore in religion education curricula. But it has fallen into confusion. Its meaning is no longer clear and this has debilitating effects on the discussion of myth in religion education curricula. The theoretical discussions of myth provide a rich fare but no conceptual clarity in the matter of definition. A definition of myth is developed centring on its nature as story and as a particular type of sacred story. Using this as the framework, the South Australian religious education curricula materials are reviewed with a view to showing how they could be improved by adopting the proposed perspective.