As Alfredo Lopez states, “We forget, in the false universalization of our scientific vision, that myths still perform its functions in the lives of a great many of the world’s inhabitants” (page XIV). Myths are regarded as stories that are carried on through traditions and we forget that these narratives have dictated the way people viewed and continue to explain how the world works. Alfredo Lopez points out that we forget myths served as a purpose to explain the world’s phenomena and explain the social order. We often overlook the capacity of influence that these myths had to carry on ideas, beliefs, and customs. For example, the myth about Noah’s sons. This myth served as a purpose to create the stratification of class and race. The sons who were bad to their father were marked by dark skin. Where the son who was innocent was given white skin representing his innocence and