Mythology is Old Wives' Tale

Mythology <-- Myth (Assumption) <-- Mithya (Lie)

It is pretty evident from the genesis of the word that mythology is just a lie to serve it's purpose as per the beholder. While it can drive you to a righteous path or draw you to an illusion but more often than not, to hide one lie you must tell another and that is why we have scriptures stringing the lies together.

Why does history or religious literature have a discriminatory treatment? A mother treats her children the same irrespective of  whether they turn rogue or becomes a god-man, then why is that the sightings of God and the wonders were only in the other yugas with none in the Kalyug. Oh, I forgot those are called magicians and doctors. We ourselves accept the fact that the Ramayana and Mahabharata are epic "stories" and stories are always scripted to deliver a moral message. But mind you, mythology is a sub-set or spin-off from religion and do not mean the same.

Look at the things that entice us, enchant us: wizardry, fantasy, fiction. As human race, our brains are programmed to believe the unbelievable, accept that as truth, associate with it and become so attached as to be a part of it in daily life, say HP, GoT, Twilight Saga, Narnia to name a few. The same goes true for mythology. We need a lie to make us do something which is right in its own sense. We are rebellious to the rosy path and would tread on the thorns but wish for the soft and cozy ride in the clouds.

Let me also take it through a different angle of how and what is told in the "religious books" or preached by the priests, prophets and pastors: keep fast to keep the Almighty happy and he will grant your wish. Well the genesis is that as primitives, we were hunters to date when we junk on various foods, need to cleanse the system and keep the organs running in good stead, so day/period to not put in new garbage into the system would keep it going good like over-hauling of a machine/engine, but had we been told this upfront.......hence the stories!!

The best part with stories is one can interpret as per their own whims and fancies, so while Quran says a "kafir" is a non-believer, it is an equivalent of "naastik" in Hinduism, which literally means one who does not believe in the existence of "Him", in other words pertaining to athiest/nehilist/agnoistic , and never ever anywhere directs it to believers of other religion, custom or culture. Similarly, in the story of rabbit & the tortoise, one may feel to associate with the tortoise and be steady in life to reach their goals, while others may live in the present and enjoy life as it comes, as you never know if you live long enough to relish the future you so ambitiously are saving for.

Basically, a myth (the genesis word for mythology) is folklore consisting of narratives that play a fundamental role in the creation, maintenance and destruction of society and are/were endorsed by the influential mass by linking it to religion and spirituality. On many accounts they are nothing but accounts of the remote past and hence historical aberration in the narration or evidences of the same event/person/period (as and when accounted by whosoever it concerned).