Mythology a fable or a fact.

many of the mythological stories are considered as a myth but nobody is really concerned as who wrote this stuff and why, do they relate to us in any way, or is it just some kind of magical or imaginative stories written just for fun. There are many mythological myth's and facts which even today some people follow.
But the fact is many of the stories were written so that people do not commit such mistakes in future, as in we can take the example of Mahabharata where the ill effects of gambling is explained or in Ramayana, the negativity of Democracy is explained or in greek mythology Cronus had to pay heeds to his evil deeds.
Even though many of the character are highly hyperbolic but they relate to us in some or the other way at some point in our life.