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Myth exists from the beginning of the humanity. The whole world stands on belief system because nothing is certain in this world. Anything can happen any time without any valid reason. Myth is spread through the folklore in form of stories. There are occasions when a particular lesson or subject cannot be explained through direct references of people. Hence, stories were created by our ancestors to tell the reality to the people without hurting the sentiments of those characters, who really possess the features as explained in the folklores. For example, if a ruler is cruel and bad mannered, the writer cannot directly name the king and write a story on his behaviour. This will hurt the feelings of the ruler and in return, he may punish the writer. Similarly, there are also other qualities of human being consisting of humour, sadness, poverty, richness etc. which are inherited in the folklores in form of fictional characters. The people indirectly understand the lesson of the story as well as about the character portrayed in it. The lessons taught in the folklores are a part of the subject of moral science, which defines the way of living. It consists of both the good and evil characters, who educate the readers about the future of both the characters. Jataka tales, Panchatantra etc. are the creations of Indian intellectual writers of the past, similarly the modern writers like Githa Hariharan, Arvind Adiga, and Amitav Ghosh etc. have also portrayed folklores and myth in several of their novels. Myth gives courage and strength to people, who are facing difficult times and do not oversee any practical solution immediately. Belief is the only source of strength during that kind of period. Myth does not belong to any single religion. There are folklores in every religion, who portray the lessons through myth. The myth has gone to such an extent that it has become a part of strong belief in human beings. Questioning about the myth of God and Goddess of different religions is not considered as good in the society. Hence, the study of myth is attempted to reveal its importance through the writings of various Indian intellectual writers.