Dr. Somnath Mahato
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Kharagpur College, Kharagpur (W.B.)
E-mail: somnathmahatokgp@gmail.com
Issue: Volume 2 No. 1 (March 2026) Anubodhan
Received: 21 March 2026 / Accepted: 22 March 2026 / Published: 31 March 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.65885/anubodhan.v2n1.2026.018
Abstract
Folktale or Lok katha is an inherent part of a community’s culture taking its origin from all spheres of common life. In the pre-digital era people love to listen stories from their elders lovingly called ‘Galpo dadus’ (community storytellers). Within this limited canvas the storytellers through folktale tried to instill morality, social and cultural values to make the listeners morally upright. With their sheer brilliance, wit, humour and skill they provide intense aesthetic joy and emotional fulfillment.The performance is going through thrill, mystery, laughter, magic along with a moral teaching. Folktales provides a large number of moral and social values associating with kindness, honesty, bravery, heroism, perseverance, magical events, consequences of good and bad deeds. Locally known as ‘kahnis’ these folktales manifest a timeless wisdom and cultural fragrance of the region. The selected Three folktale of Manbhum namely “Jeman ke Teman”’, Karo Ash kari nai”, “jaler kadi jalei gelo” will explore the aesthetic pleasure, moral lesson, social values from various perspective.
Keywords: Aesthetic, Culture, Folktale, Joy, Manbhum, Moral, Value
How to cite: Mahato, S. (2026). Exploring Moral Lesson and Aesthetic Joy in the Selected Folktales of Manbhum. Anubodhan, 2(1), 188–193. https://doi.org/10.65885/anubodhan.v2n1.2026.018