The village story in Burma considered a tale and no more, and would not distinguish or classify the stories that he told. But actually tales told in Burmese villages could be divided into three categories.
(i) folk tales (ii)folk legends and (iii) Jataks or Buddist birth tales
The collection of burmese folk tales is highly coloured and exotic. The stories illumine universal human truths. The atmosphere of these tales is of the same kind as their european counterparts. Some of tales are highly significant in courts of law andoften contain pointers as to how certain situations should be dealt with. They form thefoundation of many decisions taken in courts of law.
