Abstract
Considerable attention has been given to oral literature in Yorùbá language. Oral literature, as regards children lullaby, children rhymes and moonlight tales are not left out. However, most of the earlier writings on folktales are centred only on the compilation of these oral literatures. However, Isola (1995) and Akinyemi (2004) have made some attempts in explaining the educational significance of these oral literatures. While Isola (1995) looks at children lullaby and children rhymes in relation to the intellectual and social development of the African child, Akinyemi’s focus is on oral literature as it relates to the indigenous education for children. Our focus in this paper is on the moral value of this oral literature to both the youth and the adult. We also opine that moonlight tales, because of their moral values, should be included in the curriculum of both the primary and secondary schools. This paper, which is a deviation from the moonlight stories mentioned in Akinyemi (2004), does not look at the pranks of the tortoise but human beings. Lessons, which the stories pass across, are highlighted.
Highlights
Moonlight tales form part of Yorùbá culture
The song is mostly intended to give aesthetic value to the story, to awaken the audience from their slumber and to drive home the point the story teller is bringing to the fore
Various data in form of moonlight tales to bring out the core of this paper
Summary
Moonlight tales form part of Yorùbá culture. Moonlight tale or folktale has a very great value in the Yorùbá environ. It is a past time practice among the Yorùbá. The Moral Value of Yorùbá Moonlight Tales. Domestic and democratic of Yorùbá verbal art forms They used to be told within the compound in the evening after work with the entire household present. What is tested, experimented with and sometimes imaginatively abolished is the morality of communal living, based on common decency, humanity and generosity. A story ends well when its inherent moral values become apparent to the audience He must be able to tell the story in such a way that the listeners will understand the lesson inherent in it. Section four discusses the implication of moonlight tales to the educational teaching while Section five gives the conclusion
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