Human culture is a very important subject area in the study of man. According to anthropologists, onlyman can maintain a culture. Some anthropologists said that the personality of man is also greatly affectedin the analysis of culture. They termed personality as the behavioral patterns that are often used by aperson and the strategies that are used to solve the various problems that they face. Here the relationshipof culture from birth to formation, growth and survival of man is highlighted. Accordingly, it will beclear that the culture of which he is a part and the history of the group or society to which he belongsinfluence the development of a man's personality. The personality developed in this way is completelyconnected with the individuality of man. however, man cannot exist without his culture because hispersonality and individuality are dependent on his cultural identity. Therefore, the personality andindividuality of man is shaped by the social culture in which he exists. It seems that this construction isdone by using legends and literature of respective societies. Also, the value systems of the society towhich a certain person belonged, are included in literature folk tales, folk poems, and the advice ofelders. These legends are a collection of fables considered to be ancient stories. what is underinvestigation here is the construction of that cultural identity by using those legends. according to that,the poem ‘’Daru Nalavilla’’ by the poet S. Mahinda (Tibetan) thero of the Colombo era, is investigatedusing the content analysis method.
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