Puerto Rican folklore reflect the culture of the people who
had lived and influenced the lifestyle of those people who were living there,
such as the Tainos, the Spaniards, and the Africans. The reflections of
elements are found in folktales which were passed down from father to son over
the centuries. In the collection of Puerto Rican folklore, there are riddles,
rhymes, games, folktales, tales of enchantment, animal stokes, songs, and also
other types of oral expression. Children hear folktales, fairy tales, myths,
and legends because they receive their cultural legacy through these stories.
Folktales are stories that conduct culture and values, if children are impoverished
of these stories, a very important and crucial element of their growth and
development has been left out. In the “Three Wishes” there are stories tales of
enchantments and animals stokes. There is a folklore I like from
the Three Wishes “The Ant in Search of Her Leg.” In this folklore there was a
little any who pulled off her leg because of the snow. When she asked the snow
can she get her leg back the snow said it cannot because the snow is no strong
enough. While trying to get her little leg back she had went to asked for help
from the snow, sun, cloud, wind, wall, rat, cat, dog, stick, fire, water, ox,
knife, man, and death. The ant went to everyone and they could not help her in
the end she went to god and god told her “Little ant, go home. When you leave
it again, you will have your leg.” The ant had learned that God is the
strongest of all because no matter who you go to no one will help you but in
the end God will always help you. Puerto Rican folklore also haves a spiritual meaning.
I think that the folklores are so repetitive because it helps people remember what was the point of it even if it is told different they all had the same meaning.
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