STONE, CURSE, REGRET: CHARACTER EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN IN FOLKLORE INDONESIA
Folklore has a charge and ancestral community values, moral values, and education are deliberately conveyed to the public. Folklore generally tends to use natural elements. Utilization of natural elements into the markermoral messages in folklore. Five Indonesian folklore that utilizes the rock has a tendency to tell the story of the curse and regret. The folk story is legend Shopping Atu (Batu Belah) of Aceh, Maluku Badaong Batu, Batu Princess Cry of Lampung, Legend of the Stone Cry of Borneo, and Legend of the Stone Crying of West Sumatera. The important thing that needs to be examined from the delivery of the moral message of folklore is as follows.(1) Explaining the way of delivering a moral message in folklore containing the word 'stone' in the title of the story. (2) Describe the effect of "condemnation and regret" at the folklore character education for children.(3) Explaining the use of the theory of deconstruction as a method of interpreting the text carefully. The interpretation of the results is intended as the material development of new stories that can be read by children in Indonesia. The transformation of the story would be adapted to the needs of the formation of the character better by not changing the charge and ancestralvalues.