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This research stems from the emergence of a problem which is the lack of knowledge of millennial children about folklore from their respective regions, especially children in Southeast Sulawesi. Preservation of folklore which is one part of traditional literature is very important because one of the functions of folklore is as childrens character education. One of the folklores from Southeast Sulawesi that needs to be preserved is “Tula-Tula Metulungino Mie Kodosa folklore” originating from Muna. The purpose of this study was to determine the character education contained in Tula-Tula Metulungino Mie Kodosa folklore. This research is a literature study. The method used is descriptive qualitative method. The source of the research data comes from the book, Buton and Muna Folklore in Southeast Sulawesi, which was published by the Ministry of Education and Culture in the Language Development and Language Development Center in 1998 in Jakarta, 144 pages thick. The results showed that in the Tula-Tula Metulungino Mie Kodosa folklore there is character education that is helpful, kind, patient, and never give up. Keywords: Character education, Muna Folklore, Tula-Tula Metulungino Mie Kodosa.