Karo-Koeli is a Santhali folktale. Folklore in India especially in the tribal areas full of stoies mostly about nature, telling how various rivers came into being or mountains were formed. This story tells us about the birth of two rivers flowing in Jharkhand province. In a village lived a brother and sister called Karo and Koeli, with their paternal uncle and aunt. On the festival day of Gomoha when their uncle left for the market to purchase a chicken for the evening feast the aunt, who didn’t like them at all, sends them to work in the fields. The Sun God Chando Bongo sees Karo and Koeli and asks them why they are working on a festival day. Being informed that Mami sent them to work in the fields, the sun takes pity on the brother and sister and turns them into snakes.
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