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Folktales are usually about the common person, someone like you and me, going through something. They are tied up with myths because they are originally passed down orally. We are passionate about preserving these stories that are rooted in our beautiful identity.
On a rough July evening, with a calf’s cry in the air, Thunder roared as dark clouds soared,...
This story about a mother crab and her children is retold often from generation to generation among the...
Here is a very well-known saying in Malayalam, about catching a leopard by the tail. When anyone is in...
Once there was an orphan boy. He had nobody of his own. No body cared for him. One day he went to play....
Once upon a time, there lived an old woman in a forest. She possessed a horse which she loved like her...
THERE ONCE LIVED a farmer and a barber who were very good friends. One day it became time for both of...
A mosquito dressed up in her bangles, her finest silk sari and a long braid, and went around looking...
A merchant had two wives. The elder wife, who bore him a daughter named Tejeemola, died when Tejeemola...
Long, long ago when this world of ours was still young, trees could move from one place to another and...
Long ago a Gond leader was taking a stroll in the countryside. He was looking for something...
In a gulmohar tree along the wheat fields in Punjab, Munni the sparrow, sat by her nest. She watched...
Once, there was a hornbill. He was the king of the birds, but he was mean and horrible, so they all hated...
The first to weave was a girl named Hambrumai. She had learned the art from God Matai. She would sit...
Once, there was a young fisherman from Kerala who did not know how to catch fish. Even though he tried...
A young couple had cleared a part of the forest near their home just before the monsoon, so that they...
Man has been concerned about how we came to be, how the universe was created and the source of all creation...
Far away, far ago, in a little village perched on a hilltop, lived a jhumia family of five. They lived...
In the great Himalayan ranges there once lived an old lady. One fine morning she was hungry and she started searching for something to cook. She found...
Six brothers lived with their little sister, who was lame. On her way to school one day, she played in...
In the beginning of time, when the universe was still in its infancy, the Moon was as omnipotent as the...
Once upon a time, in a small town in Rajasthan, there lived a prosperous nomad by the name of Lakhi Banjara...
In eastern India, the Saura tribes of Odisha believed that there was a time when humans had tails. And these humans went everywhere, swishing their tails...
Long long ago, two sisters together were searching for larger cucumbers in a field. The younger sister...
Budusida, belongs to a village in Odisha called Mudulipada. One day, he went out for hunting with bows...
There are myths concerning the origins of Kerala. One such myth is the creation of Kerala by Parasurama,...
There once was a boy who would go out looking for wood to cut and sell. One day as he was looking under...
A long time ago, in the age of dreams and magical times, when the gods and humans resided side by side,...
There were two brothers named Kara and Guja. Guja, who was the elder did the work at home, and Kara was...
Along, long time ago, there lived a couple in their thirties in a small village around the Bastar region....
Bonbibi protects the forests and always lives with its people. She will never leave Sunderbans – she...
Rajula-Malushahi is an old medieval period love story and folklore of Uttarakhand. it describes love...
In a peaceful village, there once lived seven brothers, each with a deep affection for their one younger...
A long time ago, there lived a rich man in a village in God’s Own State. His house was full of utensils...
Mahoba district is a part of Chitrakoot Division also known as Alha-Udal Nagari. This district was carved...
In good historical days, there was a village of fishermen known as Kalachi. The primary source of subsistence...
There once lived a cunning and crafty man in a small village. He always used to make money through deceit....
We all know Ganesha as “Ekdanta”But ever wondered, Why? “Gurur Brahma Gurur VishnuGururDevo MaheshwarahaGuru...
Once upon a time there was a princess called Indumati (the full moon). Her brother was Bhoja, king of...
When Bali selflessly gave everything that Vishnu had asked for disguised as Vamana, Vishnu became very...
In the distant past, Pondicherry’s fishermen told tales of a mystic mermaid who lived in the Bay...
A poor widow lived with her two sons and two daughter-in-law. All four of them scolded and ill-treated...
Early history of Lakshadweep is unwritten. What now passes for history is based on various legends. Local...
Moira is a village in the district of Bardez in Goa. It lies a few miles away from Mapuça, the capital...
This Basholi style Pahari miniature painting depicts a future incarnation of Lord Vishnu as Kalki. Kalki,...
The painting is an llustration of Dhola Maru. A lady in male dress seated on a camel facing a male seated...
Swami Haridasa, a singer and poet of high order, is seated in his hermitage at Vrindavana, a verdant...
The ant and the grasshopper were best friends with very different personalities.The grasshopper would...
Once on a time there lived a Brahman who had married a wife, and who lived in the same house with his...
Once there was a wealthy man with two wives – the elder one, Laagee (refers to Beloved) and the...
The Zoroastrians of Persia (modern-day Iran) fled to avoid forceful conversion by the Islamic invaders...
A pregnant tigress once jumped into the midst of flock of sheep. As she did so, she went into labor,...
One day, a loving daughter asked her partially deaf husband, Rangan, to visit her sick father. To help...
There lived on a hill a man named Kochang. She was very industrious and honest. He had an unfailing faith...
The wife of a Kashmiri zamindar was perennially depressed. Any attempt at knowing the secret of her mood...
In Punjab, there is a very interesting myth about the origin of clouds. Once upon a time, a Rishi was...
Sophet Bneng is a bare dome-like hill, about thirteen miles to the north of Shillong, and not far from...
There was once a weaver whose field used to be visited every night by an elephant of Indra, the king...
Once upon a time, there lived in a dense forest a cruel lion, Bhasuraka. He was very arrogant, powerful...
Long ago, there lived a sparrow. Once, she picked up a grain of gram and carried it to a stone grinder...
Once upon a time, a tiger was caught in a trap. He tried in vain to get out through the bars, and rolled...
A Titihari couple lived in one part of the Chambal beach. Before laying eggs, Titihari asked her...
Long, long ago there were seven suns in the sky. Their rays made the earth so hot that human beings couldn’t...
As per tradition, gold was mined near the origin of this river at a village named Piska near Ranchi....
Mena, a Gurjar woman of surpassing beauty who hailed from Gadh Mandav, was happily married to Chandio,...
Larima Fog is generally seen everywhere in Tripura and in other parts of the north-eastern region of...
