Nepali Hinduism

Nepal and the Himalaya have a rich oral tradition of folk tales — stories of gods, demons, clever animals, clever women, and the moral architecture of Himalayan life. Browse collections of Nepali folk tales, Tamang and Sherpa oral literature, Newari legend cycles, Tibetan folk stories (including Aku Tonpa trickster tales), and comparative South Asian oral tradition. Also broader world folk tale collections and the scholarship of oral literature.