How Lake Rara Was Formed

The beautiful Rara lake in Mugu disrict was once a valley. One day a hermit came to the village and begged the villagers for food but a foolish woman gave him instead a handful of ash. The hermit turned back at once, going the way he had come, telling...

The Origin Of The Raute

Once upon a time there was a man named Nari in the mountains of Dhakaldara in Jumla. He made his living by traping and hunting birds and animals. But for a long time he found that the animals that fell into his trap were missing. One day Nari laid a...

A Man With Two Goitres

There was once a farmer with a large goiter. One day while he was ploughing, he felt hot and tired. So, he let the oxen graze while he went to a corner of the field and lay down for a nap. Now it so...

How A Man Was Saved From The Devil

There was once a man at Kirtipur who discovered that his wife was going surreptitously to the foot of the hill where a big, old tree stood, around which the witches of the town gathered to pray to the Devil. At his wit's end, the man confided to a friend...