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Our Stories

Bringing you folklore straight from the mountains, plains, deserts and beaches of Pakistan. Transcribed, illustrated and curated with love. Happy reading! 

-Team Folkloristan

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A Traveller from the Otherworld

A rather unusual encounter with the world beyond the veil.

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Sorath Rai Diyach

One of the most famous tales from Sindhi folklore.

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A Wedding of Giants

A huntsman finds himself at a unique wedding.

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Noori Jam Tamachi

The fisherman's daughter who married a king!

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A Saint battles a Dragon

A legend from the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan

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Umar Maruee

One of the most iconic romances from Sindhi folklore

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The Rose and the Nightingale

A short fable from a garden where a flower teaches a bird the lesson of a lifetime.

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Laila Majnu

Qais and Laila: the couple who shall live on in our hearts for many years to come.

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The Legend of Ketas Raj

An epic from the Mahabharata on one of Pakistan's most famous temples

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Yusuf Zulaikha

A much loved romance found in lore and Abrahamic scriptures alike.

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The Three Brothers

A fable about will-power, facing fear, & determination from Punjabi folklore.

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Rustam and Sohrab

An epic from the Shahnameh adopted by Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto and Balochi lore.

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