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
A Traveller from the Otherworld
A rather unusual encounter with the world beyond the veil.
Sorath Rai Diyach
One of the most famous tales from Sindhi folklore.
A Wedding of Giants
A huntsman finds himself at a unique wedding.
Noori Jam Tamachi
The fisherman's daughter who married a king!
A Saint battles a Dragon
A legend from the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan
Umar Maruee
One of the most iconic romances from Sindhi folklore
The Rose and the Nightingale
A short fable from a garden where a flower teaches a bird the lesson of a lifetime.
Laila Majnu
Qais and Laila: the couple who shall live on in our hearts for many years to come.
The Legend of Ketas Raj
An epic from the Mahabharata on one of Pakistan's most famous temples
