Most popular Folktales of Northeast India

A folktale is a kind of story that is passed-down through generations, orally. These tales do not have a single author and their content keeps changing over time.

Folktale of Arunachal Pradesh  The Cricket and the Crab (Adi tale)

Folktale of Sikkim Jyamphi Moong by Ananya Susarla

Folktale of Manipur The Magic of Jackal

Folktale of Nagaland Kongliang Otsu: An Ao Naga folk tale

Folktale of Assam Tejimola: An Assamese Folktale from Lakshminath Bezbarua

Folktale of Meghalaya “Why the Goat lives with Mankind”

Folktales of Mizoram Ngaiteii Translated by Rini Tochhong

Folktale of Tripura A Piece of Pumpkin