Folktales of North East India

Sharing the folktales of North East India viz. Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Sikkim and Tripura. Hope you enjoy.

Dear Participants, We present to you eight folk tales from North East India from which you could choose and read for your podcast. If you intend to read your own stories or other stories from the internet, we are happy with that too.
Wishing you best for the competition and thanking you once again for your participation.
Team Edvacations

A Collection of folktales for the competition (8 states 8 Fables)

Folktale of Arunachal Pradesh
The Cricket and the Crab (Adi tale)
(From A New Book of Tribal Fiction, Verrier Elwin, 1970, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh) View story

Folktale of Sikkim
Jyamphi Moong by Ananya Susarla View story

Folktale of Manipur
The Magic of Jackal View story

Folktale of Nagaland
Kongliang Otsu: An Ao Naga folk tale from naga journal View story

Folktale of Assam
Tejimola: An Assamese Folktale from Joi Barua View story

Folktale of Meghalaya
This story is part of the  Khasi Folktales unit.
Story source: Folk-Tales of the Khasis by Mrs. K. U. Rafy (1920).
“Why the Goat lives with Mankind” View story

Folktales of Mizoram
Ngaiteii Translated by Rini Tochhong View story

Folktale of Tripura
A Piece of Pumpkin View story