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ONLINE LINKS TO STORIES AND INFORMATION ABOUT NEPAL - NEPALI - NEPALESE

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• http://www.spiritoftrees.org/folktales/gersie/woodcutter_death.html
"The Woodcutter and Death," a tale from Nepal from Spirit of Trees.org.


• http://www.experiencefestival.com/culture_of_nepal_-_folklores_amp_folktales
Culture of Nepal - Folklores and Folktales from Global Oneness.


• http://nepalicreation.blogspot.com/2007/08/some-folk-tales.html
Nepali Social Studies from Nepali Creation.


• http://home.arcor.de/marcmarti/yugur/folktale/tale07l.htm
"A Needle's Determination" from Western Yugur Folktales.

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SOS: SEARCHING OUT STORIES AND INFORMATION ABOUT NEPAL - NEPALI - NEPALESE
Advice, Comments and References from Storytellers, Teachers and Librarians
(excerpts from Storytell posts plus original research)

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Storytell posts are added as they are received by Story Lovers World.

1) From the Mango Tree and Other Folktales from Nepal by Kavita Ram Shrestha and Sarah Lamstein. 1997. All levels. Shrestha is a Nepalese. Includes 15 stories; bibliography.


2) One story here. When you get to this page, keep clicking on the pointing finger for each page of the story.
miscositas.com | "The Tiger and the Brahmin"
http://www.rickwalton.com/folktale/bryant33.htm


3) Patricia Hitchcock's book The King Who Rides A Tiger ( 1966) is an anthology of just Nepalese tales. Books 2 & 4 from the Asian Cultural Center for Unesco, Folk Tales from Asia for Children Everywhere (Weatherhill, 1975 & 1976) each have one (pp 28-33 & 42-46, respectively) Both are over 25 years old, so you may have to find them in a library or out-of-print book search.


4) I came across this saying at the end of a folktale from Nepal, which is lovely as well. I have never read it before and there is no attribution but I thought it was beautiful. Passing the beauty along.

May the narrator of this tale be blessed with a golden garland,
And the listener, with a flower garland;
May this tale remain in the heaven,
To be here again
At the time of next narration.
You can find the story here:
http://stud.hsh.no/lu/norsk/vidsteen/nepal/Tekstar/tekst11.htm

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Created 2002; last update 9/9/09