Stories 3
All kinds
Origin
Legend
Local story
Folk tale
From the epics
Festival story
Temple legend
In stone and bronze
How a tradition frames it
Everywhere
Pan-India 240
South India 81
West India 37
East India 37
North India 28
The Himalaya 17
Northeast India 8
Southeast Asia 6
Central India 5
Sri Lanka 1
✕ teacher and pupil
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Legend · 6 tellings · contested
Dadhyanch and the horse's head
Dadhyanch, son of Atharvan, knows the 'honey', the secret of making the sacrifice whole.
From the epics · 1 telling · contested
Upamanyu in the well and the Ashvins' cake
Dhaumya sends Upamanyu to tend the cows.
Legend · 3 tellings · contested
Yajnavalkya receives the Yajus from the Sun
Vaishampayana misses the sages' meeting on Meru and incurs guilt; he kills his sister's child by accident.