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Temple legend · 2 tellings · contested
The antelope's horn at Pashupatinath
Shiva and Parvati, tired of the gods, wander the Kathmandu valley as an antelope and a doe.
Folk tale · 1 telling · contested
The cow that milked a stone
A milkman's cow leaves the herd each day and lets her milk fall on a stone in the forest.