Nepalese folklore is a diverse set of mythology and traditional beliefs held by the

Nepali people Nepalis (English: Nepalese ; ne, नेपाली) are the citizens of Nepal under the provisions of Nepali nationality law. The country is home to people of many different national origins who are the descendants of immigrants from India, ...

Folk beliefs

Banjhakri and Banjhakrini Banjhākri and Banjhākrini are shamanic deities in the tradition of the Kirati people of Nepal , Sikkim Darjeeling , Kalimpong of India They are a couple, and possibly different aspects of the same being. They are supernatural shamans of ...

, supernatural

shaman Shamanism is a religious practice that involves a practitioner (shaman) interacting with what they believe to be a spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance. The goal of this is usually to direct spirits or spir ...

s of the forest. * ''Bir'', a demon *'' Boksi'', a witch *

Budhahang Budhahang (Nepali:बुढाहाङ) was a Kirat Rai king of Khalsa territory of Eastern Nepal. His palace was located in the region currently known as Ankhisalla and Chintang. It is said that the Khalsa area of Dhankuta District included ...

, legendary

Kirat The Kirati people, also spelled as Kirant or Kiranti, are a Sino-Tibetan ethnic group. They are peoples of the Himalayas, mostly the Eastern Himalaya extending eastward from Nepal to North East India (predominantly in the Indian state of Sikkim ...

i king who could stop movement of sun * ''Chhauda'', a child ghost *

Kichkandi In Nepalese folklore or mythology, kichkanya () also referred as Kichkandi () is a spirit of a woman that is latched to an uncremated part of her dead body, usually a bone. They are generally known to be solitary spirits that haunt a particular l ...

, type a female ghost. *

Lakhey Lākhey (Nepal Bhasa: लाखे or , lā-khé) (alternative spellings Lākhe, Lākhay, ) is the dance of a demon in the carnival of God. Durbar Square, a historic plaza in Kathmandu, Nepal, facing ancient palaces and adorned by Hindu templ ...

and

Majipa Lakhey Majipa Lakhey (Nepal Bhasa: मजिपा लाखे, ) is a special lakhey in Nepalese folklore. He is also known as the Peaceful Bhairava (शान्त भैरव). The dance of this Lakhey takes place only in the week of the full moo ...

, types of demon. * ''Masan'', a demon *'' Murkatta'', a headless ghost with eyes and mouth in chest *

Yeti The Yeti ()"Yeti"
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ape Apes (collectively Hominoidea ) are a clade of Old World simians native to sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia (though they were more widespread in Africa, most of Asia, and as well as Europe in prehistory), which together with its sister g ...

-like creature purported to inhabit the mountains of Nepal.

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Folk beliefs

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