What is Pakistani folklore?
[[File:Kelileh va Demneh.jpg|thumb|right|A page from ''Kelileh va Demneh'' (dated 1429, from [[Herat]], a Persian translation of the ''[[Panchatantra]]'') depicts the manipulative jackal-vizier, Dimna, trying to lead his lion-king into war.]] [[Pakistan]] has a wide variety of [[folklore]], mostly circulated regionally. However, certain tales have related variants in other regions of the country or in neighbouring countries. Some folktales like Shirin and Farhad are told in [[Pakistan]], [[Iran]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Turkey]], and almost all nations of [[Central Asia]] and [[Middle East]], with all having claimed the folklore to have originated in their land. ''Pakistani [[mythology]]'' here means the myths and sacred narratives of the culturally and linguistically related group of ancient peoples who inhabited the ancient Pakistan and its borderlands. [[Category:Pakistani culture]]