Punjabi Folk Tales
Punjabi folklore, particularly the folksongs, is said to be the
autobiography of its people. This website will look at bringing one
punjbai folktale to its readers every week.
Sohni Mahiwal
Sohni Mahiwal is a tragic love story and one of the most popular from
the region of Punjab. The heroine Sohni, unhappily married to a man she
despises, swims every night across the river using an earthenware pot to
keep afloat in the water, to where her beloved Mehar herds buffaloes.
One night her sister-in-law replaces the earthenware pot with a vessel
of unbaked clay, which dissolves in water and she dies in the whirling
waves of the river just beyond the reach of her beloved.
