Kannada: Kamakathegalu

: Websites like Pratilipi and various independent blogs host thousands of stories, ranging from short narratives to serialized dramas.

Boundary crossers between Kamakathe and horror. These stories explain why a specific well is haunted or why a certain tree cannot be cut. They serve as environmental conservation tools (don't cut the tree, or the ghost will get you). Kannada Kamakathegalu

Veteran Kannada folklorist Dr. H.M. Nayak once noted, "If the epics are the skeleton of Kannada culture, Kamakathegalu are the flesh and blood." : Websites like Pratilipi and various independent blogs