According to Nepalese mythology, what are " Banjakhri and Banjakhrini"?

Banjhākri and Banjhākrini are shamanic

deities in the tradition of the Kirati people according to Nepal folklore.

The two are a couple and possibly different aspects of the same being. They are supernatural shamans of the forest. In the Nepali language, the ban means wilderness, "jhākri means" shaman" Jhākrini means "shamaness".

The Banjhākrini, also known as Lemlemey, is a short, wild, simian trickster who is a descendant of the Sun. His ears are large and his feet point backwards. Long, matted hair covers his entire body, except for his face and palms, and he plays a golden dhyāngro. The dhyangro is the frame drum played by Nepali jhākri.

Banjhākri finds human children who have the potential to be great shamans, and takes them back to his cave for training. There, the children are in danger of being eaten by Banjhākrini. Banjhākrini is both ursine and humanoid, with long hair, long, pendulous breasts, and backwards-pointing feet. She is usually described as bloodthirsty and brutal. She carries a symbolic golden sickle. The Banjakhri trains the children who then have to pass Banjhākrini's initiation. On returning home with their shamanic training, they become very powerful.

Anthropologist, Homayun Sidky, suggested that Banjhākri is a therianthrope; a humanoid who changes into a non-human animal form. While the shamans of Nepal regard the original Banjhākri as the founder of Nepali shamanism. Banjhākri is revered and celebrated as a teacher and as the god of the forest.