Indian Epics

 Krishna a powerful hindu god most powerful god in hindu mythology born from hair pulled from another god and implanted into a different god Some very interesting creation story ideas in this reading that could be beneficial for my writing.  Bibliography: World History Encyclopedia ( Krishna )

 Monkey and Crocodile crocs in water watching monkeys jump across water mother croc tells her son to get one for her to eat little croc doesn't know how to catch a monkey on land little croc finds a clever way to get the monkey into the water monkey ends up tricking the croc and escaping.  ( monkey and crocodile ) Bibliography:  The Monkey and the Crocodile  by Ellen C. Babbit

 Five Tall Sons  Bibliography:  The Five Tall Sons of Pandu  by Richard Wilson . This story gave me a lot of interesting ideas. I like the idea of writing a story about 5 brothers and making it seem like a reality tv show. This would be a very fun story to write about and I look forward to having fun with the writing process.  ( Drona trains the princes .)

 The Raid I found this story to be pretty interesting. I would end up changing a lot about it to make it more interesting for me and I would use a different idea of a "Raid" than what they did in the story.  Bibliography:  The prose is from  Indian Myth and Legend  by Donald A. Mackenzie  ( RAID )

 Drona young men should be trained to bear arms this makes me think of a child army I could write a cool story about some of those aspects my notes do not reflect on the story I read today, my notes are what the story I read inspired me to write about in the future. I think I could have a lot of fun with a story like this ( Bharadwaja, father of Drona )   Indian Myth and Legend  by Donald A. Mackenzie

 The House of Fire I liked the palace idea I liked the idea that the mother and son were afraid the father was going to burn them This story gave me a lot of ideas on writing an escape story I think that this story taking place in a palace makes the escape story so much more entertaining I could be more descriptive on the scenery to really set the scene ( Palace )   The Indian Heroes  by C. A. Kincaid (1921).

Sugriva and Hanuman This was an interesting story  found a couple of ideas I can use in a story I might write Found this to be very useful and got a lot of good writing ideas  Rama and Hanuman (Ramlila) Bibliography    Rama and the Monkeys  by Geraldine Hodgson (1903).

 The Chase The chase starts with a man named Rama chasing a deer through the woods Rama shoots the deer with an arrow through the heart Maricha's soul springs out from the deer and cries out "Save ME!" Sita was instantly filled with sadness Rama thought he had slain Raksasha who is the brother of Ravana This was an interesting story and would work really well with a storybook about reincarnation. I see a lot of potential in that category.  Bibliography:  Indian Myth and Legend  by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913). ( Deer )

King Dasharatha  King Dasharatha lives in a beautiful palace The people are happy under his ruling The city is beautiful and wealthy Even with all of this, the king is sad because he has no son to heir the throne Bibliography:  Indian Myth and Legend  by Donald A. Mackenzie  ( Palace )

 The Foolish, Timid Rabbit I enjoyed the simplicity of this story. It was a fun and enjoyable read. There were a lot of writing ideas I took from this story. One of the ideas was to make a story so simple that it turns out to be funny. I loved the idea of the coconut falling and causing so much panic among all the animals. I think it would be funny to rewrite this story from the perspective of the monkey that dropped the coconut. Overall, this was a great read and was very enjoyable.  ( Rabbit ) Bibliography:  Story source : Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt.

 I chose the public domain version of the Ramayana. The reasoning behind my choice is because after taking mythology and folklore, I am more comfortable with this style and find it easiest to navigate.  Comic 1: Ancestors of Rama I chose this comic because I thought it would be very interesting to learn about the history of Rama. Each ancestor has a unique story and it is very fun learning about them.  Comic 2:  The downfall of an arrogant King This comic seemed very interesting because I love stories about arrogance and how it always ends up biting people in the rear. I was always taught to be humble and I love stories that punish the arrogant. It is even better when the arrogant become humbled and learn from their mistakes.  ( Vali ) Video 1: Hindu Creation Stories I chose this video because I love creation stories. I am fascinated by hinduism and find this to be a very interesting and engaging topic to look at.  Video 2: Harry Potter Meets Hindu Mytholog...