Indian Epics

One day a mother crocodile and her son were taking a swim down the river. The mother began to feel hunger so she said to her son, "I am hungry. Go and fetch me the heart of a monkey so that I may eat it." "But mother, monkeys live on land and in the trees. I will not be able to get to them." the son replied. "You'll figure it out little one, it is all a part of growing up." the mother responded. So the son swam down the river looking with his eyes barely out of the water looking for a monkey whose heart he can take to his mother. Along with way, he decided he could trick the monkey by offering him a ride across the river to the island with ripe fruit that the monkeys could not get otherwise. He decided on the monkey who lived in the highest tree. "Oh monkey!! Would you like a ride on my back to the island with the ripest fruits?" the little crocodile asked with a wicked smile in his heart. "Why yes! I have lived in these woods ...

While the Princes and the Water-Sprite is a very interesting story, however I still think I am going to write about the monkey and crocodile. Princes and a Sprite Image Source Bibliography Source : Jataka Tales,  Ellen C. Babbitt, Ellsworth Young 1912

The Monkey and the Crocodile is going to be my story this week. I love the idea of writing about a story that seems for fun and about animals rather than simply talking about the myths involving gods and royalty. Monkey and Crocodile Image Source Bibliography: Source : Jataka Tales: Ellen C. Babbitt, Ellsworth Young 1912

Hello there, My name is Duryodhana and I am a King here in this great city along with my brothers. We have prospered here lately and even have enough wealth to share with the people. However, I do not wish to share my throne with the princes of the next generation. So, being the intelligent man that I am, I have devised a plan. Recently I had constructed an amazing palace. However, the palace's roof and furniture were all soaked in oil and became extremely flammable. I am going to recommend that the Pandavas Princes move in to this palace with their mother and then have my most trusted guardsmen set fire to the building when they drop their guard. 1 year later.... It has been one year since I had the Pandavas family move into the palace I had made for them. Everything is going according to plan. Purochana, the captain of the guard that I instructed to burn the palace when the time is right, believes the time is coming. He tells me that for a long time there would always be at...

This version is very detailed and a bit longer than the other version but I wanted to rewrite this story about the Pandavas escape. The Escape of the Pandavas Image  Source Bibliography: Source Mahabharata: The Greatest Spiritual Epic of All Time. Krishna Dharma. 2008

I like the myth on how the Kuru Elders were born. Kuru Elders Img. Source Bibliography Source :  Mahabharata: The Greatest Spiritual Epic of All Time.  Krishna Dharma  2008.

Looking at my progress I believe I am on track with where I am supposed to be at this time. I plan on doing lots of extra credit over spring break to get even further a head of where I can be. Image Source