Week 1 Reading Options

I decided to go with the second reading option for the Ramayana because I like that it is all online. I do very well when I can do the readings online. Something else that piqued my interest to chose this option was when it said that each chapter was done by a different author. I am really interested to see how the styles change from episode to episode and see how each author interprets it.

After doing some exploring I think I am going to focus a lot on Gods and Goddesses and try to focus specifically on their origin stories if I can find them. I took the Mythology & Folklore class, I think I mentioned that somewhere in another post, but one thing I really liked about that class was the huge range of stories. Some focused on animals, animal gods, regular gods and goddesses, deities that no longer are around, stories of regular people, stories that most of us grew up with, completely abstract stories that don't belong in any category, really anything! There was such an enormous selection and I feel like Indian Epics is a little narrower in terms of topics, but I am still looking forward to finding the stories that really grab my attention! I did think it was really cool that there were comic books for some of the stories though. I don't remember seeing those in the other class!

I chose this image because I enjoy the simple colors and line work that is used as well as the fact that the title paired with the image made me want to read and know the story behind it.

Krishna asking Ghatotkacha to fight

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