I don't know a whole lot about the idea of those of the Solar Race, but the fact that they exist makes me very excited. I could do something with my characters meeting creatures of the solar race and either befriending them, or making some new enemies. I could keep the image of the "stately palace surrounded by strong walls and thousands of fierce warriors that were as fierce as flames consuming fire and ever watchful like to mountain lions which protect their dens."
Written by: Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
2. Dasharatha's Sons:
I kind of want to use the image of the horse returning from it's year long wander in my story somehow. I may not use a horse, but I like that image and I can picture some adventures around it. Depending on how the characters are in their friendship with the Solar Race, the horse thing could be handled well or not well at all.
Written by: Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
3. Avatar of Vishnu:
Demon kings always make for good stories. The questions is, will the demon king in my story actually be bad?
Written by: Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
4. Vishvamitra:
I still like the idea of using the sons as the actual bad guys and the demons and demon king as the actual victims of the story but I am also trying to find other motifs that I might be able to go along with. I like all of the imagery they use for the brightness and glory that seems to come with the Solar Race.
Written by: Sister Nivedita (1914)
5. Thataka:
The idea of legendary weapons is also a cool idea to play with. Maybe I could actually have it so that my characters are actually fighting against each other but they don't actually know it and one side gets magical weapons.
Written by: Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
6. Bhagiratha and Ganga:
This story is cool but I don't see a whole lot I could do with it. Maybe I could use the image of having to use a god to rain down and complete a task that ended up taking a really long time. Or the commitment of the rulers to their prayers in order to honor their fallen ancestors.
Written by: John Campbell Oman (1894)
7. Ahalya:
I'm also playing with the idea of taking all of these deeds that Rama and his brother are going through and going for a comedic tone where my characters accidentally are getting there just before Rama or everything keeps mistaking them for the lord Rama.
Written by: Ralph T. H. Griffith (1870-1874)
8. Sita:
Still going along with the more comedic theme, my character could totally come along and steal the princess before Rama gets thee, completely on accident. The character may not actually even like Sita, he would just be stumbling around and just keeps happening to ruin things for Rama!
Written by: F. J. Gould (1911)
9. King Janaka:
This story could be a good lead in to my character messing with the Rama and Sita marriage. Somehow my character pulls back the bow before Rama can and so my character gets to marry Sita instead.
Written by: Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
10. Rama Wins Sita:
Something else that could be fun could be having Rama's brother Lakshman be the hero of the stories, or the one who keeps messing it up for Rama. Or, I could go off and tell things from Lakshman's point of view.
Written by: Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
11. Parashurama:
I wish we knew a little more about Lakshman. Why is he the one out of the three other brothers that was chosen to go with his godly brother? I feel like if I used Lakshman I could make up a cool background for him.
Written by: F. J. Gould (1911)
12. Rama and Sita's Wedding:
Well good for the other brothers for getting wives too! Rama can't have all the fun. I'm not sure if I would do anything with this chapter, but I did enjoy it, I suppose.
Written by: Romesh Dutt (1899)
13. Rama the Heir Apparent:
Also not sure what I would do with this chapter but I like how they give a detailed description of why Rama should be their lord.
Written by: Sister Nivedita (1914)
14. Manthara and Kaikeyi
I can use a lot from this one! The evil witch figure sending wicked thoughts into one of the smaller character's head. I could use this as an end to the comedic aspect of the story and begin with a more serious tone.
Written by: Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
15. Kaikeyi and Dasharatha
This chick needs to calm down. But she makes a great all around bad guy! I could go from both sides and have both the demons and the good guys actually be good and then have her come along and get the Maharajah to exile Rama and have both sides be like, man this chick is pretty crazy...".
Written by: Donald A. Mackenzie (1913) and Romesh Dutt (1899)
16. Rama is Banished
This is a pretty straightforward episode. I'm not sure I could do much other than show the craziness of the witch figure.
Written by: Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
17. Rama goes into Exile
I feel like if Sita was willing to share in the sorrows of her husband as she said she would, then she would have taken the bark robe, as uncomfortable as that sounds...
Written by: Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
18. Crossing the River
Another idea crossed my mind as I read this chapter. I could just take my characters and make it so that they are going through the same situations that Rama and his brother and wife are going through. It could be a pretty cool back story for my characters. I feel like I work better with following stories, not necessarily finding motifs. Though if I did find some it could be funny to have my character notice it and make a point to address that the same thing seems to be happening to them over and over again.
Written by: Sister Nivedita (1914)
19. Dasharatha's Karma
Well then... This could be used elsewhere in a story I suppose, or it could just make for another really cool backstory for a character.
Written by: Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
20. Dasharatha's Death
This could make for a pretty epic scene change in the story. It leaves a good cliff hanger as well as an opportunity for Rama's mother to grow more as a major character.
Written by: Donald A. Mackenzie (1913) and Romesh Dutt (1899)
Image source : Dasharatha's aswamedha
Bibliography: Since each of these has a different author, the title, author, and links to each chapter are include in each section.
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