Week 6 Lab: Research

Because I had a bit of a difficult time coming up with a plan for my storybook, I did some research on my topic and feel a lot better about what I have. My storybook contains three stories all from the lives of Kumbhakarna, the sleeping giant.

I did quite a bit of research for my storybook introduction, so I have a plan set forth for the stories I want to do. For my first story, I want to tell the story of Vijaya and Jaya being turned into Kumbhakarna and Ravana. The main source I found was Wikipedia and it gives a simple yet still detailed enough account of what happened. The Wikipedia story allows for some interpretation about which brother was the one who influenced the other. The story also tells of the Four Kumaras who are the cause for each of the gatekeepers turning into their characters from the Ramayana. They have the appearance of children which is why they were not allowed through the gate. Children are often tricksters so I can understand why they were not allowed to pass.

(Gatekeepers Turning the Kumaras Away. Source: Wikipedia)

Another story that is more well known that I will be telling is that of how Kumbhakarna was cursed. There is a comic book in the library that I will check out, I have not done so yet, but I have the reading guide for it. The Wikipedia page for it also has some information. This will be a fairly easy story to write. The last story took me awhile to find enough information on to write a story.

(Kumbhakarna Cursed. Source:Wikipedia)

The source story focuses on Ravana, but because they are brothers I want it to play out as a through the eyes of the brother. There is a comic book titled Ravana Humbled that describes how Ravana receives a powerful sword from Shiva. In the Wikipedia page on the sword, it says that the Ramayana talks about how Ravana gets the sword, but I could not find it in the Ramayana by Narayan.

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