Indian Epics Fall 2019

After reading the comments and thinking over it myself, my storybook plan was not much of a cohesive plan. I misunderstood that each story was meant to stand on its own, so that changed how I wanted the sotrybook to go. Below is my new plan for what I want to do for my storybook. I still want to stick to the dream aspect of Kumbhakarna. I want each story of his to be a different dream. These dreams will not be connecting to one another and one can be read without knowledge of the others. For one of the stories, I want it to be about him and Ravana when they were growing up. This way I can make my own story up, but also help tie it in to why Ravana started to become a villain and if Kumbhakarna is bad because he is bad, or because of pressure from his brother. For the next story, I want it to be about Kumbhakarna killing Rama and becoming worshiped by everyone around him. Even though I want to display Kumbhakarna in a positive light, I think this story plays along the fact that ever...

For my storybook, the hardest part for me will be sources. At this moment I only have the Ramayana I read, a comic book , and another book . I feel like that may not be enough sources. Because of the sources I have only containing the same story for Kumbhakarna and no real others, my plan is to make my own stories that center around Kumbhakarna's sleep. For specifically, I want to write about the dreams he has during his time of rest. One possibility would be taking other stories from around the Ramayana and insert him into them somehow. So he thinks that he has been a part of all of these stories but in the end he wakes up and finds out none of it was real. I just now thought of that idea, so I still have not decided whether I want to create my own dreams, or have them be other Ramayana stories. The main idea for this storybook would be to make them believe that Kumbhakarna could have easily fit in these stories, and are just as surprised when they find out it was all a dream. I...

For my storybook, Kumbhakarna makes a great character to play the main role due to the curse that he receives and my personal interests. The first story that I am getting information from is  Kumbhakarna: The Sleeping Giant , a comic book found in the OU library. This tells the origin of the curse and why Kumbhakarna has it. This is necessary to start my story and give background as to where his deep sleeping came from. For another source, I found a book titled Iliad of the East  that contains a chapter about Kumbhakarna. It tells of the giant who sleeps and a more in depth story than the comic could give. I think this would greatly helped by providing more detail on the characters of the story. I do not think Kumbhakarna is as bad of a guy as the stories make him out to be. This book would also provides the story of his time while sleeping. I think it would be a great idea to tell the story of a dream he had while asleep. The dream could be about how Kumbhakarna saves the ...

Topic 1: Ganesha As my last few blog posts have referenced, I am quite interested in Ganesha and the stories behind him. The main reason behind my interest is all of the questions I still have about him. Why does he have an elephants head is the most glaring one, but also what are his origins? According to Wikipedia , his origin story has been told in many different ways. This would be beneficial in telling my own story because there is not a set narrative for Ganesha, making it easier for my mind to come up with something original. Topic 2: Reincarnation As a child who grew up in a religious family, reincarnation has always been a taboo during conversations. As I have gotten older I have become more open to other religions around me and accepted that questioning is normal. While I still consider myself religious, looking at the aspect of reincarnation is something I have not been able to go in depth about. A story idea that came to mind when thinking about reincarnation is rathe...