Indian Epics

The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India W. H. D. Rouse with illustrations by W. Robinson The Giant Crab: The giant crab sat at the pond waiting for animals to come drink water. When they would come he would nip them and then eat them. He ate so many that he became very big. One day two elephants tricked him and were able to crack his shell. His claws remained and when a big flood came they carried them down the stream. The King's sons found them and turned them into great big drums.  The Dishonest Friend: A man gives his friend a plough to hold on to. The friend sells the plough and keeps the money. The friend lies to him about his plough and the man tries to teach him a lesson. When they went before the judge, he had to give the man the plough back. He learned that honesty is the best policy. The two friends. [ Source ] The Foolish Farmer and the King: The farmer needed an ox and he was going to ask the king. He told his son to ask but the son said no.

What Is a Myth? Crash Course World Mythology #1 Theories and Myth: Crash Course World Mythology #12 The Hero's Journey and the Monomyth: Crash Course World Mythology #25 1. Mythology encompasses many topics such as: literature, history, anthropology, sociology, psychology, religion, and science. Myths are often very old and can be told in many versions. The idea of myths can be interpreted in many ways. Myth and religion can become ambiguous to an extent. Most of the time it can be hard to determine who started a myth because even if there are authors they may have taken it from someone else. We mostly use the word myth to determine that something is not true and so myth itself would be false but many authors take myths very seriously. This is a meme with SpongeBob as a greek god. [ source ] 2. Definition of Mythology is the systematic study of myths. Analysis can be traced back to the mid 500b.c. Plato was one of the first to attribute myths to something being false. T

Jataka Tales Author: Ellen C. Babbitt Monkey and The  Crocodile: The crocodile tries to outwit the monkey by carrying him over to where his mother was so that they could eat him. Monkey convinces the crocodile that he left his heart behind and he was to go back and get him.  Monkey and The Crocodile [ Source ] Turtle: The turtle convinces the men that by throwing him in the water he would be tortured but in reality he thrives in the water.  The Merchant of Seri: A merchant passes up the opportunity to buy a golden bowl and another merchant comes buys the bowl for which he gets a lot of money for and travels across the river. The Turtle Who Couldn't Stop Talking: The geese tried to carry the turtle by a stick and told him not to talk. The turtle opened his mouth to respond to children and fell from the stick. He would've made it if he would have kept his mouth shut. 

The Mahabharata: Karmic Revolution Epified TV (India) 2015-2016   King Shantanu lived day and night awaiting the day that he would get to marry Satyavati. He wanted to offer her his kingdom where they could be together for years on end. He traveled on many conquests and though obstacles did arise, he always overcame them. He wanted nothing more than to spend his life with someone by his side. He wanted children who he could raise and teach the wonders of life. Satyavati did not want to marry the king. She had a plan for her life. She wanted to enjoy all the beautiful things that life had to offer and she felt that by marrying him she would be deprived of that. King Shantanu asks Satyavati to be his bride. [ Source ] Growing up, Satyavati, saw how women married so soon and did not have their independence. She wanted more for herself. She knew her capabilities and wanted to meet her potential. She wanted to marry when the time was right and when it was the right person. Sa

The Indian Heroes Mahabharata - The Princes of Elephant City Author : C. A. Kincaid 1921 Draupadi declares that she will not marry Surya. Arjuna wins and Draupadi goes with him, marrying all five brothers. Duryodhana does not want to make peace with his cousins so he gives them part of the kingdom for them to create their own royal city. Arjuna finds Subhadra and marries her. Her brother does not oppose because he knows his true identity. Duryodhana is jealous of King Yudhishthira's success. Yudhishthira loses everything due to gambling and Draupadi is summoned. Her brother, Dushasana, attempts to take her and rips of her clothes but new one is replaced every time. Draupadi asks that Yudhishthira be freed and also ask for freedom from the brothers. He grants them and also replaces everything lost in the match. Dushasana attempts to take off Draupadi's clothes. [ Source ]

Overall, I do not feel satisfied with my progress at all. My other classes somewhat takeover any free time I have and so blogging can be somewhat on the back burner. I know that the success in this class is up to me and I should open up more time to dedicate to this class but as the week goes by I always have a ton of quizzes or exams and it can be overwhelming. I have taken advantage of some extra credit opportunities but from here on out I will be taking advantage of all. As far as my website, it is going okay and maybe it will be better when I add other stories to it. Moving forward, I plan to knock out my assignments for the week within Sunday and Monday. If I do this I will not miss any deadlines and also have time to stay on top of my other classes. I think I want to research some topics more so that my stories can be better as well. Moving forward anything can be fixed. [ Source ]

Starting this class I was not sure the link between reading and reading notes then to creating a story. I was under the impression that each story was to be original and my first story was somewhat irrelevant so that threw off the rest of my portfolio. I was able to adjust the layout and design of my blog so I am happy with that aspect of it now. Initially, my project site was mixed up but I was able to go back this week and fix it so I am happy with it now. It makes more sense. I am somewhat dissatisfied with my stories because I know they could be better but it is hard for me to make the stories come out of the other stories and still have them be interesting. The biggest accomplishment in writing for this class has probably been the blog post. For the most part I am a terrible writer and that has been tough for me. I am typically more of a math and science person so blogging in this class has been my accomplishment. My favorite reading in this class was the Mahabharata. I was ab

Mahabharata  John Mandeville Macfie When Bhima arrived to Draupadi's place he is disguised as a cook. Bhima's incredible stretch and mastery in fighting had prepared for what was to come. Being the second born of the Pandava's, Bhima had a story of his own that he seldom told.  Bhima [ Source ] When Bhima was young, a man appeared in his dream revealing to him a secret that no other man on earth would ever know. He bestow up Bhima the gift of knowing events before they occurred. This was confusing to Bhima and at such a young age he did not know what to make of this. As he got older, he realized that he had thoughts of events and they later would happen. Like the secret he was told, Bhima was not to ever let anyone know of this gift he had been granted. At times he grew scared and other times it was relieving to him. Surrounded by older and younger brothers, he knew that no one would ever believe him. Every battle he fought he had foreseen but that did take

Mahabharata  Donald A. Mackenzie Arujna arrives and the women come out to lure him. They then fled in confusion. Indra praises him for overcoming the demons and gifts him a gold chain. Arjuna [ Source ] Bhima comes across and monkey and it presented himself as Hanuman. He explained to him what was before and that Brahma could be reached by all. He also explained that the four Vedas did not exist. When the sacred books were divided, men were divided also. Less devotion to truth and more devotion to passion. Karna sends Duryodhana to spy on the Pandavas.