Reading Notes Part B: Ramayana

Just like with part A of the readings, this part, part B is packed full of wonderful lore, stories, culture, and fun stories. My favorite story is where I retrieved this image from, The Golden Deer. I had previously mentioned that I am really interested in the Epics of India animals, and the furry friends that they feature. I think that animals are a storytelling device and sometimes can act as an engine to move metaphors forward. I think that this story could be pretty useful for my own storybook. This story not only has some really good depictions and metaphors about the golden deer but also links to several other outside sources that could be super handy to my research in writing about the animals of Indian mythology. I also really liked that I am able to listen to all of these stories rather than having to read all of them. Some of the depictions of animals are as such:

"I have witnessed in this jungle graceful creatures passing fair, Chowri and the gentle roebuck, antelope of beauty rare;

"I have seen the lithesome monkey sporting in the branches' shade,
Grizzly bear that feeds on mahua, and the deer that crops the blade.

"I have marked the stately wild bull dash into the deepest wood,
And the kinnar strange and wondrous as in sylvan wilds he stood"

And they all continue to link to the terms are I am unfamiliar with.

Image information: From Nina Paley's Sita Sings the Blues

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