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- Gounti (one of Pandu's wives) had been adopted by a king everyone feared but her. - When she had to leave he whispered a gift into her ear to be able to call upon any God. - She called out to the son, and was given a baby. She could not keep this baby so she put him in a basket and down the river he went. - Pandu and his wives go out to the woods to have quality time. - During a hunt of Pandu's he hits a couple making love in a bush and becomes cursed, a curse that will kill him if he becomes intimate with a woman. - Gounti tells Pandu of her secret to udder the word that will bring a God and a son for her to have. - Gounti gives Pandu 5 sons. - One day Pandu cracks and forces himself om Marguerite and dies. When he is cremated Marge joins him. - Gounti cannot stand to be in there anymore and takes her 5 sons, and leaves. - The blind wife and King are trying to have a 100 sons. - When the blind wife gives birth its just a huge lump of flesh. - The king puts them in...

- A king marries a water goddess but can never question her. - They live happily until they have a child and she drowns it, and does this with the next 6. - The king does not say anything until the 8th son. She explains and leaves him and takes their last son. - The kings long lost son returns and he is mighty, - The king brings back his son to show everyone what mighty prince they have. - The king falls in love with a fishermans daughter and asks to marry her but she said no because her sons would never be kings because of his son that he already has. - The king returns heart broken and it is noticeable so the son decides to go back down and reason with the fishermans daughter. - The fishermen still refuses to allow it because the kings son could have children in the future. - The kings son makes an oath to never marry and have kings, he take the women to his father. - The father feels like his kingdom is doomed and lets his son decide his faith, giving him a boon. - The kin...

- Two different merchants trying to sell goods and were both ready at the same time. - one merchant, who goes first is tricked by demons out in the desert. - The second merchant is wise, and realizes the men are demons and out smarts the demons. - There is an elephant, who is always good and would never hurt anyone. "Girly-Face" - Some robbers talk where the elephant can hear the bad talk and starts acting out killing people. - The king send someone who figures out what happens, fixes the situation, and it all stops. - A king likes to hunt deer. So they make a park for the deer and shut them in there. - Everyday the king or the cook comes to kill them. The two deer kings make a pack. - One deer at a time from each of the two king deer's herds will go. - Lands on a mothering deer and the deer king shows mercy. - This mercy keeps the king from ever killing another single deer. - A king has 3 suns. He tells his wife that when the third son is born he will give her...

- A crocodile is asked by his mother for a monkeys heart. - The crocodile tries to drown the monkey but is fooled by the monkey. - The monkey uses a rock to get from point A to B and out smarts the crocodile again. -  The kings sons believe the turtle is a demon in their lake. - They plan to kill the turtle but the turtle convinces them to "kill him" by returning him back to the lake. -  A granddaughter wants to trade a bowl for something one of the merchants are selling. - A greedy merchant realizes the old bowl is gold and wants to try to get it for free. - Another merchant realizes it is gold and gives them everything he owns for the gold bowl. - The greedy merchant comes back for it but it is too late. - two geese, friends of a turtle want to take a talkative turtle to their beautiful home. - They take the turtle by stick and say he must not speak. - He heard children speaking on them, opened his mouth and fell to his death. - A man owned an ox and said he wou...

- Vicious Horse mangling all other horse. - King comes, groom brings another fierce horse. - They both bond. - A monkey steals some peas. - Drops them all back down, the men begin to come back making the monkey retreat back to the tree. - A crane tricks fish into hos mouth by promising to take them to a lake. - A clever crab makes a deal with the crane. - The crane tries to deceive the crab, but realizes the crab was smart. - The crane's head gets cut off. - A fowler catching flocks of quail. - The quail hatch a plan to not become the fowlers dinner. - The quail lets their anger and arguing cost them their lives. - A jackel cub blends with other cub lions. - The jackel cub tries to scare them and shows his true identity, - A quail that is fed from ploughed field with no trouble wants more. - The quail gets caught by a falcon and challenges him. - The falcon falls for the trickery and dies from flying into the side of the cod. - King goose has two wives, one a crow ...

- The crab  was really big. - One animal never comes out of the water. -  A great elephant wants to end the crab. -  Mrs. Elephant begs the crab to let her husband go. -    Crab is a flirt, and wants a kiss. -  Even a elephant is too heavy for the crab.   -    Nothing left of the crab but his claws. -  The sons of a king finds claws. -  Troop of rats living by the river. - A cat not strong enough to take on the troop of rats alone. - The cat is saw for who he really is and killed. -  Monkey lives on the bank by the river. -  crocodile’s wife wants the monkeys heart - The crocodile is foolish to think animals do not carry their hearts. - Two parrots - Thieving maid left alone while he is out - wise parrot and foolish parrot. - Friend says that a huge rat ate the plough - Man says friends son was carried off by hawk. - Judge says if the plough is found, so will the boy. - A farmer feeds a rat. - The rat ...

- Bhishma falls due to Amba's vow to seek revenge in her next life - Bhishma falls because he cannot fight a woman - Drona takes over for the Kauravas, and vows to make Yudhishthira his prisoner, and Arjuna vows to protect his brother at the cost of his life. - Arjuna hears the news of his son dying, and with Krishna's help, will get revenge. - Next, Bhima loses his son, Ghatotkacha, also. - The Pandavas use trickery to bring about the death of their old guru, Drona. - Karna finally takes over. - Bhima gets his revenge on Duhshasana and is so vulgar that warriors fled from him after he drank the blood as he vowed to. -  Arjuna and Karna begin to fight. - Arjuna kills Karna. (e.p. 67) - Being the coward he is, after Karna dies, Duryodhana seeks refuge under the waters of a lake using his supernatural powers. - The Pandavas fought him and Bhima struck him in the knee as he had vowed. - Ashwatthaman tries to kill the Pandavas while they are asleep to avenge Drona. - D...

- Pandavas are exiled - Encounter many sages in the forest - Krishna visits the Pandavas in exile - Arjuna explores alone to get weapons for when they fight Duryodhana after exile - Arjuna visits Swarga, his fathers heavenly abode. - Draupadi and the brothers go on an excursion to the Himalayas and Arjuna rejoins them. - Bhima encounters Hanuman, his half brother - Duryodhana is embarrassed in front of the Pandavas once again, and Karna promises to kill Arjuna in the battle after their exile is over. - Indra, Arjuna's father, takers Karna golden armor and earrings of invincibility, but he gets something in return - Jayadratha seeks to harm Draupadi in the forest. - The Pandavas are faced with riddles - In their last year of exile, the Pandavas and Draupadi must remain in hiding, and they do so at The Court of King Virata. - Prince Kichaka tries to rape Draupadi, and the Pandavas cannot help her because they are in hiding.  - Duryodhana attacks King Virata's land, a...

- Vidura helps Pandavas by telling them the evil plan so they set the guard-hose on fire to get revenge on the wicked captain Purochana. - Flames moved to the lac palace that houses a woman and her three sons which made everyone believe Kunti and the Pandavas had been killed, so Duryodhana thought he had succeeded. - Kunti and the Pandavas are now living in the forest again - Many demons tried to kill them - Hidimbi, a female demon, begs Kunti to have Bhima marry her. - Bhima defeats her brother, and they get married. They had a son Ghatotkacha, that stayed with the rakshasas and promised to help the Pandavas whenever needed. - Bhima helps the citizens of a town called Ekachakra by defeating their ruler Baka, whom demanded blood-tax. - Drupada has two children through supernatural birth (ritual). - There is a swayamwara to decide the daughters (Draupadi) husband - Kunti and the Pandavas, disguised as brahmins, attend - Drupada secretly longed for Arjuna to be his daughters hu...

- King named Uparichara, king of Chedi - Gods thought he wanted their power so they sent Indra to bribe him with a crystal car. - He was flying through the sky and his semen fell into the river and was swallowed by a fish - The fish had two children when caught by a fisherman. A boy and a girl - The king took the boy, but the girl was reared by the fisherman's wife. - Girl was pretty, but smelled fishy - Her name was Satyavati - Rishi persuaded the girl to yield to him and promised she would remain a virgin and lose her smell - She smelt so good you could smell her seven miles away - A child was born on an island, Vyasa. - Devavrata, or Bhishma, son of King Shantanu and goddess Ganga. - The son had the power of the eight gods known as Vasus - King Shantanu falls in love with Satyavati after being deserted by  the goddess Ganga. - Devavrata vowed to never become king if Satyavati would go be his fathers queen - The gods gave him the name Bhishma, which means terrible, ...

- Sons of Dasaratha are born, Rama is the greatest - Vishvamitra needs help defeated demons that seek him - Dasaratha reluctant to let Rama go - Rama and Lakshmana go to help and once they defeat the demons they go to the kingdom of Janaka. - The maid of Sita sees the boys in the royal garden - Tells Sita of the boys - Sita and Rama fall in love at first sight - Rama proves strength by breaking bows in front of King Janaka - Parashurama shows up and demands to know who broke the sacred bow - Parashurama challenges Rama to string the bow of Vishnu and he easily strung the bow - Both of these characters are reincarnations of Vishnu - Dasaratha comes to see Rama get married, and the other four brothers also get married on the same day. They all return to Ayodhya. - While king Dasaratha plans to make Rama his successor, the evil Servant Manthara manipulates Kaikeyi into thinking that Rama will overthrow her son, she uses one of her wishes promised to her by the king to send Ram...

- After upsetting the God of the Ocean, Rama calls upon vanar chief Nala, the divine artisan, so that a bridge can be built from the southern tip of India, to Lanka. - Ravana tries to use his powers of illusion to trick Sita into thinking Rama is dead - Indrajit injures the army with a naga-weapon (serpent weapon) and Garuda comes to heal the army since he is the enemy of serpents. - Kumbhakarna, Ravana's brother, the mightiest demon, defeated Hanuman, captured Sugriva, but was slain by Rama and fell into the ocean. - Indrajit had another devastating attack, then Hanuman lifts up an entire mountain and brings it to Lanka for the life-giving herbs. - Indrajit tries to trick Rama into thinking he has slain Sita, but Vibhishana explains that it it just an illusion. - Vibhishana also tells Rama about Nikumbhila, a sacred place in Lanka that will allow them to defeat Indrajit. - Lakshmana slays Indrajit - Ravana went to slay Sita, but the dames concealed her saying he should not...

- Sugriva sees the brothers coming and is alarmed because he thinks they are after him - He asks Hanuman to disguise himself to go see what they wanted - Hanuman promised to help them find Sita and took them to Sugriva - Sugriva tells Rama his story, and Rama agrees to help him - Tara, Vali's wife begs him not to fight Sugriva knowing that he is with Rama, but he denies and goes to fight them. - Vali starts to fight Sugriva, but is killed by Rama who ambushed him from a bush where Vali could not see him. - Tara and Sugriva morn of Vali's death. As do all the monkeys of the kingdom. - Sugriva becomes king - After Sugriva becomes king, he agrees to help Rama find Sita, but they have to wait until the Rainy season is over. Since Rama cannot enter a city, he waits in the forest but becomes impatient. - The rainy season ends, but Rama is upset the Sugriva isn't taking any action. - Lakshmana goes to remind Sugriva the promises he made to Rama, so he sends 4 armies of m...

- Bharata finds out Manthara was the cause of his dad and elder brother being gone - A funeral is held for Dasharatha - Bharata meets Rama and tells him to take his place as the Raj - Bharata gives Rama sandals decked in gold, but he doesn't accept them - Anasuya mothers Sita - Viradha, a demon, abducts Sita and he cannot be hurt by sharp weapons - A spell connects the demon to Rama - Rama finds another sage in the forest that goes by the name Agastya - He receives weapons from the sage but refuses to stay with him, and goes further into the forest. - The sister of the demon king Ravana, Shurpanakha, fell in love with Rama. - Rama didn't return the feelings - Proposed that she goes after his brother - She doesn't like being laughed at and rejected, so she attacks and tells her brother Khara - Khara orders 14 demons to go kill the three, but the destroy them with celestial weapons, so he orders 14 thousand instead. - Rama orders his brother to go hide in a cave...

Two Kingdoms: 1) Koshala, ruled by Dasharatha (father of Rama). 2) Mithila, ruled by Janaka (father of Sita). - Capital of Koshala was Ayodhya (very grand, noble place) - Dasharatha (Solar Race) dwelt in palace that was well guarded - Two family priests: Vashishtha and Vamadeva - Dasharatha's three queens: Kaushalya, Kaikeyi, and Sumitra. - Dasharatha wanted to perform the Ashwamedha (horse sacrifice) so the gods would grant him an heir that would perpetuate his race (solar race). - Horse let loose on the night of a full moon during the month of Choitro. - A brahmin followed the horse, and after wandering for a year, the horse returned. - Many rajahs (rulers) attended the ceremony which took place on the bank of the Sarayu river. - Kaushalya (chief queen) slew the horse, and brahmins chanted mantras. - The other queens sat beside the horse and gave portions of the flesh to the fire. - The gods promised four sons would be born to Dasharatha. - Vishnu declared that h...

In the city of  Ceylon, off the southern tip of Indian, was a large city full of Goblins. They were all female. Since they were all female, they would get a hold of travelers if they wanted a husband. When they would get tired of having their husbands, they would simply eat them. One day, 500 sailors crashed their ship near the coast of the city. The shape shifting Goblins, disguised as normal humans, lured the sailors to the city with food and clothes. The Goblins used their magic powers to create illusions of people throughout the city so that the sailors wouldn't be scared off. The goblins convinced the sailors to marry them by telling them their husbands had gone to sea three years prior and never returned. The irony is that we know they have been gobbled up, or in prison waiting to be. One night, the Goblins waited until their husbands were asleep and went to the prison to eat their last batch of husbands. That night, the captain just so happened to wake up while his wife was ...

Personally, I think the Public Domain Edition is going to be my choice for the Ramayana reading. The first thing that caught my attention about this option is the audio that is available. I love listening while reading along, it helps me understand things better, and since this topic is completely new to me, this was a huge plus. On top of that, this version is completely free and that's definitely nothing to complain about! In regards to the comic books, it took me a while to find ones that seemed interesting to me. The last category I clicked on was the Deva/Devi because I had no clue what it was, but once I released that it stood for god/goddess, I knew I would find my favorites. The first one I looked at was Ganesha: The Remover of All Obstacles . Immediately after reading the summary, I wanted to read the whole thing. The summary explained how Ganesha came to be, and it sounds like a very interesting story, so I definitely want to check that one out. The next title that caught...