First Indian Epics Blog

Week 14 Reading Notes The Crab and the Crane Phineas operates the crab crane,  Wikipedia There is a place that is going through a draught and it is affecting all of the animals, including the fish in the pond. A crane offers to fly the fish to a deeper pond that is deep in the woods. The fish are skeptical, and accuse the crane of wanting to eat them. So, the crane offers to take one of the fishes that is trustworthy to the deep pond and then bring him back to prove to the other fish that his offer is honest. So the crane took a fish to the new pond and it was everything that the crane had promised. So when he returned, all of the other fish wanted to go. So, the crane proceeded with this plan to eat all of the fish. Then, after all of the fish had been eaten, a crab remained in the pond. He asked the crane if he could be carried to this new pond. The crab insisted on being able to hold the crane by the neck, which the crane eventually agreed to. The crane then broug...

The Hypocritical Cat W. Robinson There was a cat that lived by a river that wanted to eat a group of rats that lived in holes around the river. However, he knew that he could not attack all of them because most of them would run away. He decides to trick them by standing on one leg outside of their holes.  This story is very similar to the one about the wolf tricking the rats to trust him so that he could eat them. The cat pretends to worship the sun, and during his worship the troop would file past him and he would eat the one in the rear. This is extremely similar to the wolf and the rats story. This plan worked until the leader of the rats noticed and decided that he was going to take on the cat. Since this one is so similar to a story that I have already focused on, if I do choose to do this one then I will drastically change this story Maybe combine the two? Source:  The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India

The Giant Crab Pokémon Wiki:  Krabby This story revolves around a massive crab that lived alone in a lake that was up in the mountains This lake was the water source for all of the surrounding animals, and these animals often fell prey to the giant crabs claws The, some elephants decided to bring the crabs reign of terror to an end. So they hatched a scheme. The crab attacked one of the elephants. Meanwhile, the elephants wife begged the crab to stop attacking her husband. This caused the crab to stop what he was doing and then he began to flirt with the female elephant. When the crab went in for a kiss, the elephant jumped on the crabs back. He began to jump up and down until the crab was crushed and killed Now all of the animals were able to drink at the lake again without fear of the giant crab killing them. Source:  The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India

Epified: Krishna Radha's Love: For the Love of Krishna When Krishna was a boy, he would sit by the river and play his flute while his cattle would graze All of the girls loved this Krishna only had eyes for Radha, however. During their childhood together, Krishna covered Radha's face with black paint, so that she would be as dark as he was One day, the other woman tricked Radha into drinking scalding hot milk. They told her that Krishna wanted her to do it. To everyone's shock, Radha suffered no blisters on her tongue. Krishna, however, suffered from the blisters that should have been hers. Radha saved Krishna's life by allowing him to drink the water that she used to wash her feet. Source:  Epified: Krishna

Epified: Krishna Putana Top Panel: Krishna killing Putana Bottom Panel: The people of Vraj cutting Putana's body and burning her body. Source: Wikipedia Putana was a demoness that was sent by Kamsa to kill Krishna while he was a baby. Putana was known as the killer of infants. Putana is also considered to be Krishna's foster mother because she breastfed him. Although it was only for a moment, breast feeding is considered the supreme act of maternal devotion. Putana disguised herself as a beautiful woman and the town took her to be the manifestation of Lakshmi. Krishna's foster mother also fell for this trick and allowed Krishna to sit on Putana's lap. Putana then began breast feeding Krishna after covering her breasts in poison in an attempt to kill Krishna. However, Krishna began to consume Putana's life through her breast. As she runs from the house, screaming in pain, she died in the center of town and took on her demonic form. Source:  Epif...

Epified: Krishna, Part A Vasudeva carrying the newborn Krishna to Nand's house in Gojul via the river Yamnuna Wikipedia Kanz was told by a booming voice from the sky that the 8th son of one specific family would grow up and be the reason for his death In a rage, Kanz tried to killed his cousin and his wife, thinking that that would solve the problem He decided to throw them into prison rather than kill them He also killed every one of their children, totally in 6 A goddess transferred her 7th child into a different place so that it wouldn't be killed So, when she gave birth to her next child, Kanz killed it thinking that his task was done and that he had killed the child that would be his downfall When her true 8th child was born, it was the incarnation of Vishnu Source:  Epified: Krishna

Planning Post for The Tricky Wolf and the Rats: Rizzo Still keep the wolf trying to trick and eat the rats He will be successful a few times before they notice Possibly work on a new trick rather than the lame leg Maybe he successfully disguises himself as a rat to add a little comedic relief to a pretty dark tale MAYBE the wolf loves being a rat and decides to live the rest of his life as a rat, further playing the comedic angle When the Chief Rat notices, he will come up with a different scheme, rather than risk being eaten Maybe a different hero, rather than the Chief Rat Possible new solutions: One rat poisons himself and allows the wolf to eat him in order to kill the wolf and save the rest of the rats Same concept as above, but maybe have a fake rat that poisons the wolf and kills him, so that it is not as dark as a suicide mission Maybe have more than one wolf; maybe it is a clan of rats versus a clan of wolves fighting for resources Sources: ...

The Tricky Wolf and the Rats Gray Wolf,  Defenders of Wildlife There was a large clan of rats, led by a chief named Big Rat, and they lived in the forest. A Tricky Wolf sees the large group of rats and begins to plot on how to catch them so that he could eat them. The Wolf begins to pretend that he is lame and cannot walk on his front leg so that the rats will think that he is not a threat. He also keeps his mouth open so that he can "drink the air", claiming that that is his only source of food. The Big Rat begins to feel sorry for the wolf and he and all the other rats would visit him once a day. But every time they came to visit, the wolf would eat one rat and would pretend that nothing had happened. When the rats finally began to notice their group getting smaller they immediately blamed the wolf, so they laid a trap. When they all went to visit the Chief Rat went last and when the wolf tried to eat him he was not quick enough and missed, blowing his cover. T...

The Three Fishes: Three Fish Swimming in the Sea,  Wikipedia This is the tragic story of Very-Thoughtful, Thoughtful, and Thoughtless, three fish living in a river in a remote corner of the world. The names and dates have been changed out of respect for the dead. One day, three sibling fish were swimming and thriving in a remote part of the river that they had called home for the past two fish decades (which is actually 7 months in human years). Very-Thoughtful, the leader of the trio, suggested that they swim down river to see if the algae was greener farther down river, for he had heard tales told by the great birds of the river that down river was very prosperous. So, they packed up all of their belongings and began the journey down river. This journey took a full fish year (20 minutes) to complete, but they made it safe and sound. Shortly after settling in, they realized that this area was actually very dangerous. Not only were there many predatory birds in the ar...