- Synopsis:
- A horse sacrifice is performed in an attempt to get the gods to give the king, Dashartha, a son
- The gods answer and tell him that he will have 4 sons
- Possibilities:
- More details
- What was the ritual like?
- How did the city people feel about the ritual (since they weren't invited)
- Did the king have any daughters?
3. Rama: Avatar of Vishnu, Donald A. Mackenzie
- Synopsis:
- The king's prayer was answered
- 2/3 wives had one son
- The third wife had twin boys
- The gods were under the control of the demon king, Ravana
- They went to Vishnu about defeating Ravana
- He agreed to split himself into 4 and be born as the 4 sons
- Since only Humans and apes could defeat Ravana
- Possibilities:
- How did the other two wives feel about not having twins?
- Was one son favored over the others?
- Were there any older daughters in the palace?
- What was it like having part of a God's soul in a child's body?
6. Bhagiratha and Ganga, John Campbell Oman
- Synopsis:
- Sagara (King) had 2 wives, but no kids
- He prayed to the gods and was blessed with 60,000 sons
- He set a horse free to prep it for sacrifice
- Indra stole the horse
- Sons went to retrieve the stolen horse
- Indra killed them all with a single roar
- Grandson (Anshumat) went to investigate when they did not return
- He found their ashes
- Water is needed to carry souls to heaven
- No water nearby
- Needed rain
- Found the horse and stole it back
- Prayed to the gods for holy rain to fall on his uncles ashes
- Rain god had to run through another god's hair?
- It rains!
- Uncles' souls are carried to heaven
- Possibilities
- Horse!
- Perspective
11. Parashurama, F. J. Gould
- Synopsis:
- Rama has snapped Shiva's bow in half to win Sita's hand in marriage
- A hermit who worships Shiva reveals himself, angry that the bow has been broken
- Ramam proves himself a hero to the hermit by being able to fire Vishnu's bow
- Possibilities:
- What if Rama didn't know he was magic and this was all a bunch of weird stuff happening to him
- 1st person POV
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