For this week, I focused on the gods Vishnu, Brahma, and Shiva. I chose these stories to highlight because they all had something that mentioned the mountains in them. I thought maybe I could tie these in to my storybook somehow since it involves the Himalayas.
The Churning of the Ocean:
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-Gives the garland to Indra, Airavata flings it to the ground
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-Vishnu seeks peace with the other gods and they want to churn the Ocean of Milk in order to make peace with the
-They use Mount Mandara as the churning rod and Vasuki as the churning rope
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-Lots of creatures emerge, but Shira finally appears and makes peace among the gods and the asuras
-Shri chooses Vishnu as her consort
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-Vishnu takes the form of a woman (Mohini) and the
-It is a trick and a great battle breaks out
-The gods defeat the
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-The rice somehow gets mixed up and so does the lineage
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-He is an incarnation of the god
-He fights warriors such as Kartavirya Arjuna who enjoys making the world a miserable place
-He is a very obedient son (willing to kill his own mother on his father's behalf)
-Mother Earth begs Parashuma to stop fighting, so he gives all of his weapons to the god Drona and gives all of his wealth to the other
-He moves to the mountains to live the life of a hermit
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Prahlad: A Tale of Devotion from the Bhagawat Purana
-Visnu is incarnated as a man-lion named Narasimha
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-Prahlad is extremely devoted to Vishnu despite Vishnu being responsible for killing Hiranyakashipu's brother
-Prahlad is sentenced to death by his father because his father sees his devotion to Vishnu as betrayal
-Vishnu takes the form of Narasimha in order to defeat Hiranyakashipu, the king of the
I am so glad you read some of the comic books, Hannah! That's wonderful! You actually have three diary posts here: Week 9A and 9B and then also Week 10A since the idea is that each comic book is good for a reading diary post, so go ahead and do those Declarations too (9B and 10A). I am really glad you read the Parashurama one: he is one of the few characters who plays a role in both the Ramayana and the Mahabharata!
ReplyDeleteHi Hannah! I chose your blog as one of my bonus blog commenting blogs, and I have to say this post grabbed my attention purely because it was such an interesting way to do a reading diary! I like how organized it is, and it seems like this is a great way for you to go back and remind yourself of what you read without having to dig through an essay style blog post. Great, great job, and I might have to steal some of these tactics for myself if you don't mind!
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