Reading Notes: Ramayana Part A

Ramayana: Rama Wins Sita
Rama has to prove his strength by being able to bend the bow of gods, including Janak's bow of war
Many warriors come from far to try to wield the bow but none can except Rama
Wielded bow of Rudra
Sita becomes his wife because of it
Similar story to King Arthur and the legend of the sword

Ramayana: King Janaka
King Janaka presents the challenge of anyone being able to bend the bow of Shiva's bow may marry his daughter
Rama and his brother travel to bend the bow, facing demons in their path
Nobody has been able to bend it, including demons, humans, and gods

Thataka
Rama battles with a rakshashi, a female demon
He cut off her arms and shot her with arrows
She resorted to becoming invisible
Rama becomes rushed by a group of rakshasas, led by the mother of Thataka, and Rama summons the weapons he was granted when he killed Thataka. One of the weapons blasts the demons thousands of miles away to see, while the other weapon consumed other demons in a fire.
This was to protect a sacrifice

Bhagiratha and Ganga

A horse was stolen for a horse sacrifice and the king sent out his sixty thousand man army of sons
Kapila, a sage, stole the horse. When they rushed at him, he yelled a roar and turned them into ash
The souls of those men could not ascend to heaven unless they bathed in the Gangas
After thousands and thousands of years, Bhagiratha convinced Shiva to let Gangas pour water onto his head, and so Gangas did, and water poured onto the earth. It flooded the land of the sixty thousand souls and they went to heaven.

Sword on moss-covered rock boulder
Sword Stuck in Rock
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