First Blog

Week 3 Story: Source .  Indian Myth and Legend  by Donald A. Mackenzie This story was inspired by the line "swallow the sun" in the story Battle with Khara. I got the idea of something actually swallowing the sun. I needed a character to swallow the sun so my first thought was darkness. I like how Pixar makes inanimate alive. So, I thought about how darkness must feel.  Image Darkness has been around for all of the time. Every day he resides in the cracks, every day he lurks under the beds, and every day he remains anywhere that he can stay hidden. When the moon lays upon the sky, he swallows the sun so that he can spread for relief and finally be free. Darkness got tired of always having to hide. So, one day, he decided he didn’t want to spit out the sun from deep within his tummy. All that he wanted was to stay out and play. He wanted to be able to be alongside all the kids. He always wanted all of those fun activities like riding bicy

Reading Notes "B": Image 21. Bharata Returns: Source .   Indian Myth and Legend   by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913) I think that they would not kill her because of the fact that she is a woman. I think that is a silly reason not to kill. In my story, it would not matter the gender the person would die. This also makes me think of in stories when they allow a bad person to live to be Nobel but then they get away and end up hurting many more people.  22. Dasharatha's Funeral: Source .  The Ramayana , translated by Manmatha Nath Dutt I really like the line " Widowed in consequence of losing thee, this earth does not look graceful.". I don't know how but I would like to incorporate it into my story somehow. There are sacrifices during funerals. I can add this to my story as well. I also love that the 10 days of mourning were spent laying on the ground. I have to use that. 23. Rama & Bharata: Source .   Indian Myth and Legend  by Donald A. Macke