Reading Notes D:
Source. Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
There is nothing from this story that I want to use for my story.
62. Drona in Command
Source. Mahabharata, Epic of the Bharatas, by Romesh C. Dutt (1898)
I like some of the rhymes but I think that all of these lines are a bit too long. It would be more successful if they were shorter.
63. Abhimanyu & Jayadratha
Source. Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
I really like similies. I would like to add some to my stories. I like that these stories show men in a vulnerable state of crying. I would like to show this healthy depiction in my story.
64. Ghatotkacha
Source. Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
I like how these paragraphs are broken up. I dislike when they are too dense.
65. Death of Drona
Source. Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists by Sister Nivedita (1914)
The power of loss is very powerful. It may be interesting to write a story inspired by a parent who loses a child.
66. Bhima & Duhshasana
Source. Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913).
I love the lines "No one ventured to approach, and Bhima cast down Duhsasana's body, cut off his head, and drank his blood as he had vowed to do. "Ho! Ho!" he cried, "never have I tasted a sweeter draught. "Many Kaurava warriors fled, and they cried out, "This is not a man, for he drinketh human blood." I would want to come up with a different backstory and have this be the ending.
67. Arjuna & Karna
Source. Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
I love the line "So fell in that dread combat a brother by a brother's hand." This could be an interesting inspiration for a story.
68. Duryodhana in the Lake
Source. Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
The lines "He had power to hide underwater as long as he desired, by reason of a mighty charm which had been conferred upon him by the demons" is a great inspiration for a story.
69. The Raid
Source. The prose is from Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
I like pain and slain pair as well as breath and death I need to incorporate these into my story.
70. Ashwatthaman's Jewel
Source. Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
There is nothing from this story that I like.
71. Mourning
Source. Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
I did not like this story either it was very general and uninteresting.
72. The Pandavas & Bhishma
Source. The Mahabharata, A Summary by John Mandeville Macfie (1921)
These lines "In the extremity of their hunger, men began to eat human flesh. Vishvamitra suffered like others and, abandoning his wife and child, wandered everywhere in search of food." This story has a really dark side. It makes me think of the story snow piercer it may be interesting to explore these concepts.
73. King Yudhishthira's Horse
Source. Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
I did not like this story. It was not very interesting to me. I did reall like the sentance "Thereafter the holy steed reached a strange country where men and women and horses and cows and goats grew upon mighty trees like to fruit, and came to maturity and died each day." I dont know how but that could be an interesting story.
74. Parikshit
Source. The first part is from The Mahabharata, A Summary by John Mandeville Macfie (1921)
This story was not very interesting to me. I thought it was crazy that the widowers throw themselves into a fire.
75. Horse Sacrifice
Source. Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
This story was just strange. There is nothing I can use in my story.
76. The Mongoose
Source. The Story of the Great War by Annie Besant (1899)
That guest is greedy. It is not virtuous to give what little food you have to others when you are starving.
77. The Pandavas Depart
Source. Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
Why are so many people just going to live in the jungle? It may be funny to write a satire over everyone going to live in the jungle but then the jungle becomes crowded.
78. Death of Krishna
Source. Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
A story about people who are only allowed to drink 1 day a year could be cool. Also some intertextuality of the Achilles heel.
79. The Pandavas Depart
Source. Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
I did not really like this story. It was boring. I hope my stories are more intriguing.
80. The Afterlife
Source. Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
A story about the afterlife would be interesting. I would have to make a bunch of modifications from this story. It would be more interesting if he was stuck with all of his enemies in what was supposed to be his happy eternal afterlife.
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