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Reading Notes, Krishna Part A

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-Krishna had enemy's before he was ever born that tried to keep him from being born - Kunti gave birth to Indra's son Arjuna, the same day as the birth of Krishna -Kansa was an evil ruler and was told from a boom in the sky that the eight children born from his cousin Devaki and his wife Vasudev would slay him -Kansa was mad and tried to kill his cousin and her husband, but she begged him to spare them - He put them in prison and decided to kill their eight children instead; he later decided to kill all of Devaki's children a total of six -When Devaki was pregnant with her seventh child, a goddess transported the child into the womb of Radhini, Vasuduvs first wife. -Krishna was born, and the child could not be harmed -Vasudev was told by a voice to go the Yamuna -Kansa had a horrible dream about his fate -The little girl Mya turned out to be a form of Durga -Durga told Kasma that his slayer was safe somewhere far away -Yashoda was very confused because she though

Story Week 10, The Giant Squid

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The Giant Squid, Google search Once in a large lake lived a giant squid that was larger than a queen-size bed, and its tentacles reached over fifty feet long. He was an unusual squid because he was the only squid in the whole world that could live in freshwater. Although he often felt lonely because there was no other fish in this lake beside him because he just ate them all. He ate everything that came near the lake, which is why he was so large. He ate anything that came to take a sip of water, such as deer, elk, elephants, lions, and many more animals. He ate so many animals he gained a reputation among the animal kingdom. Every animal within a five-mile radius knew of his evil actions and tried to stray away from the lake. The only problem is that this was the single water source for miles. The animals had to put a stop to this, or else they would die of thirst. One day a herd of elephants decided that they needed to band together to put a stop to this giant squid. Mr.

Reading Notes: Birds of a Feather

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The wise man telling the fate of the wikd horses, blogger - A horse named Chestnut that was mean and bit and kicked all the other horses -A king wanted to buy some horses and so the owner drove down one hundred horses for him to look at - The King was a skinflint and wanted to get something cheap, so he let the groomer know this - the groomer thought it would be a good idea to show him chestnut - The King gave the groomer a gold piece -Chestnut started going crazy and started rearing up and kicking in the herd -He bruised and battered a lot of the other horses -When the king came to look at the horses, he scoffed at all the beat up and broken horses -The groomer tried to tell the king that Chestnut had caused all these issues with the other horses and the King was in denial that one horse could do all of that damage -The King said as a favor he would buy all of the beat up horses at half price -The dealer did not like the idea of this but did not want to offend the ki

Reading Notes: The Giant Crab

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The Elephant and the Crab- Blogger - The story of a giant crab starts off with a lake in the mountains that a giant crab lived in -crabs are usually small but this one was bigger than a coffee table and it had very large claws - The crab would sit out at the bay of the water and eat anything that came to the shore to drink water -horses, foxes, deer, elk he would all grab them with his claw and drag them under - The crab grew bigger and bigger, feeding off of all the animals at the lake -The animals grew afraid to drink off the edge of the lake so they decided to not drink from that lake - An elephant wanted to lead a herd of elephants to the lake and watch out for the crab as the other elephants drank. -Two elephants went out the furthest in the lake to watch for the crab -the others cleaned themselves and drank water - After they were done with the lake they walked out and the elephant deepest in the water felt a nip on his leg - the elephant's wife told the crab

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Week 9 Story

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Hey Yall, My updated story is also available on my portfolio  The Birth of Karna Kunti was a young woman who was serving her time to her beloved Guru, spending her days maintaining the garden and minding the animals. She had always done what she was told and had much respect for the Guru she worked for. Kunti did anything to please her master and worked day and night whenever she was needed.  One day the Guru was so pleased with her work, he summoned her to his quarters to discuss her reward. "Kunti, you have been much help around my den, and I would like to reward you with great power," Guru said. "Yes, Guru," Kunti replied." " I have seen you work hard around here to please me, and I feel its only right to reward a gift to my loyal helper... I am going to bless you with a Mantra that you can recite at any time, whatever God you are thinking of while you chant this Mantra will appear and bless you with a child". Kunti thanked the Guru for the gi

Reading Notes; Mahabharata Part B

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-Kunti gave brith to nothing but a lump of flesh -Vyvas broke the lumps into one hundred peices and places they in vases of oil -The sons were demonic - Duryodhana did not like the Pandu sons - His mentor (Shakuni) told him he must destroy them because they were pretenders -The Pandavas ate a trap of food filled with sleeping herbs -He pushed bheem into a lake and he was bitten by snakes - He faught the snakes off and found himself deep into another world -When bheem returned unharmed and did not remember what had happen or how he got there - Under the work of Dronacharya, the Pandavas worked to become warriors -Yudishtir was a great charitier and navigated the reigns -Nakula and Sahadev were great swordsmen -the strongest son, bheem, he was a fighter -Archer, was a great warrior, excelled in archery -Drona wanted vengence againt the faraway kingdom - Arjuna was upset because Drona had taught another boy how to become a great archer -Clavius had asked Drona to be his te

Week 8 Comments & Feedback

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The feedback from people in this class has helped me a lot when I'm unsure of something. The criteria we write about may be hard to interpret and I think several people have helped me with my writing skills and what sounds better. I think it's my favorite part of the class that we give each feedback because I want to know what people think about my work and how I can improve it. I also enjoy giving feedback because I know I enjoy hearing other people's ideas. I think its something I still have room for improvement on. Me this semester

Reading Notes; Mahabharata Part A,

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-King Shantanu fell in love with with the River Goddess (Ganga) -The King agreed to do whatever she wanted, and ask her no questions -When they had their first child, she drowned the child -She killed six children of theirs -After Ganga told the king of why she drowned the children, she left him and took his last son he had -Sixteen years later - He saw his son and his wife Ganga -His name was David - Shantanu brought his son back to his kingdom so he could be a king one day -Shantanu fell in love with a fisherman's daughter named Sathyavathi, she refused to marry him - David begged the fisherman and his daughter to change his mind, he even offered to give up the throne to their son. -David took an oath that he would never get married or have any children. Shantanu granted his son Bhishma with the ability to grant his own death - After Shantanu died, he acted as a father to his two half brothers - After one brother had died, he feared for the kingdom so decided his ot

Week 8 Reading & Writing

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Week eight already? It seems like this class has flown by! I mean this semester... I enjoy this picture of Rama and Sita and how it portrays them. This semester for me has been really busy, starting a new job and moving in the process has made everything a lot harder for me than it normally would have been. I need this review week to catch up on a few things I've been wanting to change of my portfolio. I would like to make it more eye-catching or add some more personal details. I also need this week to catch up on some TLC around my house. I must say I think that this last reading we did was very confusing for me to understand and keep up with characters, It was way more work for me than it should have been just trying to keep the storyline straight. I think I enjoyed our first story more than this second one. I don't think my notes are the best because I'm not used to doing this yet so I haven't mastered a note-taking strategy. I'm hoping that this class wi

Week 7 Story, Sudhama

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Sudhama and Krishna were best friends, Krishna; we met in another story. Sudhama was married to a girl from Bhrama and had many children together. Together they were both penniless and had little help. Sudhama could not work enough to provide for all five of his children. Sudhama's wife wanted him to ask Krishna for food to feed their children, and she said that it was cruel to bring a human into this world and have no food for them. Sudhama did not want to ask his best friend Krishna for a handout, but he knew it was necessary. Sudham reached Krishna's palace but was stopped by the date keeps in a stern voice and threatened to beat him if he did not leave. Krishna saw him from his high balcony and raced down to greet him with a big hug. They walked upstairs, where Sudhama was pampered and treated like a king. Krishna demanded Sudhama hand over what he had brought with him in the bag, which was his blessing of chipped rice. The goddess of Fortune, Rukmini, snatched his had aft

Reading Notes: Mahabharata Part D

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- Arjuna refused to fight Bhishma because of their history - Bhishma is killed for his betrayal -Drona is now in charge of fo Duryodhana's army, and his first goal is to make Yudhishthira his capture. -Arjuna has sworn to protect his brother -Abhimanyu dies in the battlefield, and Arjuna gets his revenge - As the war went into the nightfall, all hell broke loose as men started killing their kin -Arjuna calls for a truce -Ghatotkacha and Karna fought, and Karna came out victorious - The Pandava general decapitated Drona -Bhima kept his word she cut off Duhsassana's head and drank his blood - Arjuna told Karna he could not attack a hurt man, but Karna did not listen - Then the tables turned, and Karna was asking for mercy while mocking Arjunas passed son -Arjuna struck the head off of Karna -Duryodhana intervenes from his place below the water -Ashwatthaman wanted revenge for the death of Drona and tried to kill the Pandavas in their sleep - Draupadi demanded that

Reading Notes: Mahabharata C

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- After the Pandava princes were banished they went into the forest with Draupadi -Surya gave Yudhishthira a copper pot filled with food -For 12 years they were send into the forest with their three wives -Krishna visited the princes in the forest -Arjuna gatheres weapons on his own to fight the Duryodhana when their exile is over -Arjuna is the son of Indra - Arjuna killed a boar during his morniing worshing with a bow - The Great God gave Arjuna the divine bow - Indra is the Father of Arjuna -Arjuna stayed wirh Indra for five years while becoming skilled in music and dancing -the Daityas and Danavas ( the demons and giants) are the enemies of Indra, they live b elow the floor of the coean callled Patala - Arjuna started  war with them but after a long battle came out victorious - He went to the city of demons and giants called Hiranyapura on his chariot  -Indra praised his son for his victory and gifted him a chain of gold, a diadem, and a war shell which has a hard blas