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Reading Notes: Sacred Tales of India

For these last four weeks of free reading, I chose to read the Sacred Tales of India by D. N. Neogi. I am going to be doing my reading notes over part A today.

The Divine Brothers:

  • Krisidhan was a farmer and a father to seven sons
  • each son was married
  • one rainy day the seven wives went out for a bath
  • they each spoke what they wanted to do that day
  • each of them went on talking about the beautiful things they could be doing
  • the youngest sat in silence and said nothing
  • she wept to say how they all had fathers and fathers houses to go but she had nothing
  • the only wish that had come true was the youngest wife
  • she took her time in making a wish
  • she wished to have two kol fish without the stroke of any work
  • and so she did
  • she took the fish back home with her
  • but the fish turned out to be serpents
  • once they turned to their true form she was not scared, in fact, she decided to put them in a pot and take care of them
  • one day she was no longer able to feed them
  • food was scarce
  • she let them go and apologized and hoped that they would do no harm
  • they were not angry and returned to their homeland
  • they told their mother how divine this lady on earth was to them
  • they wanted to do good to her in return
  • they asked their mother if they could invite her to live with them
  • they wanted their mother to act as a mother figure to her since she had nothing
  • and they wanted to offer their food to her
  • the mother was hesitant for they were divine and she was merely a human
  • the two brothers then returned to earth in human form
  • they came bearing many gifts and food as well as servants
  • they came to her house claiming they were her long lost brothers
  • the family was confused for they knew she had no ties
  • they explained they had left long before she was born and how just now discovered her
  • the mother ordered her to feed all of her snakes
  • the snakes were vicious and angry awaiting their mother
  • the youngest daughter still proceeded and the youngest son struck his fangs into her
  • she fell to the ground dead
Bibliography. Sacred Tales of India. D. N. Neogi. The Divine Brothers Part A

(Image of two snakes representing the brothers photographed by Nick Champlin)

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