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 C today.

The Sun's Twin Sons

This story is about Jokai who was still young at this point and unmarried
she was in the brahman caste
one day the king needed rice patties, but it was raining all day and they would not dry in time for his ceremony
he knew that Jokai had the powers to reach to tell the sun to dry them
he called her over one day and asked for her help
she said the shine would shine the next day
she prayed to the god daily and was fully devoted to him
she was worried though that prayer would not suffice and that he would want something more tempting
she offered the god herself in return that he would shine the next day
he could not resist and agreed
he shone oh so bright the next day and loaded Jokai with gifts
she was ashamed to be getting married at such a young age
so when the god came she hid
she would not come out, so he decided to marry her spirit
the people began to talk terrible thing about her
the king has heard this and summoned her to his castle
she had birthed two sons and she hid them and went to the castle
she deceived everyone there and the king dismissed her with a load of gifts
on her way back she picked up her two sons and headed home
her neighbors overheard her
they saw that her sons once touched by the son turned into blood and then at sunset returned back to their human form
the king sent messengers to her house to see if she had concealed children
the messengers showed up during the daytime when the boys were in their liquid state and she poured. them out by a tree near her house
the messengers did not see anything and left
the boys made this tree their forever home
whenever. anyone would pass by they would speak in a voice that would scare anyone off making them drop all their food and belongings
this is how they would get food

Bibliography. Sacred Tales of India. D. N. Neogi. The Sun's Twin Sons. Part C

(Image of the sun link)

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