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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 C today. 

The Gander-Eater

  • in the country of Kalinga there lived a poor widow brahman who only had one son
  • she had placed her son in the village school 
  • this schoolwas full of hopefuls who came from good families and were destined to do great things
  • once the kids were talking about what they ate at home
  • all the weathly kids explained that they had plenty of fish to eat
  • while the poor son only ate vegtables
  • he bagan to cry and went home asking his mother why everyone ate so good while all they ate was vegtables
  • the mothers explained that that was all that she could afford for their family so they would not starve
  • he was a spoiled child and demanded that they eat better food
  • he told her if she could not get it for them, then he would get it himself
  • he stayed true to his word
  • that night she saw a dead gander as he was preparing to cook it for dinner
  • she was terrified
  • she didn't want to say anything to upset him
  • thenext morning the kingsmen realized a gander was missing
  • they sought out to find it
  • they found feathers by the widows house
  • they captured the boy and the king sentenced him to imprisonment
  • the mother was crying and begging for help
  • she saw people on thestreets worshipping a goddess
  • so she did the same in hopes to save her son
  • the goddess was pleased with this widow and agreed to help
  • she appeared in the castle and persuaded the king to release the son of one of her worshippers
  • the goddess also requested that. once the son was released he should be married to the kings son
  • the king obeyed in terror.
Bibliography Sacred Tales of India. D. N. Neogi. The Gander-Eater. Part C

(Image of a Gander cite)


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