Things were about to change.
Or so he thought.
One night Indrajit snuck up on the monkey army as they peacefully slept with their elephant wives and children. Indrajit used his special invisible cloak to do so and he was happy to find that it worked. Within a matter of minutes Indrajit was able to slay all of the monkeys that slept at that village. Word got around and the other monkeys who were away doing monkey army stuff came running back to try and ward of Indrajit and his army. They were unsuccessful and all were slaughtered.
Hanuman who was away on business caught word of the mayhem that took place and returned to the village. Upon entering the village Hanuman found Jambavan, the king of bears, who told him what had happened and how to solve this issue at hand.
Upon receiving this news Hanuman lept away to carry out his task.
Leaping and flying through the air Hanuman finally arrived at his intended location and began his search.
He searched for at least 48 hours attempting to find herbs that Jambavan told him would cure all of the monkeys and bring them back to life. Finally! Hanuman was able to locate these herbs and made his voyage back to the monkey village where his men lay slain.
Arriving at the village Hanuman was able to cast a spell on his men with the herbs he found and bring them back to life. Once his men were alive they continued to combat Indrajit's army and this time were successful for they had the spell that continued to protect them and make them stronger.
Photo information: Agni; god of fire, Wikimedia
Author's Notes:
Indrajit has attacked and killed much Hanuman's army. Hanuman must find a way to save his army and defeat Indrajit who was able to aqcuire a special weapon called the Brahmastra. In the original story Hanuman travelled to the Himalaya's but was unable to find the herbs needed so he uprooted and brought the mountain with him, returning it once his men were healed.
Source: Hanuman and the Mountain. Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists by Sister Nivedita (1914).
Hi, this was an interesting story because I think you do a great job of making it very clear what the characters are doing throughout the story. I especially liked how well you did at setting up the background for Indrajit and his motivation for taking down Hanuman. One thing that might make for a different kind of story would be if Hanuman could not find the magical herb at all, and Indrajit's attack truly is deadly. Great story!
ReplyDeleteHi Nicole! Your story is awesome! I love the layout and the background you have made for your story. Your idea seemed very inspirational. It was very clever that you have created a magical special cloak that makes someone underneath become invisible; kind of like the Harry Potter movie. It was awesome that you made your story relatable to the Indian mythical history. It was crazy that Indrajit slaughtered all the monkeys in the village while being asleep. I couldn’t imagine but fear and horrific the scene could be. I am glad that you have the imagination to create a character like Hanuman to fly in the air for your story. It was also fascinating that Hanuman wanted to cure all the monkeys that were killed in the village with herbs if it wasn’t for Jambavan that have told him. Overall, I am glad to read a happy ending for your story. It was very creative and well done, Nicole.
ReplyDeleteHey Nicole, your story was great! I did some reading on Hanuman as well and was very interested in those stories with Rama as well. You seem to have an imaginative mind! I was fascinated by the ending of your story, because I just didn't expect things to turn out the way it did! It was quite a bummer how the monkey-god was undefeated in the end, even with the new special cloak introduced. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to try the "pretend" exercise Laura wants us to do this week. I'm going to detail Hanuman's process of finding the herbs.
ReplyDeleteHanuman had heard ancient stories of these great herbs. His grandmother had tried to teach him and brothers how to identify them, but he had spent those lessons daydreaming about girls. However. one thing Hanuman did remember was that the herbs would only work if they were administered within 48 hours of death. Hanuman knew time was limited and as he arrived at the mountain, he began to panic. He didn't know what he was looking for. How could he? He wasn't a herbalist, he was a warrior. Taking a step back, Hanuman sat down and tried to remember his grandma's lessons. Upon seeing a blue flower, something came back to Hanuman. "Blue will mend, red will heal, and yellow will restore." He needed yellow flowers. So, Hanuman went and found the yellow flowers and brought them back to his village to restore the lives of his fallen comrades.