I really enjoyed reading of Indrajit early on in this section of the reading. I am very fascinated in learning more about Rakshasas and as Ravana's powerful son, he sounds intriguing to learn more about. Reading the part of the story about the great battle between the monkeys and the Rakshasas, led by Indrajit, kept me very interested. Again, I couldn't help but be reminded of one of my favorite stories of all time, The Lord of the Rings, while reading this part of the Ramayana. As the battle scene was being described, it reminded me of the humans led by Gandolf fighting in their last battle against the orks who were led by the With-king of Angmar, who also had magical powers just like Indrajit. This battle too, was fought between good and evil, and both the heroes and villains fought with magical weapons, as in the Ramayana battle. I also enjoyed reading of Garuda, the winged beast mount of Lord Vishnu. It is really fascinating reading about a hero's mount being able to do great works and save other heroes, because in most types of mythology and stories, this role generally does not get to perform such heroic feats. Again, I was reminded of the Lord of the Rings while reading of him, because in the Lord of the Rings epic battle, when the heroes were starting to get hurt and their armies were pushed back by the evil army of orks, Gandolf's allies, the griffins (winged horse with the head of an eagle), came to their rescue and began fighting the evil army to drive them back and protect Gandolf and the other heroes.
Going back to Indrajit, another thing that really fascinated me about him were his choices of weapons. The nagastra, a serpant weapon, is extremely unique to anything that I have ever read before, because it is a bow that shoots magical arrows that can turn into snakes. There was so much information and interesting topics in this half of the reading, I could write a story based off of Indrajit and his nagastra weapon alone.
No comments:
Post a Comment