Epics of India Fall 2020

  Twenty Jataka Tales  by Noor Inayat (1930) The Noble Horse A great buffalo who is very docile and kind is constantly annoyed by a monkey who tries to anger the buffalo. However, no matter what the monkey does the buffalo is unfazed. One day, a fairy appears and praises the buffalo for its kindness and puts a charm on it so that it will never be bothered again. This tale shows how important patience is and how it will always be repaid, though you might not know when. The richest kingdom in India has the most noble horse in the nation, but when seven rival kingdoms band together to defeat the great nation the horse is taken into battle.  The rider and horse defeat the first five kingdoms easily, but is wounded when fighting the sixth army. The rider wants the horse to stop fighting but the horse tells the rider that if he does not use him in battle the seventh kingdom will win.  The horse fights against the seventh kingdom and they win, but the horse dies and proves ...

Twenty Jataka Tales by Noor Inayat (1930) The King and the Chief Dog The Monkey King rules over 80,000 monkeys high in the Himalayas and they have a fruit tree that produces the best mangoes. They cannot let the mangoes fall into the river or it will get to the humans and they will invade the home of the monkeys'.  However, this happens one day and a human king finds the fruit and goes on an expedition to find the fruit and the monkeys' learn about this so the Monkey King makes a bridge with his body and a reed across the mountains so that his subjects can leave. While, walking across one monkey is to heavy and breaks the Monkey King's back and the human king finds him like that all alone and the Monkey King makes him promise to be a good leader which he becomes.  A rich king left his prized chariot outside, and the palace dogs destroyed the leather on the chariot. The king decreed that all dogs outside of the palace should be killed to obtain justice for his ruined chario...