Sacred Tales of India: Reading A


The Divine Brothers
  • The seven wives of a farmer's seven sons take a bath together
  • They discuss their wishes
  • The youngest of the seven doesn't have a family aside from her husband's
  • Lahana (the youngest) wishes for koi to eat, she finds them, but they are not koi, they are serpents
  • She keeps them as pets and feeds them
  • When the serpents return to their house, they ask their mom to adopt the youngest sister
  • A serpent son of the goddess kills Lahana
  • The goddess resurrects Lahana but sends her home
  • Lahana obeys the goddess twice and is rewarded by being adopted by the king
Snatched From Death
  • A king has a daughter and she is allowed to choose her own husband
  • She falls in love with the son of a hermit
    • Turns out he is cursed to die within a year of his marriage
  • The princess desires that she would rather have him for a year than not at all
  • He dies and the god of the underworld comes to take his soul
  • The princess will not let him go without going with him
  • The princess tricks the god of the underworld into letting her have her husband back
By Itu's Favor'
  • A poor brahman wants his wife to make him cakes, they don't have the materials, so he decides he is going to find them
  • The brahman leads his daughters into the woods and leaves them there as punishment for eating his cakes
  • They ask a tree for help
  • They find a band of people that worship Itu and they decide to become followers
  • He grants their boons

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