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Ramayana
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BACKGROUND

  • Plot Summary (See Ramayana: An Enduring Tradition)
  • Background:Interview with Robert Goldman
    • 1. Storyteller: How was the epic transmitted?
      2. Birth: How is the hero's pedigree mythically established?
      3. Call: What calls the hero to take action?
      4. Tests: What are the qualities of a hero revealed during the tests?
      5. Helpers/tools: Where does the hero's power come from?
      6. Return/Elixer-prize: What does the hero accomplish?
  • Setting: Map
  • Characters: chart
  • Video/Performance: Ramayana in Odissi dance
  • Bibliography/Links
  • Ramayana: An Enduring Tradition is the best first stop on the web. 
  • Also a useful Glossary of Hindu terms by Paul Flesher written for his course at Univ. of Wyoming. 
  • See also Donna Kasprowicz' bibliography of Southeast Asian versions.

  • Comic book version retold by Bapu. More complex comic book version retold by Subba Rao (India Book House Limited) - on AskAsia page.

    TEACHER MATERIALS (from Donna Kasprowicz):

    See also
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