Thursday, February 1, 2018

Reading Notes: Ramayana, Part B

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Sandals Source: Wikimedia

  • Rama will not come back to rule the land. 
  • His eldest brother returns to rule
  • He takes Rama's sandals which sit on the throne as a symbol of Rama's authority
  • Rama goes off into the forest with his wife
Were the people ok with having a pair of sandals be their ruler?
What would this look like today?
What if he had a bad reason for not returning, would people be less willing to allow him to rule via sandals?

Ramayana. Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913).

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