Sita Narrative about the Ramayana

        The telling of Sita was too long to include Damsel Overcome.

🙍 All the myths I read are about a male and his battle with the demon to be the winner. Joan of Arc got burnt for her efforts. Mary and Jesus, she is a virgin as is the mother of Buddha and even Rama's mother given sacred grains to birth Rama. So on and on we go with the woman second. Really, the damsel has power, strength, and clever tricks to overcome the male demons and his suppression. Sita's curse on the daemon from another life is Ravana's death. He did touch her to put her in his chariot. That fact seals in the story!

In the South Gallery in the Asian Art Gallery in San Francisco when I told stories to children hung a large paper mural crudely drawn by women described the life of Sita, the faithful and pure wife. Drawings like this were gifts to brides at weddings. I was intrigued and noted what scenes were there ---> marriage to Rama, her capture, throwing of jewels, in the garden, all about Sita. I think the battles with the daemon were drawn to the sides in the background. Now, I wished I had a photo.

Sita, a damsel, was the death of a greedy human daemon.

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Sita and the Ramayana

Many battles later many Rakshasas, brother Kumbhakarma, son Indrajet, and now Daemon Ravana, who was obsessed with owning someone not his was dead. Sita freed and Angi, the Fire God, for Rama, proved that Site was always the pure, faithful loyal wife.

Indra, the God of the Heavens brought Rama’s father, Dasaratha, in a chariot to witness, and Sita's father, Janaka, presented her again to Rama.

Flowers fell from the sky. Bells ring!
Rama and Sita went back to Ayodhya to be King and Queen.

Rama, Rama, preserver of the worlds,
Loyal Sita served you with her heart.

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Sita and the Ramayana

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After Hanuman finds Sita on Lanka, he burns the city with his tail, then he jumps back to tell Rama. The Monkey King Sugriva, the Bears, and the Lions build a bridge of stones and logs across the sea to the Palace of the Deamon Ravana, who brags that these are mere men and animals and can't harm him. He is Rakshasa Emperor and can not be killed. He tells Sita that in four days he plans to kill her. Ravana shows Sita the head of Rama. Her Rakshasa friend, Trijata, said the head was an allusion. As a wasp, Trijata will find out and tell Sita what happens. Her husband, the youngest brother of Ravana, Vibhishana, is vanished from the court because he told Ravana to give Sita back. He helps Rama, Lakshman, and Hanuman with the battles.


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Sita and the Ramayana 

“Rama’s ring!” said Sita.A white haired, red faced, brown, yellow-eyed, a monkey with golden earrings jumped from the tree and smiled. “Faithful Sita. I am Hanuman, son of the Wind. Rama befriended me; I wear the prophesied earrings for helping Rama. I have come to find you.”

“Hanuman, friend Rama’s, tell me what you know. I am hungry for news of Rama.

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Each time we visited, Trijata brought me a gift of fruits, perfumes, or fresh vegetables, I finally asked the question, “Where did Ravana come from, and why the ten heads and twenty arms?” Trijata said, “This is a long family history from God Brahma, I will tell the best I can.”


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Sita and the Ramayana

The great Hindi Ramayana is a story of dharma about a son’s, Rama’s, duty and loyalty to father’s words, regardless of the consequences. With his loyal faithful wife, Sita, and brother Lakshman banished from the Koshala Kingdom for fourteens. Then Sita abducted by the ten-headed twenty-eyed daemon Ravana for revenge for killing Rakshasas his daemons.


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