Sita Abandoned, #AtoZChallenge

KINDRED

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The great Hindi Ramayana is an Epic Legend of great dharma. A story of the God Vishnu, Protector of the worlds, and Goddess Lakshmi, who came to save the world from Ravana, the ten-headed and twenty-armed daemon. Rama (Vishnu) is a son of duty and loyalty to his father's words, regardless of the consequences, dharma. Lakshmi the loyal wife of Vishnu raped by Ravana in another life cursed Ravana, and now Lakshmi returns as Sita for her revenge. Evil Ravana, the ten-headed twenty-armed daemon, as Emperor of Lanka should protect the three worlds only conquers the three worlds and takes women as his possessions.

Ramayana was orally told for centuries; the classic version written 2500 years ago by poet Valmiki. I have shortened, modified, and re-image this epic to tell from the point of view of Sita in an over-over-simplified version. Actually, the Ramayana has 25,000 verses and takes nine hours to recite.

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Judgement - The Dragon Keepers - #AtoZChallenge

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JUDGEMENT

Dragons control the weather and honored and respected because they changed dryness and scarcity into richness and prosperity by keeping the rains falling. The Golden Emperors declared themselves the Dragons of the Golden Dynasty, and allow no one to speak the word, dragon, expect the royalty. 
The Emperors were in total control. Alas, an Emperor and his court dishonored the dragons.

Emperor and his court dragons ate two mythical dragons causing great disrespect and dishonor to all Celestial Dragons, who became angry. Droughts came because of the mandate declared by earthy Emperors, that they controlled the weather and natural happening of the earth. The people starved. After long many droughts and hardships, the people revolted, which lasted for two hundred years.

In 1911, the new government of China declared all the peoples of China had the status of the Dragon; all work hard to protect the forests, lakes, rivers, and mountains so everyone prospered.

In 1948, the Dynasty changed shape. Still, the Dragon lives within peoples who honored and respected Dragons since the very beginning of time.

Blogging from A to Z April Challenge: #AtoZChallenge - 4-12-2017 - Letter J

Incisive - LiAnge and the Magic Paint Brush - #AtoZChallenge

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INCISIVE

Today's story is about a youth, LiAnge, who lived the mountains alone. His family killed by the many wars that crossed China. He gathered sticks from the woods and sold to the villagers for his food. He longed to become a scholar, a court dragon, who learned the three academic skills: painting, poetry, and calligraphy.

For his passion, he is given a magic brush by the Queen Mother of the West, mother of P'angu, to be a great painter of beauty ‘for the good of the people’. Using his paint brush to give good fortune and abundance, LiAnge's success crosses path of a possessive, greedy Emperor.

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Honorable - The Poet and the Peony, #AtoZChallenge

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Honorable

A young scholar, Siang Yu completed his training in the three perfections: poetry, art, and calligraphy. He is a scholar, a Dragon of the Golden Court of the Song Dynasty. As ages ago, Prince Yu, said to Turtle, the friend of First Dragon, P’angu, “We will carved the Yellow River and leave the rapids over the steep rocks. When a fish jumps these rapids, this fish becomes a dragon.” This young Court Dragon, Siang Yu painted beauty with words and images. In an ancient Taoist garden, this poet created a lasting love with a peony, a young maiden.

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GENEROUS - Li Chi, the Serpent Slayer, #AtoZChallenge

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GENEROUS

When the Silk Road opened, trading brought outside beliefs, warriors, and conquerors into China because the Emperors at that time were many and bidding war against each other. With helped from heroes, worms and serpents who threatened the protective wise Celestial Dragons and earthy Dynasty Dragons, were displace. 

Li Chi, the Serpent Slayer, is such a heroine who helped start the Golden Dynasty with mighty Golden Dragon Emperors, who gain control of China's prosperity; harmony that lasted for generations.

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Festive - The Lonely Dragon, #AtoZchallenge

FESTIVE

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The villages respected the dragons, because they offered protection, controlled the weather thus creating good fortune and wealth, now a dragon becomes a friend and brings the festive New Year to a starving village.

Once a very long time ago, Mei Ling, a young girl, lived in an impoverished village. Rain never came and the crops of rice and the vegetables died. Grandma said, “The villagers are afraid of the anger from the dragon on the mountain top. The village bestows no honor on him, so village not honored by dragons.”

Mei Ling invites the lonely dragon to a village party.

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ENABLING - Dragons from the Sky, #AtoZChallenge

ENABLING

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In the summer when the villagers worked in their fields of grain, dark clouds covered the sun. A cold wind blew hard and fast. The trees bent. Fog surround everything; then a loud thump on the ground.

The farmers, fishermen, and villagers feared and loved the power of the dragons from the sky. These dragons are given credit for good fortune and change by providing rain for crops and fishing. About this time the different Emperors, Lords of Rivers and Lakes, declared that they were related to the mystical, powerful celestial dragons using the respect and honor of the dragons and to provide themselves power with the people.

As a storyteller, I want adults and children to know why Dragons enabled culture and history through the respect gained and the use of the dragons by the Emperors to declaring they power in China. If I misrepresent anything, please let me know.

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