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Magical Gems in Indian Myths and Legends
I found this storybook interesting. I learned a lot about how stones play a role in different stories. Stones are seen in popular culture as well. The author even mentions major works like Harry Potter and The Hobbit when mentioning stones. The author of this storybook explains three different stories and each story has a different stone. The stones mentioned were the Syamntaka, Cintamani, and Nagaratna. The Syamantaka is defined as the "ruby of the Sun God." This stone is one of the most powerful in Hindu mythology. It is a magical rock. Next, the Cintamani which means wish granting stone. This stone is seen in both Buddhism and Hinduism. Finally, the Nagaranta is defined as the snake jewel. This one is interesting and holds more specific powers than the others. This stone is used for medicine for snakebites and it is used in Asia and India. The author does a good job of intriguing the reader in their introductions to prompt them to read their stories. The website is well organized and formatted well.
This topic is very interesting as well. This website is not organized as well as the previous one. Animals are common in all literature. Animals in stories have deeper meanings and tend to represent an important ideal. In the introduction, the author orders the introduction oddly. They start by saying one story is going to be about the rabbit then continue to say their first story is going to be about the mongoose. It is not well organized and harder to navigate. The introduction confused me on how their stories were ordered. They only specified their first and second story and put the topic to their third-story before explaining the others. The introduction, sadly, has not inspired me to want to read more on their topic because of the confusing nature of their storybook. I did enjoy the context of the stories and found them interesting.
While this storybook does not have a strong introduction, the topic alone was intriguing. There are four stories: "The Tasty Rabbit", "The Terror of Yosemite Sam", "Fit For a King", and "Bugs of India". I wish there were summaries to introduce each story. The website is organized and contains fun images from the cartoons. My favorite story was "Bugs of India". It was interesting to see the Looney Tunes characters act out these stories. This was the most creative of all the storybooks I viewed because it took a more modern twist on traditional stories.
"Bad Bugs Bunny" by Steve Rhodes is licensed with CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
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