Reading Notes: PDE Ramayana Part C

Hanuman's Ocean Leap (Indian Epics: Images and PDE Epics)

Sources:

Hanuman's Leap, Myths of Hindus and Buddhists, Sister Nivedita, 1914, website.

http://ouocblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/pde-ramayana-hanumans-leap.html

The Burning of Lanka, Myths of Hindus and Buddhists, Sister Nivedita, 1914, website.

http://ouocblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/pde-ramayana-burning-of-lanka.html

Hanuman:

1. coolest charater yet to be introduced
2. he is a monkey
3. he is a demigod
4. his mother is Anjana (monkey)
5. his father is a wind god
6. his superpowers include
1. can increase or decrease his mass (body size), think Antman
2. can jump great distances
1. over 3000 leages as a child
2. can jump farther as an adult
7. defeated an ocean demon at Lanka jumping in it and growing large enough inside to make demon explode
8. does not face danger alone, his father protects him
1. when Ravana sets Hanuman's tail on fire his father doesn't let the fire burn him
9. Hanuman is extremely clever
1. since he can't feel the fire he runs around Lanka setting the city on fire
10. Hanuman is cares about his friends well being
1. he checks on Sita after setting fire to the city to make sure she is not hurt