Reading Notes: Ramayana PDE Part D

Hanuman and Medicine Hill (Indian Epics: Images and PDE Epics)

Sources:

Hanuman and the Mountain: Myths of Hindus and Buddhists, Sister Nivedita, 1914, website.

http://ouocblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/pde-ramayana-herbs.html

Rama Departs: Myths of Hindus and Buddhists, Sister Nivedita, 1914, website.

http://ouocblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/pde-ramayana-ramas-ring.html

More about Hanuman:

1. Hanuman's awesomeness just gets better
2. after a major battle many of Rama's allies were killed or wounded
3. Hanuman was asked to save the lives of many monkeys and bears
4. he was told about the four life giving herbs on the Himalaya Mountain
5. so he jumped across seas, hills, cities, woods, and rivers to get there
6. when he reached Himalaya, he could not find the 4 herbs
7. being clever, Hanuman picked up the entire mountain
8. when he brought back the mountain to the battle field he saved many lives
9. because Hanuman is a demigod he is immortal
10. Rama told Hanuman that he will live as long as the poem Ramayana is remembered