Jacob and The Epics of India

 Son of the Sun: Durvasa the sage came to where Kunti was. Most people were afraid of him because he would put curses on people he didn't like. Kunti however befriended him and had great talks with him. Before long, it was his time to go. Before leaving, he told Kunti a mantra that would allow her to summon any god she wished.  After he left, she decided to test the mantra. She looked into the sun and spoke the mantra. The sun god then appeared standing in front of her. She reached out and embraced him. After she stopped, she noticed that a beautiful child was in her arms, and she felt that he was destined to be great. She, not being married, felt that she could not in good faith keep the child as her own. So, she wrapped him up, placed him in a basket, and sent him down the river. I really like this story and I feel like there's a lot of potential here to modify it into something else. Depiction of Drona at Angkor Wat  Wikipedia Commons Bibliography:  Epified Mahabh...

 I really enjoyed watching these videos. The pacing was really good and the illustrations were quite helpful. Shantanu having to watch as his wife kills his first 7 children was really tragic and dark. His wife then tells him about the eight celestial spirits that he had promised to take into the world and immediately free them of mortality. She then left him and took the eighth son with her. 16 years later, King Shantanu was riding near the river, when he saw a mighty archer tame the river with arrows. The archer was his long lost son, Devavrat. The king brought him back to his kingdom as the prince.  Shantanu then fell in love with a fisherman's daughter, but her father refused. He knew that their children would always be second to King Shantanu's children. Prince Devavrat visits the fisherman having seen his father's sadness. Devavrat swore an oath that he would never marry or father any children so that the fisherman would allow his daughter to marry Shantanu. He became...