Epics of India

What I imagined the Mafia to look like in this story Source "Visit Panipinto, the biggest town in little Italy!" read the run down sign at the edge of the city. This sight was not an uncommon one, as the whole country turned to hell after Y2K2. With the absence of technology that humans had come so dependent on, the whole world seemed to fall apart. Where governments once rained now belonged to smaller groups, and tribal warfare was common.  "Mama, are we going to be safe?" asked Michael, one of the small boys in Tailia's nomadic group. With a heavy sigh and the best forced smile she could manage, Talia told her children and the others in her group that they would look for food and water in the town of Panipinto and that everything would be okay. Talia felt uncomfortable lying to the others, especially her own children, but then again she wasn't 100% comfortable being the leader of this group either so she deemed it necessary to keep spirits h...

Bhima Slaying Baka Source 1: Prince Vidura warned the next-to-be king Yudhishthira about the plan and when they got to the palace, he told them about how they'd all die. They planned to dig a tunnel to the jungle to escape, which they did, but Bhima wanted to go back and fight the guard Purochana. He snuck back inside the house, set the guard barracks on fire, and Purochana died. The embers found their way to the palace anyway and it burned. Earlier in the day, the royal family gave some wine and food to a beggar and her children who passed out and died in the palace fire that night. People thought the bodies were that of the royal family and Duryodhana and the king rejoiced thinking their plan worked. 2: Bhima helped the family find a place to rest in the forest, and took first watch. A demon smelled humans and told his sister to kill them and bring them back for eating. The sister saw Bhima and fell in love. She turned into a beautiful women and tried to steal Bhima away s...

Painting of Karna Source 1: The king Uparichara of Chedi was so devoted to religion, the gods feared he was trying to rob them, so they sent Indra to bribe him into calming down with a flying chariot. The king takes the bribe and drops some of his semen while flying it . This semen lands in a fish, who gives birth to a boy and a girl after being caught by a fisherman. He told the king about his find, and the king took the son with him, and the girl stayed with the fisherman family. The daughter one day agrees to bang a rishi in return for her fish smell to go away, and gives birth to Vyasa. 2: King Shantanu and his wife Ganga (the goddess of the Gangas river) of Hastinapura met when Ganaga was cursed to have sons and be in human form. Ganga in human form killed all her sons right when they were born so they could stay in their celestial state, as long as they left 1/8th of their power behind for her son, who would stay among men and never marry/reproduce. Ganga told the king sh...