Reading Notes: Ramayana Part D


PDE Ramayana: Kumbhakarna. Source. Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)

The character I found really interesting was Kumbhakarna. He is a demon but he also sleep for months without waking up. What is so surprising is even when elephants walk over him, he does not wake up. When someone wakes him up before his time to wake up he is very cranky. He sounds like a big baby to me, when you wake up a baby they also wake up cranky. After reading about him it he just seems to show off his powers. I read that just to show how powerful he is, he ate monkeys.


The story I would want to recreate with Kumbhakarna would be him sleeping for over six months but when he gets woken by someone, whoever it is. He will eat them, to show that he is angry. This would happen multiple times when someone wakes him up and he eats them without caring who is it just to show power. With this I will bring a twist on how his brother wakes him up one day and of course he would be angry like always. He would be half way asleep when he tires to eat his brother that he loves very much. The climax would be something not so expected, as Kumbhakarna is trying to eat his own brother someone else comes and tries to save him, one who ends up getting eaten. 

Everyone trying to wake up Kumbhakarna. Source. 

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