Indian Epics

-The townspeople thought the Sun God had appeared to them but Krishna told them it was just Satrajit wearing the Sun God's jewel. -he gave it to his brother Pasena, who was an evil man. Because of this the gem would bring him death. He was killed by the lion. -Jambavat, King of the Bears, gave it to son as a toy. -People tried to blame Pasenas death on Krishna. -Krishna married Satyabhama and some of the men killed her father in jealousy. -Akrura found the gem in his garments and gave it to Krishna, but he kept it and renounced women. -Krishna and Rukmani's first son is Pradyumna, He is meant to kill the demon Sambara, Sambara took him and threw him in the sea but a fish caught him and swallowed him whole.A woman found him in the fish and kept him. She taught him how to fight. -Pradyumna and Rukmavati marry. -Balarama kills Rukmi by shattering his skull with dice after he is insulted. Krishna and Jambavati Bibliography: Kincaid. Shri Krishna of Dwarka http...

-Krishna was born as a reincarnation of Vishnu. Out of a piece of his hair. -Kamsa puts his sister and brother in law in jail. -The eighth child is born and Krishna's father escaped the jail and switched him with a baby girl. -Krishna grows up to be a naughty boy. -He steals butter from the neighborhood women. -He saved his friends from the serpent. -Many demons are sent to kill him but he defeats them all -His mother catches him eating mud but when she looks she sees the universe in his mouth. -This is when she accepts that he is something special -He falls in love with Rhada Krishna  as a child Bibliography: Kincaid. Shri Krishna of Dwarka http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2015/12/reading-guide-kincaid-krishna-chapter-1.html