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Friday, November 3, 2017
Extra Reading: Twenty Jataka Tales
For this extra credit reading I decided to stick with the Jataka tales that I read for the assigned readings this week. I have really enjoyed these stories more than any of the other readings for this class. From this selection I specifically liked the story The Empty Lake. This story told the tale of fish in a lake that was almost completely dried up. the king of the fish prayed to the Queen of Rain and she answered with enough rain to completely refill their lake. The story used great personification of the fish as well as the elements with characters like Queen Rain and King Thunder. I really enjoyed this reading just as I have enjoyed all of the Jataka Tales I have read.
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I am so glad you liked these jatakas, Hayden! I wish OU would let me teach a whole course about them (there are HUNDREDS of jataka stories, and many versions of each one). If you want to spend the rest of the semester reading the jatakas, you can do that. The Library's Jataka comic books are really fun too; they organize the stories by themes, often based on the animals featured in the stories: Jatakas on Reserve in Bizzell :-)
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