Indian Epics

I backed up my stuff, and checked my progress. I am a little behind still, but am catching up each week and still think I am able to get the A I want in the course. I really liked this proverb from this week: Source It reminds me of my dad because it is something that he says a lot whenever he sees something he thinks is weird so I will have to show him this.  I also watched the  video  about how English evolved. It was super interesting and I love TED talks so I happy to see it included. 

The villagers of Gokula and Krishna fled to a new place called Vrindavan. There Krishna grew up peacefully until King Kansa learned where Krishna had gone. He once again plotted to kill him. This time he used a demon who shape shifted into a buffalo calf to try and gore him or trample him to death, but when the demon calf came to Krishna he saw through the disguise. He took the calf and swung it around his head into a tree and killed it.  When King Kansa learned of the demon's failure, he summoned two more. The demon Bakasur tried first by becoming a crane and swallowing Krishna whole. When Krishna got swallowed, he beat the bird's insides until it threw him up. After the demon crane attempted to dive at him, but Krishna pulled him in two.  After Bakasur, Aghasur attempted to kill Krishna. He shaped into a giant snake who camouflaged itself into the scenery with its mouth open. While waiting for Krishna, the demon snake ate some innocent bystanders walking down the path. Wh...