This collection of story interested me from the very first glance at the title. I have always loved animals, and elephants are one of those animals that always seemed larger than life. It's no wonder there are so many legends about them. Personally I have never heard any of them but I know that elephants have always been an important part of Indian culture, so I was immediately interested to read them. I wasn't disappointed either, the stories were well written and I thought the framing narrative the author used was intriguing enough to keep my attention. I especially liked how this page and it's links were laid out, there are elephants plastering the background and they add a very nice aesthetic to the whole page.
A very festive elephant. Photo credit to "sowrirajan s"
I have never heard of Hanuman before this, that isn't really a surprise given my rather lacking background on the subject. That might be obvious, but I thought it'd be important to mention that what drew me to this story was not any familiarity with the subject, but an intense curiosity with the image below found on it's introduction page. This really goes to show how an eye catching visual can snag the attention of anyone. The storybook did not let me down. The character of Hanuman lives up to his wild picture while also being much more, I especially found the story of the ripe sun being a mango entertaining.
The image mentioned above. Originally from Wikipedia commons
I'll admit it, I'm a sucker for puns. This set of stories caught my attention because of the title. This one had a very... unique set up to the rest of the stories. The idea that the creator of the world is narrating them for us is kinda humorous and matches the tone of the title well. This blog is the only one so far where I actually found the author's notes useful because it was interesting to read about how they came up with such an interesting way to present what are in themselves interesting stories.
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