A Ramakien Tale Episode 4 - Lord Anomatan's Birth

06/04/14 • 18 min

A Ramakien Tale Episode 4 - The Birth Of Lord Anomatan. Lord Vishnu Pra Narai conjures a lotus with child out of his navel. In the original Vedic mythology, the being who is manifested upon the Lotus which emerges from Vishnu's navel, is not Anomatan, rather, Brahma himself. This is one of the many differences which are to be found in Thailand's version of Valmiki's Ramayana epic myth, and this, is part of what makes Thailand's version of the story much more than just a version, rather a completely different story in itself.

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Ramakien Tales Episode 2 - Hirantayaks attacks the Earth

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A Ramakien Tale - The second part of introductory talks which will lead up to the retelling of the Thai Ramayana (Ramakien) epic myth. This episode breaks away from the academic prelude which will deal with the family trees of the three main kinds of sentient beings found within the tale of the Ramakien, in order to lighten things up and gives a little bit off the events which lead up to the story by retelling the story of Hirantayaks. Hirantayaks was a giant Asura Deva (Yaksa) monster, who tried to roll up the surface of the earth,in order to leave the humans with no place to dwell anymore out of pure maliciousness. This tale tells the tale of one of the 10 avatars of the god Vishnu in this case the avatar, where he incarnated as an albino Wildboar, in order to stop the demon Hirantayaks, from destroying the earth.

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A Ramakien Tale Episode 5 - Triburam Yaksa

Triburam Yaksa, the ruler of Solasa City, builds a fire to perform Poojah to Pra Isworn (Lord Shiva). The Poojah is to attract the attention of the God Shiva, in order tyo Beseech the Blessing of Invincibility, and that Even Pra Narai cold not ever kill him - this was a secret plan, in order to secretly defeat Pra Narai Vishnu Avatar, whom he both feared and hated. Pra Isworn bestows the blessing with the command that Triburam must promise to not abuse the power. Triburam breaks his promise, and is punished by Pra Isworn, after a failed attempt to kill Triburam using Mount Kailash as a bow, Pra Narai (Vishnu Avatar) as the arrow, and Paya Nak (The Naga King) as the string of the bow, to shoot at triburam. Triburam was invincible even by the hand of Pra Narai, and so Shiva used his blazing fire eye, to burn Triburam, and his armies of Yaksa, to cinders.