Reading Notes: (extra credit) Maya's Palace

To begin, I discovered a great deal about epics when I took to some research on the wikipedia trail assignment. I tried to be mindful of that in my reading. This story involves Mayasura upholding his promise for Pandavas which was to build a magnificent palace. Since, Palace of Illusions piggy backs off of this story from a different point of view, I have left a  link. If you get the chance to look into that, its a good read. And if you've read most of my writings, you know that I really enjoy stories that are told from different perspectives. Moreover, the original story states that he was the architect of demons, which I thought was interning with respect to learning that epics always have ties to good and evil divinities. Ironically, the palace was said to be comparable to most heavenly of places. The contrast is obvious and offers its ties to traditional epic characteristics. The story goes on in a tale of King Duryodhana mistaking the house's beautiful crystal structure as a pool of water. This causes him great confusion. He then see's a legitimate pool of water and does not realize it which causes him great embarrassment. In addition, he mistakes a crystal door as being an open door. Thus, he knocks his head. This causes him to walk away from a door that is actually open. In essence, the king becomes very confused and is so overtaken with the beauty of the house his heart is afflicted. This offers more brilliantly executed irony and contrast.

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Maya's Palace
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Retold by John Macfie

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