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I chose to do a story about the gods and devas so I did my research on that. First, I found a list of the gods and goddesses: List Link -Resource Link To begin, most of the stories that I have ever heard about gods/goddesses have always been very dramatic so I would like to steer in that direction. Unrelated, I noticed that Vishnu was associated with Rama, who was in our reading, so this caught my eye. I might have to find a way to introduce this into my stories. Moreover, I learned that in Hinduism many of the gods represent "forces of nature" or "moral values. So I thought that could find some sort of conflicting value that needs to be resolved between the gods. In addition, from what I was taking away, some of the gods have half-siblings called asuras. I thought this was interesting. I can see myself creating a story of a power struggle between the asuras and their counterparts, the auras. I can imagine a interesting story where they are pitted against one o...

                                                        (ALL LINKS IN THE CAPTIONS) THE GODS, DEVAS: This topic really catches my intrigue from the introduction alone. I have always been interested in stories about gods/goddesses. And I find that I can tell much better stories if I am interested in the characteristics of the cast. Furthermore, I had a literature teacher in high school who loved stories about gods/goddesses. So while I don’t claim to know much about the topic, I have certainly had some exposure. From the Wikipedia Page listed, I learned that “Deva” means “heavenly or divine.” I also learned that each of the Devas have a predisposed specialty, if you will, as far as their supernatural abilities go. Moreover, I can tell that I will have a lot of fun telling stories about the god/goddesses, possibly applying some sort of...