Reading Notes: Mahabharata Part A

Source: Tiny Tales from the Mahabharata by Laura Gibbs https://sites.google.com/view/tinymahabharata/home Tiny Tales: 1-10 -first version of Mahabharata: Vyasa composed a poem and Ganesha (elephant-head god) was the scribe -Ganesha used one of his own tusks to write (sacrifice) (passion for work) -King Shantanu marries a woman he meets while hunting -she asks him to never question her actions, she drowns their first baby and he says nothing -King Mahabhisha was banished from Indra's heaven for staring at a Ganga's breast which were accidentally exposed -Indra told Ganga to be reborn as another women to break Mahabhisha's heart -Mahabhisha was reborn as Shantanu -Shantanu's wife drowned seven children, he forbid her to drown the eighth (Devavrata), their children were the gods of the eight elements, wife reveals she is Ganga and leaves him -Devavrata gives up the throne for his father's love, becomes Bhishma Tiny Tales: 11-20 ...