Storybook Laboratory: Storybook Research Week 4 Lab
This week I wanted to focus on more research for the topic I have chosen for my storybook. My topic I have chosen involves the Devas and Asuras. From what I have learned the Devas and Asuras have been in constant war among one another, but there is a moment where both the Devas and Asuras must work with one another together to help restore their powers back and gain immortality. The story I will be focusing on is the Samudra manthan "Churning of the Ocean". This source is found throughout various texts such as the Mahabharata and the Vishnu Purana. I will be reading the Mahabharata this coming week, so I will find out more information about the story within it; however, I was unfamiliar with the Vishnu Purana. I did some research into the Vishnu Purana and I was able to find a free text of it online at Hinduonline. It provided a broad range of stories and I was able to find the "Churning of the Ocean" within the text. I learned from the text that Sage Durvasa...