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This 3 page paper discusses the similarities between the two, and speculates as to why two cultures so far apart in time and space could have produced such similar works. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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the similarities between the two, and speculates as to why two cultures so far apart in time and space could have produced such similar works. Discussion We are familiar with
the legend of King Arthur because as Westerners its part of our heritage; the Ramayana is less well-known. In the Arthurian legends, he is a great king who is guided
by the wizard Merlin; he marries Guinevere, a wonderful queen; they are happy and rule well until she and Lancelot, Arthurs greatest knight, fall deeply in love (The Arthurian legend).
Arthur also had a mortal enemy in his illegitimate son (alternatively his nephew, the stories vary) Mordred; in the last battle, Arthur kills Mordred but is himself mortally wounded and
borne away to Avalon, where he sleeps until England needs him again (The Arthurian legend). Although it tends to get lost in the romantic aspects of the tale, Arthur was
also able to unite the squabbling political factions of the time, no small accomplishment. The Ramayana tells of Rama and his wife Sita, and although they go through many
trials, their story doesnt parallel that of Arthur and Guinevere. Rama and Sita are avatars, that is, they are human incarnations of the gods. Rama is the avatar of Vishu
the Protector, one of the three great gods of the Indian pantheon, and Sita is the avatar of Lakshmi, goddess of wealth and prosperity (Clayton, 2005). They are married
and vow to be true to each other; their love and devotion is so strong that it has set an example for the Indian people of the ideal love (Clayton,
2005). Rama is banished to the forest for 14 years at the behest of his father, who was goaded into it by his stepmother; he obeys without rancor or
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