A MONKEY STORY
There is a story in a collection Of Indian mythology, • the Ramayana, of the work a band of monkeys did for a banished prince. The prince was Rama, whose home Was in Oude. But he had been'
east out with his wife, and soon further misfortunes overtook him: the demon king of Ceylon (then called Lanka) carried off his wife, Sita. So Rama enlisted the forces of a monkey chief, Hanuman, to help him win back his wife. Now,
Hanuman was the son of the wind god. and a nymph who had been transformed into a monkey. So he was partly monkey, and partly divine, and could make the monkey hosts do his bidding all the year round. To get Sita back from the demon king, Havana, in Ceylon,
the monkeys were set to build a bridge from the mainland to the island. This they did by throwing rocks into the sea. This is an amusing picture showing how it was done.
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Southland Times, Issue 23182, 24 April 1937, Page 8 (Supplement)
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165A MONKEY STORY Southland Times, Issue 23182, 24 April 1937, Page 8 (Supplement)
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