Hanuman and the Mountain
Indrajit promises his father, Ravana, that he will kill Rama and Lakshmana.
He sacrificed a goat to the Fire-God.
The Fire-God who had a flickering tongue gave him a weapon called the Brahma-Weapon.
With this weapon, Indrajit killed many of the monkeys in the army.
Many of the monkey cheifs, including Sugriva, Angada, Jambavan, and Nila went into hiding.
Somehow, during this mass killing, Indrajit was invisible.
Rama did not know what to do because he could not attack someone he could not see.
Indrajit went back to Lanka with a battle won.
Lakshmana and Vibhishana walked around the field when the battle was over.
It was a horrid sight as their were slain monkeys everywhere.
They found Jambavan, the king of bears, barely holding on to life.
Jambavan was also overjoyed to see that Lakshmana was alive and well after the gruesome battle.
Jambavan speaks to the Wind-God's son and asks him to protect the bears and monkeys because only he could. He asks him to visit the Himalaya, king of the mountains, to find herbs for healing.
Hanuman goes and finds Himalaya and looked for herbs but could not find any.
He rooted the mountain and was able to acquire the medicine.
He brought it back to Lanka, and the monkey army rose to full health.
Then Hanuman brought the mountain back to its original position
Pushpaka
Rama is taking Sita to Ayodhya on a Pushpaka cart.
He recaps their entire journey together.
He talks about all the people he met.
He talks about the friends he acquired.
He talks about all the monsters he's slain.
He talks about all the places they've been
I think it would be cool to write a story blending these two together. I would focus on the Brahma-Weapon. I would talk about where the materials for it were gathered, how it was crafted, and all the times it was used. It seems like a crazy powerful weapon that needs a backstory. A little like the ring or variety of one of a kind weapons in Lord of the Rings.
Bibliography
Hanuman and the Mountain from Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists by Sister Nevidita
Pushpaka from Ramayana, Epic of Rama, Prince of India by Romesh Dutt
Image Source: Rama and Sita on the Pushpaka Cart: Wikimedia Commons
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