I first took a look at the stories under the title Husbands and Wives. The first little story that popped up was one about Pandu and Madri. Pandu had two wives but his favored the younger one name Madri. Madri was also smart and a strong asset as the King's adviser. When Pandu was very depressed over not being able to have children. The curse would only allow is wives to be impregnated by gods. Madri suggested that his other wife should bear the children. After she did, Madri had twins too. Pantu was very tempted by Madri one day and could not resist. He died because of this. Madri joined him and their souls were intertwined into heaven. This story was very bizarre but entertaining.
The second story I looked at is Sugriva and Vali's Fallout under Animal Cruise. The gods gave Vali lots of strength after he churned the ocean and made nectar. A demon named Mayavi came to town and challenged Vali. The story goes on to tell how Sugriva became king for awhile when Vali disappeared. Vali eventually came back from the fight and took over again. I enjoyed reading the first story to this sequence.
The last story I chose to read about is one from Biblical Love Stories about Jacob and Rachel. The writer gave a nice interpretation based of the story in genesis. Jacob was related to Rachel's father. Her father made Jacob work seven years to gain her hand in marriage. Jacob and Rachel were in love. After seven years past, the father gave Leah to Jacob instead of Rachel. The father believed because Leah was older, she should be handed off first. Jacob eventually got to marry Rachel too. Rachel was not able to have a child until Leah had seven because Rachel gained true love. I thought this story was very clever and interesting to read.
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