I am really interested in this topic because I feel like I don't have a lot of knowledge about these stories! I am most familiar with the biblical interpretation of creation and I am excited to learn about some other viewpoints on it. I am interested in the Hiranyagarbhagarbha, which is the "golden egg" and it represents a view on how the universe came to be. There are also parallels to Noah's Ark stories in the Bible, these are about a man named Manu.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_views_on_evolution
2) Supernatural Characters of the Ramayana
I think this would also be an interesting topic to explore because supernatural characters always add an extra interesting twist to folklore. While researching I came across the Rakshasa which sounded pretty scary but interesting! Suvannamaccha also sounded like she would be very interesting to learn about. I really don't have any previous knowledge about these topics but I am excited to learn about them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suvannamaccha
3) Kamadeva, the God of Love
This one jumped out to me because I love stories about romance. I especially like stories about love when they have a deeper meaning involved. Ones where there's a moral or something that you can walk away with from the story. I also think that potentially rewriting romance stories could be really interesting because if they ever didn't have an ending I liked I could change it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamadeva
4) Animals, Natural and Supernatural
I like this topic because I already like folklore stories about animals. I especially like when they end with an explanation about how the animal came to look the way it does. For instance a story about why the elephants ears are so big or why a mouse is so small etc. I also like this topic because I think it is such a large category that I would never have a shortage of possible stories to choose from.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamadhenu
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