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Reading Notes: Ramayana Part C - Sugriva's Story


Two brothers pursed an enemy for a long while
Eventually it finds a cave and goes into it
One of the brothers goes in after it, asking the other to stand guard at the entrance while he is gone
A long time passes and the brother who went in still has not come out
After hearing noises and seeing blood come out of the cave, but not hearing his brothers voice, the brother on the outside believes that the other is dead
He then returned home and ruled over the other brother’s kingdom
The trapped brother was still alive, however, and came back to his kingdom
He declared that his brother sealed the cave to trap him there so he could take his kingdom
The brother insisted that he thought the other was dead, but was still banished by the brother who came to retake his throne

I think that spinning this story as two bounty hunters or two monster/demon hunters would work very well
Would need to figure out what the “kingdom” would be

Could also do this as a story of two princes
This solves the issue of what the kingdom would be

Could also have them be two heirs to a merchant empire
Would then need to figure out why they are chasing something into a cave
Thief maybe
            But they would probably hire people for that

Could re tell this from the perspective of the brother who went into the cave

A diary entry style may also suit this well
Could be the journal of the brother on the outside
Journal of the brother on the inside would be much more challenging
            Also why would he be writing a journal if he is fighting a monster for like three days?
            Smh, makes no sense fam.
Will definitely have to play with the time scale
3 days could be realistic, a week may be stretching it


Monsters in a Cave
Source: Map Pixel

References
PDE Ramayana

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