Abstract
India is a land of culture and tradition. Indian mythology has carved its niche om the world of Mythology. Indian Mythology is rich in scriptures and Vedas. The Hindu mythology has its roots in the religion. The rituals and tradition area part of the Hindu Mythology. The present paper focuses on the Hindu Mythology with special reference to the Panchakanyas from the Vedic Scriptures. These Panchakanyas were revered in the scriptures and their names were chanted during the sermons and rituals as they are believed to be the Pativratas. This paper focus on the mythical figures from the fiction of Sudha Murthy “The Daughter from a wishing tree” these women carved their own destiny. This paper gives a comparative study of the characters ‘ Devi’, from “Thousand Faces Of Night” and ‘Sudha’ from “The vine Of Desire” with that of the mythical characters .These people from the novels carved their own destinies .Along with these mythical women the writer talks about many women and their tales were of importance to mention.
Highlights
Mythology is believed to be a traditional story with the elements of history, people and religious beliefs, cultures
The word myth is taken from the Greek which has been derived from the word “mythos” .Myths are the stories or even called as narratives which talks about beliefs, facts human and Super human or divine figures .Myth can be otherwise described as a tale told to fulfill a specific purpose .These are the traditional stories imparted from one generation to other .Myths are the blend of folktales and legends .They are the sacred beliefs but are irrational
The Hindu mythology is mainly connected and associated with the female stereotypes and the roles they have taken up to stand as a role model .The mythology talks about their fidelity,endurance and obedience towards their duties as wife,daughter-in-law .There is a mention of five pativratas in Hindu mythology .They were treated as Panchakanyas whose names were chanted in the holy sermons and hymns as it is believed that chanting names would free oneself from all the earthly sins
Summary
Mythology is believed to be a traditional story with the elements of history, people and religious beliefs, cultures. Most of the writers are adopting myth to contrast the character in their works and they are trying to interpret the myth to explain the importance of the myth and its tradition, culture ,custom. Sigmund Freud gave the psychological approach of myth by stating that dreams are the result of collective unconscious whereas Freudian analysis show dreams as wish fulfilment He calls the recurrent images as the archetypes. "In classical Greek ,'mythos' signify any story or plot ,whether true or invented .In its central modern significance ,a myth is one story .In mythology a system of hereditary stories of ancient origin which were once believed to be true by a particular cultural group and which served to explain The stories contained in the Hindu Mythology teach us the virtues and ethical values .These stories are used to give a foundation to interpret myth.The deconstruction of these myths challenges and questions the concepts and restructures it without altering the original meaning
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