Week 15 Wikipedia Trail, Greek Afterlife

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After Life- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterlife#Ancient_Greek_and_Roman_religions

Elysium- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elysium

Tartarus- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartarus

Asphodel Fields- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asphodel_Meadows

Week 14 Wikipedia Trail, Hindu Afterlife

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Afterlife-Hinduism- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterlife#Hinduism

Chitragupta-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitragupta

Urdhva Lokas- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdhva_lokas

Patala- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patala

Naraka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naraka

Week 12 Wikipedia Trail, History and Trade of India

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I got way more into the trade of Euro-Asia than I thought I would.  Maps are from Wikipedia.

History of India-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India

Indo-Roman Trade Relations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Roman_trade_relations

Spice Trade- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice_trade

Silk Trade- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road

Incense Trade- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incense_trade_route

Canal of the Pharaohs- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_of_the_Pharaohs

Canal of the Pharaoh through Wadi Tumilat Valley

Red Sea Trade Routes and Items: Suez Canal or Land Travel?

Indo-Roman Trade Routes

Silk Road Trade Routes

Week 11 Wikipedia Trail, Saraswati

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Saraswati was an interesting Wiki dig because there's so much information on her page that I didn't follow a trail.  Rather there were scenic turnouts that I clicked on to clarify some of the vocabulary and entities mentioned in the article.  The rest of the Wiki trail got into some esoteric transcendentalist stuff that made my brain hurt.

Saraswati-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saraswati

Para Brahman- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Para_Brahman

Four  Causes- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_causes

Week 13 Wikipedia Trail, 5th Century BCE

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     According to random articles that I couldn't corroborate with reliable sources the stories of Daedalus, The Ramayana, and The Mahabharata were supposed to take place in the 5th century BCE. I dug around for information so I could orient myself with what was happening at the time.  

Highlights: The Parthenon was built.  There was a lot of war between Greece and Sparta.  Romans started flexing their muscles and expanding trade within the known world.  The Celts were forced out of Italy and moved to Great Britain.    Buddhism and Jainism developed and spread across Indo-China.  

5th Century BC- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_century_BC

Chronoology of the Bible- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Bible

Outline of Ancient India- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_ancient_India

Timeline of Religion- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_religion

5th Century BCE

Week 10 Wikipedia Trail, Varuna

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This is an extension of Week 9's Wiki Trail.  I'm picking up with Varuna, a servant of Rta.

Varuna-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varuna

Mitra-Varuna- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitra%E2%80%93Varuna

Âdityas- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%82dityas

Makara-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makara

South Asian river dolphin-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asian_river_dolphin

Week 9 Wikipedia Trail, The Fates

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I have to tie the fates of Daedalus and Jakayu and Icarus and Sampati together, so I figured it would be a good idea to learn how Indian religions understood the concept of fate.  They focus on karma and dharma, so I'm not sure how fate plays into a religion that actively celebrates autonomy.  It took me a little bit to figure out the path to get from the Greek Fates to Indian ideas of fates.  I had to start with the Greek term Moirai before I could find anything that remotely looked like The Fates in Indian mythology.

Moirai-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moirai#Outside_of_Europe

Ṛta- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B9%9Ata

Dharma- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma

Karma-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma

Week 8 Wikipedia Trail, Indra

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Indra- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra

Swarga- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svarga

Mount Meru- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Meru

Airavata- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airavata

Week 5 Wikipedia Trail

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My Wikipedia Trail centers on Jatayu and Sampati.  I looked up a lot of Indian landmarks because I am trying to figure out how to get Icarus/Sampati's body from the Aegean Sea to India.  I think Makara is going to be a big player in this move.  I'm also trying to figure out why Jatayu is the king of the eagle clans, but he's called a vulture.  Sampati is legitimately a vulture, so I think that's going to play into why Daedalus didn't believe in the great eagles, but he didn't think that Icarus would confuse the great eagles for the vulture brothers.  

Included are my notes from The Divine Archer.  They should be listed in the Extra Credit reading blog, but I put all of my notes together, and I divided the Archer notes between the two blog posts.

Bibliography

Gould, F.J. The Divine Archer. JM Dent and Sons, 1911.

Deccan Plateau (landmark)

Griddharaj Parvat (landmark)

Godavri River (landmark)

Jatayu

Makara

Nashik (landmark)

Rammakalmedu (landmark)

Sampati

Varuna

Vindhya Range (landmark)