Sita Rescues Herself

Namaste, mythology fans!

It's Diwali, the Hindu festival that commemorates the story of the Ramayana.

In the Ramayana, Rama (the 7th of the ten main avatars of Vishnu, the god of preservation) rescues his wife Sita from the ten-headed, 20-armed demon king Ravana.

We only get the story from Rama's perspective, while that of Sita has been ignored...until now!

No longer just a damsel in distress, Sita is now able to make it out on her own--thanks to this portrait I drew!

In the Ramayana, Hanuman (the monkey god) sneaks into Ravana's domain.

He gets his tail lit on fire, and burns down the whole place!

Perhaps as Ravana's kingdom is burning down, that could give Sita a chance to escape her clutches by herself!

Alongside the dragon portrait that parodies the Cowherd and the Weaver Maiden story, this is yet another one of my "Politically Correct Mythology" drawings that revise mythical stories from around the world for a modern audience.

A possible idea for a future webpage...er, Internet reference page.

The "web" part might be offensive to spiders.

The idea for this came from how I noticed that mythology from all different cultures seems to share some rather problematic details in common, and decided that they all needed a "P.C." revision to correct these details.

While the Cowherd and the Weaver Maiden parody has the Weaver Maiden protected by a dragon to prevent any further incidents similar to what happened with the Cowherd, this parody opposes the "Damsel in Distress" trope by portraying Sita as a more active character in her own right.

Also...leaving Sita out of suspicion of adultery?

That is not good P.R., Rama!

Thank you in all different languages, and have a great 11th month of the Gregorian calendar year!