Corpious
There once was a great kingdom in the east that was ruled by
a very wicked king named Demetrius. Demetrius was concerned with absolute power
and wealth and wanted as much land as he could get under his control. The
people hated what he had done to their once great nation. They were all
struggling to make ends meet just wanting to survive. One day when the great
king was on the road headed home from his latest hunt a great rumbling shook
the earth and said to him.
“You shall be slain by the child of your beloved brother.”
Demetrius didn’t know what to do for he loved him almost as
much as the money and power he had accumulated. When Demetrius got home he
finally got the courage to do what must be done and ordered him and his wife to
be thrown in prison for the remainder of their lives. He pleaded with him to
let her go for they had done nothing wrong. Eventually his brother started
having children with his wife. Each time he would go to see the new child and
would cut each of their heads off. When it got to the 7th child
Demetrius decided it was enough. The killing had to stop here and he must kill
the couple so he could end this nightmare. On the 8th child the gods
intervened and spirited the male child away to the womb of another woman.
Demetrius came down to the dungeon none the wiser and killed both of them. The
child however grew in the womb of his new mother giving her life many
blessings. His new mother knew in her heart that he was destined for greatness
and that he was truly an Avatar. She loved him so much and named him Corpious.
She found out he was an Avatar when he scared away a giant snake with his flute
playing saving his friends from the grip of death. Corpious would go on to
change the world.
Author’s Notes: I decided to stick closely to the videos on
Krishna by Epified. I only changed a few things such as the king killed the
children by banging them against the bars of the cell. Also he did not kill the
7th child for that child was spirited away to a different mother’s
womb. The eighth child, or Krishna, was walked out of the jail by his father
while the entire town was sleeping. I made it to where Corpious was transferred
to a different mother’s womb and both his parents died.
Bibliography: Krishna Series by Epified Tv (India)
I liked your take on the Krishna stories as told by the YouTube channel "Epified"! I can see how it was inspired by the original but that you give it your own spin changing up the details about the children's unfortunate fates at the hands of this heartless character. I think this story would be very interesting if it were a first person account as it would give opportunity for more details as to the feelings and emotions of those involved, I wonder if you considered this? Either way, I was quite intrigued by these videos myself and I think it would very cool to get a more in depth summary of "Krishna" here since you did select his photo below but still very fine job!
ReplyDeleteHi Dallas!
ReplyDeleteI read Sister Nivedita’s Krishna, so it was interesting to read in your author’s note about how the Epified version gives the graphic detail of banging the babies against the jail cell bars, and also that the 7th child wasn’t killed. The part of your story where the king kills the parents brings up the question in the actual story of why the king didn’t just kill the parents from the start.