Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Birth of Storm

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Rock for son
Zeus is born - curse
for Cronus

Birth of Storm
Powerless Rhea
Counterblows!!!


Legend has it that when Greek God Zeus was born, mother Rhea secretly sent him away from killer father Cronus, who had been eating his own kids after a prophecy told him that he would be overthrown by his own child. Rhea was defenseless before Cronus. When Zeus took birth, she gave Cronus a rock swaddled as a baby to deceive Cronus. I have narrated the story in the form of Haiku. Zeus is often associated with storm, thunder and lightning. He is a major sky deity in Greek mythology, apart from being the ruler of all other gods.

 Do share your thoughts on the Haiku. 

 Linking it with Haiku Horizons Prompt - STORM

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28 comments:

  1. rallentandaOctober 6, 2015 at 6:43 AM

    Greek mythology is so interesting. Enjoyed this.

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  2. Bastet's Waka LibraryOctober 6, 2015 at 7:19 AM

    Wow!

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  3. Whispering ThoughtsOctober 6, 2015 at 7:26 AM

    Wow. You captured the whole story in your haikus.

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  4. PanchaliOctober 6, 2015 at 7:31 AM

    Brilliant...👍

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  5. Magical Mystical TeacherOctober 6, 2015 at 7:32 AM

    Those ancient Greek gods and goddesses were a stormy bunch!

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  6. MarkOctober 6, 2015 at 7:33 AM

    Rocks and curses and counterblows---all that hard stuff!

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  7. UnknownOctober 6, 2015 at 9:08 AM

    Beautiful haiku and thank you for sharing this piece of Greek mythology...I love reminding myself of such stories I once translated in high school...so much easier to read it in English now ;)

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    1. sunaina sharmaOctober 7, 2015 at 5:41 AM

      Thanks for the valuable comment Cheryl.....I too had read about them in my college but forgot it.....this was like revision....:)

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  8. UnknownOctober 6, 2015 at 9:17 AM

    WOW, loved the back story that you included to make this haiku even more meaningful and poignant!

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    1. sunaina sharmaOctober 7, 2015 at 5:42 AM

      Thanks Kathy....I am glad you liked it,,,,:).....wanted to include the story since not everyone is familiar with it....

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  9. UnknownOctober 6, 2015 at 9:18 AM

    WOW, loved the back story that you included to make this haiku even more meaningful and poignant!

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  10. UnknownOctober 6, 2015 at 10:12 AM

    Thank you for reading/commenting in my "storm" Haiku, linking to yours by comparison. Guess men's rages; women's counter-maneuverings are ageless! Thanks for sharing your Haiku, and its expository back story. Fantastic!

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  11. Reading PleasureOctober 6, 2015 at 11:06 AM

    Powerful!

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  12. Daniel SchwammOctober 6, 2015 at 5:28 PM

    Well written and creative take on the prompt!

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  13. Milan RajkumarOctober 7, 2015 at 1:36 PM

    O so enriching !

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  14. UnknownOctober 8, 2015 at 7:48 AM

    Greek mythology... wow... awesome Sunaina :-)

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