Name Susan Barton Young
School Deering High School
Project Title Kali: Cross-Cultural (Mis)Understandings

 

Segment 2:  Textual Understanding

Review the original Indian Myth Kali stories of Kali defeating various demons (Canda, Munda, Raktabija, Daruka).  Create a textual understanding of her character, considering the following questions:  When/how does she tend to appear?  Whom does she kill?  What is her relationship with Shiva?

Homework:  How does this textual understanding differ from your first impressions from the visual images?

 

This site was created by (Susan Barton Young) at the NEH Summer Institute "Cultures and Religions of the Himalayan Region," held at the College of the Holy Cross, Summer 2006