Serpent Dragon Research Paper
In the rural village of Pichit in Thailand, a sixteen year old girl named Churai Phantong waits outside of the temple to speak with one of the Mothers, hoping to gain more information on how to succeed and survive her upcoming trial.
After waiting for a few moments, Churai prompts herself to train in the meantime and begins scaling the small tree besides the temple entrance. She looks over to the statue of the sitting Buddha across the pond and sends him a silent prayer, asking for guidance, strength and tenacity for what would come tomorrow as the sun rose.
As the sun began its arc across the sky and awakening from the horizon, the dawn of her seventeenth birthday, Churai stands before the fossilised redwood tree with the members of the Garuda (Thai for the legendary half-man and half-bird immortal), the Mothers leading a prayer for her strength and character to shine through, for her bones to be light and to not fear falling as a bird would not. If she is a true Garuda, she will complete the trial unharmed and bring a single fruit from the apex of the tree, nearly a two-day climb. …show more content…
The difference is that the Naga's coming of age trial is to kill a Garuda.
The Garuda Watcher, the youngest of Garudas due to their young eyes, becomes aware of the Naga's presence and this ignites the Garudas to declare war upon the Naga and invade them. For too long the birds have not flown to the ground in fear of
After waiting for a few moments, Churai prompts herself to train in the meantime and begins scaling the small tree besides the temple entrance. She looks over to the statue of the sitting Buddha across the pond and sends him a silent prayer, asking for guidance, strength and tenacity for what would come tomorrow as the sun rose.
As the sun began its arc across the sky and awakening from the horizon, the dawn of her seventeenth birthday, Churai stands before the fossilised redwood tree with the members of the Garuda (Thai for the legendary half-man and half-bird immortal), the Mothers leading a prayer for her strength and character to shine through, for her bones to be light and to not fear falling as a bird would not. If she is a true Garuda, she will complete the trial unharmed and bring a single fruit from the apex of the tree, nearly a two-day climb. …show more content…
The difference is that the Naga's coming of age trial is to kill a Garuda.
The Garuda Watcher, the youngest of Garudas due to their young eyes, becomes aware of the Naga's presence and this ignites the Garudas to declare war upon the Naga and invade them. For too long the birds have not flown to the ground in fear of