Adventure. Romance. Betrayal. Deception. Danger.  

    This is the story of Sita.  Sita was one of the most beautiful women who ever lived, and she was married to a man who embodied every virtue a woman could desire.  Yet her life was no fairy tale.


      Sita was an avatara of Lakshmi: Goddess of beauty, love, wealth, and fertility.  Sounds pretty good right?  But Lakshmi left her life as a goddess to follow her lover, Vishnu, to earth where she suffered terrible things.
  
    This story book will begin with Heart's Desire, when Sita (Lakshmi) is reunited with her heavenly lover in the form of Rama (Vishnu). It will detail the attraction that drew her to a complete stranger whom she somehow knew she belonged with.   A beautiful princess and a divine prince, deeply in love with each other and happily married.  Too bad it could not stay that way.

    The second story in this project, Into the Forest, outlines the exile of Sita and Rama.  Sita volunteers to face exile in the forest with Rama rather than live in a palace without him.  She shows her loyalty to her husband even when life is not going well for him.

    The third story, Abducted, details Sita's experience with Ravana.  Sita is tempted with any and every thing if she will be unfaithful to her husband.  But even as she gives up hope of being rescued she cannot bring herself to betray her love.

     The book will end in Trials and Rescue after a terrifying battle and a dramatic escape from the evil Ravana.  But even after Sita escapes the grasp of a demon, her trials were still not over.  The beautiful Sita, who had every possible advantage in life, suffered more than any woman ever should.  This story will reveal the true character of Sita.

                                               

   

Sita's story will be told by Scheherazade, another powerful woman in a bad situation.

    Scheherazade is the wife of a sultan, and destined to die in the morning.  The sultan believes that all women are treacherous, but he doesn't like having an empty bed.  His solution is to marry a new woman every day, and the next morning have her executed before she has time to betray him.  Scheherazade volunteered to marry the sultan in an effort to save the women of the kingdom.  Each morning before dawn her sister, Dinarzade, wakes her to tell one last story.  And each day the sultan decides that she can live one more night so he can learn what happens next.
    You will recognize this story if you are familiar with the stories of Arabian Nights. Here is a link to learn more.  I chose to borrow  it because Scheherazade could be very sympathetic to Sita's plight.  And Sita's story will give Scheherazade the opportunity to show the sultan that some women have honor and will remain faithful to their husbands, no matter what happens to them.

Image~ Scheherazade from worldpress

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