"Topic Brainstorm"

I am interested in this topic because it deals with Indian palm squirrels because so far in this class the animal stories have really caught my attention and have been some importance in Epics of Indian but in this specific case the squirrel is sacred in Hinduism. I have no previous knowledge of this type of squirrel. If i was to tell a story about this squirrel i would focus on the outer appearance and why the stripes down the back of the animal are important.

Scared Squirrel

Every brainstorm I will research will revolve around animals simply because that is what my interest is in. This project Idea I looked up is called Animals, Natural and Supernatural. Doing some more research there was a few animals that caught my attention but I picked Kurma. Kurma is a half man-tortoise. There is not I know about Indians Epics, but with each assignment I learn more. I would like to tell how this half man-tortoise is widely worship and how important it is to Hindu cosmology. 

The third Topic would be Horses. The reason I pick this one is because there is a wide variety of article about horses in South Asia, and an article about what a horse symbolizes. I know horse are strong and powerful animals and I am interested in this topic because I feel like there is a lot of meaning behind horses. Especially in cultural aspects, I noticed horses are very important in tribes too. A story I would like to tell about horses; is how powerful and useful they can be in different cultural aspects. Horses can be used for transportation, food (milk) and so much more.  

My last pick would be Elephants, I think this project idea would be a good one because elephants are the animal of india is that used to tell stories and symbolize something important. I would like to learn why these animals are such a big aspect in Epics. Cultural depictions of elephants would be a good start off for this topic because elephants are mythology, symbolism and are very popular in epics culture.