create your own hindu god!
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CreateyourownHindugod!
Wednesday9thDecember2020LO:TodevelopapieceofdescripCvewriCng.
DevelopyourearlierworkaboutyourownHindugod.
Seewhatyoucanaddandimprove.
Usewhatyou’velearnedaboutrelaCveclauses,andthecorrectuseoftheir/there/they’re,towriteandillustrateapieceofdescripCon
aboutyourownHindugod.
Lookbackatwhatyou’vewriKen.Howcoulditbeimproved,ordeveloped?YoudividedyourdescripConintofoursecCons:1. PhysicaldescripCon.2. Whatdotheyride?Whatdo
theycarry?3. Whataretheythegodor
goddessof?4. Anyotherideas.
EachsecConshouldbefullofcolourfuldescripCon.
Lookatyoursentencestructure.MakesureyouareusingcomplexsentenceswithrelaCveclauses.
Forexample:
TheGodofFirehasfourarms.Hehasaflamingswordineachhand.
Couldbere-wriKenlikethis:TheGodofFire,whohasfourarms,carriesaflamingswordineachhand.
GoodwriCngisamixoflongandshortsentences.Re-writeshortsentencestomakelongersentences,
Usingfrontedadverbials,nounphrasesandrelaCveclauses.
Seeifyoucanusethewordstheir/there/they’reinthecorrectway.
ThisisareminderofsomeideastomakeyourdescripConmoreinteresCng:
Howmanyfaces,arms,eyes,mouths,noses,legs,hasyourgodorgoddessgot?
Whatcolouristheirskin:black,blue,gold,silver,redorgreen?
Istheirbodylikeahuman,snake,eagle,monkey,bear,wolf,Cgerorelephant?
Weretheybornfromadropofblood,agoldenegg,acloud,oralightningbolt?
Aretheythegodorgoddessofbeauty,wisdom,destrucCon,fire,light,darkness,Cme–orsomethingelse?
Dotheyrideabee,afrog,asparrow,aswan,acrow,alion,anelephant,oramouse?
Istheirweaponaclub,atrident,anaxe,afireball,athunderbolt,orbeauCfulmusic?
Aretheywearinganecklaceofskulls,jewellery,garlandsofflowers,oracrown?
Dotheycarryamountain,amagicflower,astringofbeads,adrum,abowlofsweets?
Remember:everydetailcouldmeansomething,ortellastory!
Tomorrow(Thursday)youwillbeediCngyourwriCng.Readitaloudtosomeoneinyourfamily.
Howcanyouimproveit?Cananyonespotanymistakes?
OnFridaywe’llwriteafinal‘published’versioninclass.
Remember,youcantrywriCngalegendaboutyourcharactertoo!
Youmighteventrymakingacomicstrip.(I’veaKachedsomeimagesofHindugodsasremindersbelow.)
Ravanawasthe10-headed,20-armed,demonkingthatRamafought.
Ravanawasan‘asura’oneoftheevilgods.
Hindusbelievethattherearedifferentsortsofgods:
DevaswhoarekindlyorprotecCvegods
Asuraswhoareevilgods
Rakshasaswhoaredemons,ogresandmonsters
Yakshaswhoarenaturespirits,likefairiesandhobgoblins(andneithergoodnorbad).
Hindusbelievetherearemillionsof
differentgodsandspirits.
TherearestoriesinIndiaaboutevery
kindofcreatureyoucanimagine.
ThisisapictureofthegoddessKali.
ThisisKalki,thefinalavatar(incarnaCon)ofVishnu,whosomeHindusbelievewillbringabouttheendoftheworld.YoucanseeKalkihastheface
ofahorse,andacrown.
Lookthroughthepicturesbelowifyouneedmoreideasforyourgodorgoddess.
BRAHMAisthecreatorgodinHinduism.Oncetherewasnothingbutaneternal,endlessocean.
AgoldeneggemergedandbrokeopenrevealingBrahma,whohadcreated
himselfwithinit.
Then,Brahmacreatedtheuniverse,
theearth,angels,demons,people
andanimals.
Brahmahasfourfaces,lookingnorth,south,eastandwest,andfourarms.
Herestsonalotusflowerorridesa
craneorswan.
SHIVAiscalledtheDestroyer.Hehasaserpentaroundhisneck,athirdeyeandmoonon
hisforeheadandthesacredriverGangesflowsfromhishair.
Hecarriesatridentandadrum,anddancesacosmicdanceofcreaConanddestrucCon,
standingonademondwarfwhorepresentsdelusionandignorance.
KALIisthegoddessofTimeandmotheroftheUniverse.
Shehasblackskin,fourarms,redeyes,andisshownsCckingouthertongue.
Shewearsaskirtmadeofhumanarmsandanecklaceofskullsorhumanheads.
Sheisaccompaniedbysnakesandjackals,
andissomeCmesshownstandingonthebodyofShiva.
SARASWATIisthegoddess
ofknowledge,music,
speechandwisdom.
SheisshownasabeauCful
womandressedinwhite,
standingonawhitelotus
flowerandridingaswan.
Shehasfourarms,andis
ofenshownplayinga
musicalinstrument.
RememberLakshmi’swonderfulwingedelephants!