12 - Annabelle and the 40 Thieves

Stories From India
25 Feb 202418:46

Summary

TLDRIn this episode of 'Stories from India', Narad Monea narrates a Tamil Nadu folk tale about a farmer's wife who consults a clay statue of her late mother-in-law for daily decisions. The tale takes a dark turn when the statue seemingly consumes rice, leading to a series of events involving thieves, gold, and a moral lesson on independence and greed.

Takeaways

  • 🎵 The podcast 'Stories from India' explores myths, legends, and folk tales from India, hosted by Narad Monei, a mythological character with eternal life and knowledge.
  • 👵 The story begins with a family in Tamil Nadu, where the mother-in-law's daily decision on the amount of rice for dinner was crucial, communicated non-verbally with two or three fingers.
  • 🏡 After the mother-in-law's death, the daughter-in-law, unable to make decisions, bought a clay statue of her mother-in-law to continue the rice decision ritual.
  • 🍚 The farmer discovered increased rice consumption despite the mother-in-law's absence, leading to a confrontation with his wife about the statue's supposed consumption.
  • 👩‍👦 The wife revealed that she believed the statue was eating and interacting with her, leading to the farmer kicking her out of the house.
  • 🌳 The wife, carrying the statue, ended up in a forest where she accidentally scared off a group of thieves by dropping the statue, revealing a hoard of gold.
  • 💰 The wife returned to her husband with the gold, but he wanted to measure it using a neighbor's scale, unaware of the neighbor's jealousy.
  • 🐍 The neighbor, envious of the wealth, replicated the wife's plan but was killed by the thieves, who believed she had tricked them.
  • 🌏 The wife, realizing her independence, left her husband and embarked on a world trip, symbolizing her newfound freedom and wealth.
  • 🏔️ The podcast also introduces Mount Meru, a mythical mountain considered the center of the universe with extraordinary size and composition, including faces made of crystal, ruby, gold, and lapis lazuli.

Q & A

  • Who is the host of the podcast 'Stories from India'?

    -The host of the podcast 'Stories from India' is Narad Monei, a mythological character with the gift of eternal life and knowledge of the past, present, and future.

  • What is the main theme of the episode titled 'A Doll Comes to Life and Alibaba and the 40 Thieves'?

    -The main theme of the episode is a folk tale from Tamil Nadu, Southern India, which combines elements of a creepy story of a doll coming to life with the tale of Alibaba and the 40 thieves.

  • What was the daily decision that the farmer's mother made in the story?

    -The daily decision that the farmer's mother made was whether the daughter-in-law should make two cups of rice or three for dinner.

  • How did the farmer's wife cope with the decision-making after her mother-in-law passed away?

    -The farmer's wife coped with the decision-making by buying a lifelike clay statue of her mother-in-law, which had one hand in a two-finger gesture and the other in a three-finger gesture, to help her decide on the amount of rice to make.

  • Why did the farmer's food expenses increase instead of decrease after his mother's death?

    -The food expenses increased because the farmer's wife continued to make the same amount of rice as before, even though his mother was no longer around to consume it.

  • What was the farmer's reaction when he discovered that his food expenses were higher than expected?

    -The farmer confronted his wife with the facts and was annoyed by the situation, eventually kicking his wife out of the house.

  • How did the farmer's wife end up with a statue of her mother-in-law in the forest?

    -The farmer's wife ended up in the forest after being kicked out of the house by her husband, and she took the statue of her mother-in-law with her.

  • What happened when the statue fell from the tree where the farmer's wife was hiding?

    -When the statue fell from the tree, it scared away a group of thieves who were dividing their loot nearby, thinking the statue was a demon.

  • What did the farmer's wife do with the gold she found after the thieves ran away?

    -The farmer's wife used the gold she found to hire a luxurious bullet cart and set off on a world trip, instead of returning to her husband.

  • What is the significance of Mount Meru in the podcast?

    -Mount Meru is mentioned as a mythological mountain that is the center of the universe in a physical, metaphysical, and spiritual sense, with extraordinary size and composition.

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