EnlargeWatercolour image of Vishnu reclining on a serpent, as his wife Laksmi kneels at his feet. Vishnu is the protector and preserver of the world and Laksmi is the goddess of wealth and good fortune. Vishnu is reincarnated (reborn) 10 times in different forms, and Laksmi is always reincarnated with him. In the Ramayana, Vishnu and Laksmi are reborn in the human form of King Rama and his Queen, Sita.
- The Shahname
- Shahname - overview
- Birth and childhood of Zal
- Zal woos Princess Rudabeh
- The birth and childhood of Rostam
- Rostam's horse Rakhsh
- Rostam marries Princess Tahmina
- Rostam kills the Dragon
- The tragedy of Sohrab
- The Ramayana
- Ramayana - overview
- Princess Sita's kidnap
- Hanuman's leap to Lanka
- Hanuman in Lanka
- The medicine mountain
- Sita's fire test
- The Haggadah
- Enslavement of the Israelites
- Moses
- The ten plagues of Egypt
- Passover
- The Escape from Egypt
- Storyteller's Corner
- Meeting the Ramayana
- Ramayana Synopsis
- Inside the Sea of Stories
- Shahname Historical and Cultural Questions
- Life of Ferdowsi
- Shahname Synopsis
- The Golden Haggadah- First Responses
- Golden Haggadah - the Book and its Stories
- Image Gallery
- Preparing for Passover
- Maror (Bitter Herb)
- The Passover Seder
- Rostam catching Rakhsh
- Rakhsh attacking the lion while Rostam sleeps
- Rakhsh helping Rostam defeat the dragon
- Rostam fighting Arzhang
- Rostam capturing Ulad
- Rostam kills the White Demon
- Valmiki narrates the Ramayana
- Vishnu and Laksmi
- Birth of Rama
- King Dasaratha's four sons
- Demonesses at Ravana's Palace
- Ravana loses his heads
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