In Thailand, there was once a beautiful goddess called
Mekla. She was the wife of a god named Siva, who lived in a palace in the
clouds. She had a glass ball, which was her wedding present from her father.
As Siva had many servants, Mekla had nothing to do and
she passed her time playing with the glass ball.
One day, she decided to go out and play. She flew through
the sky straight towards a dark cloud in which a giant named Ramasura was
hiding. When she came close, Ramasura tried to catch her but she flashed the
glass ball in his eyes so that he could not see. Ramasura threw an axe at her. Because
he was blinded by the light, it missed her and fell down through the clouds to
the earth below and made a very loud noise. Every time Ramasura had prepared an
axe, Mekla would flash his glass ball to his eyes.
Then it began to rain heavily. Ramasura was no
longer able to follow her. She flew back to the palace as fast as she could and
dried her wet clothes and hair. Her husband did not know where she had been.
Whenever Mekla became tired of doing nothing, she used to
go out and play with her glass ball with Ramasura. Ramasura tried many times to
catch her but he never succeeded.
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| Mekla (left) Ramasura (right) |
It is believed that thunder is caused by Ramasura throwing
his axe at Mekla and lightning by Mekla flashing her glass ball in the eyes of
Ramasura. That is why lightning happens before thunder. Nowadays, Mekla is also
known as the goddess of lightening and Ramasura is also known as the god of
thunder.
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Read the Indonesian translation HERE
Author: Unknown
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