I plan to write story based off of " Riddles at the Lake" . When I read this story I instantly thought of the Riddler from the Batman Comics. The story will be set in Gotham, and I will represent Yaksha with the Riddler. The brothers who drink the water without answering the riddle will be represented by some to be determined characters from the DC universe. From afar Batman will study what happened to his fallen friends, and eventually Batman will approach the Riddle, and solve it. This will lead him to the Riddler, or at least a step closer to finding the Riddler. They will possibly commence in fighting, or maybe the Riddler will escape to place more riddles for the Batman to solve in the future. I think this is going to be a very fun story to delve into.
In the Original Story:
When the twelfth year of exile was nigh to an end, the Pandava brethren bethought them to leave the forest.
They saw a stag that had the antlers to kindle a great fire
The brahmin appealed to Yudhishthira to pursue the animal, and the Pandavas endeavored in vain to kill it or recover the sacred twigs
upon following the stag, several of brothers came upon some water, and were thirsty. They drank it and fell dead.
At length wise Yudhishthira approached the pond. He beheld his brethren lying dead, and sorrowed over them.
The Voice said, "I am a yaksha. I warned thy brethren not to drink of this water until they had answered what I should ask of them
The Voice said, "Who maketh the sun to rise? Who keepeth him company? Who maketh the sun to go down? In whom is the sun established?"
Yudhishthira answered these riddles and many more
Many such questions did the Voice address to wise Yudhishthira, and he answered each one
the yaksha revealed himself in the form of Dharma, god of wisdom and justice
Bibliography: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie
Hi Stephan! Don't forget the research part of the planning, and for this one a really cool option is to read all the riddles from the original epic; there's a complete English translation of all the riddles here: Riddles at the Lake.
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