Editing Fredde’s Big Book Of Occult Lore (section)

==Indian mythos==

===Hanuman===

Hanuman is a wrestler, a grappler, and can expand and contract size as needed.

===The Ramayana===

The Ramayana teaches that the first monkey was born from the tear of Brahma falling on Mount Meru. Brahma named him Riksharaja, and stayed on the mountain to keep him company as he played on the great mountain. One day, as Riksharaja drank from a lake, he saw his reflection, and thought that it was another monkey trying to steal his water. He flew at the interloper, and sank into the lake.

When Riksharaja emerged from the water, he had magically been transformed into a female. So beautiful was this she-monkey born of Brahma's tears that the sun god, Surya, and Indra, the thunder god, at once fell in love.

That same afternoon, two children were born to Riksharaja, gold-furred divine monkeys called Vali, the son of Indra, and Sugriva, the son of Surya.

As the eldest, Vali became the king of the monkeys, whose numbers Brahma increased. He was given the cave-city of Kishkindhya, and his fortunes increased. As time went on, he became stubborn and prideful, picking fights and stacking the bones by the entrance to his city.