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Tales of the Gods
His name meant blood-seed, and it was a description of how he worked. Every drop that touched the ground stood up as another one of him.
His name meant blood-seed, and it was a description of how he worked.
After Chanda and Munda fell, Shumbha and Nishumbha finally understood they were not fighting an ordinary rival.
So they sent everything. The full army, and with it a general called Raktabija.
His boon was stranger than strength, and far worse.
You could wound him. That was never the problem.
Long ago he had performed austerities and won a boon from Brahma: wherever a drop of his blood touched the ground, a new demon would spring up from it instantly.
Identical to him. Same size, same weapons - and carrying the same boon.
The rest of this story, read aloud, and a new one every day.