Ravana was a ten-headed tyrant demon lord born from the demoness Kaikesi and the sage Vishrava. He is depicted as intelligent, powerful and supernatural. He was also a follower of lord Shiva being one of the most respected out of all of Shiva’s devotees. He’s often portrayed as an embodiment of evil because of the acts he committed like abducting Sita, a goddess known for her grace, beauty and compassion. He ruled the kingdom of Lanka (not Sri Lanka, just Lanka).

Ravana had ten heads and twenty arms. That may seem a bit excessive, but he was a demon and he did have a kingdom to rule so I guess all ten heads and all twenty arms had a purpose. His story is written in the Ramayana but to make it easier for all you readers here’s a summary.

Ravana wanted to kidnap the deity, Rama, the embodiment of chivalry and virtue’s wife Sita, but he had to find a way around her guards. To get them out of the way he sent them chasing after a golden deer, which they fell for for obvious reasons. That was probably the most interesting thing they’d seen in their whole life. Anyways, Ravana kidnapped Sita. Rama was very upset and decided to go get Sita back. Then he realized there was a big ocean between him and his destination. Rama and his mate Hanuman enlisted the help of an army of monkey people to build a bridge to Lanka. I have no idea why they didn’t use a boat, but there you go. They did manage to rescue Sita, but some sexist morons thought Sita made out with one of her captors while she was imprisoned. They spread slander and naughty rumors until Rama has no choice but to throw Sita out and force her to live as a hermit. And not the crab sort, I mean the sigma sort. And don’t laugh. Look up sigma’s meaning and you’ll get it.

Moving on. Eventually when the naughty and sexist rumors died down Sita returned. She and Rama lived happily ever after.

This myth kind of connects to globalization because the part where Rama goes to Lanka is a bit like an invasion, or the bit where Ravana kidnaps Sita. People from one place going to another place, beating up bad guys, rescuing their girlfriends— that’s kinda globalization right? The point is, they go to other places. That technically connects it to globalization just by that really.