Rakshasas Galore

Monstrous Raksahasas are very common in Indian mythology. In the Indian epic The Ramayana by Valmiki (ca. 4th century BC), Rakshasas are the main antagonists. Ravanna, king of the island of Sri Lanka and pretty much the rest of the world, is a gigantic ten-headed Raksahasa, and he kidnaps Rama’s wife, Sita, which starts a war.

The Ramayana is one of the longest epics on earth, so it’s a war that lasts a long time—well over a thousand pages.