| A | B |
| Praise of Folly - genre | satire on religious observances |
| Praise of Folly - written | Erasmus |
| Satire | change through wit |
| Cervantes | Don Quixote |
| Essays | Montaigne |
| Rabelais | Gargantua and Pantegruel |
| Pargantua and Pantegruel- genre | ?? |
| Don Quixote - genre | first modern novel |
| The Mahabharata | The Bhagavid Gita part of |
| The Praise of Folly | Erasmus |
| Rabelais | Gargantua and Pantagruel |
| Montaigne | Essays |
| Cervantes | Don Quixote |
| Dharma | Ideal "right action" |
| legendary author, also progenitor | Vasya |
| Pandava Brothers wife | Draupadi |
| Yudhisthira | eldest, heir |
| Bhima | 2nd strong like Ajax |
| Aujuna | great archer;hero of the Gita |
| Nakula and Sahadeva | the twins |
| Dhritarashtra | blind king; father of the 100 Kaurava brothers |
| Duryodhana | Kaurava brother who covets the throne |
| Erasmus | priest, highly educated humanist, but did ot break from church |
| Stoics | ascetic perspective |
| Gargantua and Pantagruel | tall tale |
| Dulcinea vs | Pigwoman vs. |
| Don Quixote's wisdom | wisdom of uncertainty |
| Sancho Panza vs. | Don Quixote vs |
| Rocinante | vs Sancho's grey ass |
| Parody of romances | first modern novel Don Quixote |
| bachelor Sanson Carrasco | translates Moorish text |