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The Legend of Kamandaka in Goa Jatijajar

The Legend of Kamandaka (Javan Kasarung) in Goa Jatijajar

In West Java in ancient times there was a great Hindu kingdom and strong enough, which is based in the city of Bogor. Kingdom is the Kingdom "Pajajaran", at that time the reigning king of King Siliwangi. He is old and was intended to lift his oldest son as his successor.
Prabu Siliwangi have three sons and one daughter from two Empress, consort of the first, had two sons ie: Lots and Lots Cotro Ngampar. But when Cotro and Much Much Ngampar young mother has died.
Then Prabu Siliwangi eventually married again with a second consort, namely Kumudaningsih. At the time taken to become Empress Goddess Kumuudangingsih by King Siliwangi, he entered into an agreement, that if one day he had a son of man, then that must meggantikan putranyalah became king in Pajajaran.

From his marriage with Goddess Kumudaningsih, King Silliwangi have a son and a daughter, namely: Many Blabur and Goddess Pamungkas.

One day King Siliwangi called his oldest son, and Much Much Cotro Blabur to face, the point is Siliwangi King shall appoint his son to replace a prince because he had lajut Pajajaran age.

But from the second crown prince no one would be appointed to be king in Pajajaran. As his eldest son Many Clark filed a number of reasons, among others, the reason is:
• To order the Kingdom he's not ready, because not enough science.
• To order the kingdom of a king should be there with her Consort who, while Many Cotro unmarried.

Many Cotro said that he had just married when he met with a daughter who was her face like her mother. Therefore Cotro Many requested permission to leave the kingdom Pajajaran mencaari daughter who became his dreams ..
Many Cotro departure from the Kingdom Pajajaran through thermodynamics Boat, to appear before a priest and held there. The priest is Ki Subjects Winarong, magic and know a pastor to marry the daughter of the craving-idamkannya can be achieved.
However there are several requirements that must be performed and fulfilled by many Cotro, which should remove all clothing and menaggalkan greatness of the kingdom with the only wear ordinary clothes. And he must be disguised under the pseudonym "Raden Kamandaka"
Raden Kamandaka After walking for days from Tangkuban boat toward the East, so I will Raden Kamandaka kewilayah Sand Luhur Duchy.

Coincidentally Raden Kamandaka until Luhur Sand, Sand betemu with Patih Duchy of Patih Reksonoto Luhur. Because the old Reksonoto Patih not mempuunyai children, then finally made Radenn Kamandaka foster child Patih Reksonoto feel very proud and happy to have her son Prince Kamandaka Lift the gallant and handsome, then Patih Reksonoto saangat loved him.
As for who ordered the Duchy of Sand Luhur was "Adi Pati Kanandoho". He has a daughter and a few people already married except the youngest who is a virgin goddess Ciptoroso. Ciptoroso Goddess is a daughter who has a similar face raden Kamandaka Mother, and Princess is being searched for yng oeh Kamandaka Raden.
A habit of the Duchy of Sand Luhur that every year held a ceremony to catch fish at times Logawa. At this ceremony all the family and the Duchy of Sand Luhur pejabatan government authorities and also catch fish at times Logawa.
In the time following the ceremony Patih Reksonoto go fishing at times Logawa, without knowing Raden Kamandaka secretly had followed her from behind. On this occasion Raden Kamandaka can meet with Dewi Ciptoroso, and they both fell in love.
At the request of the Goddess Ciptoroso to Raden Kamandaka at night to come see the goddess in the park Kaputren Ciptoroso Duchy Sand Goddess Ciptoroso Luhur place is located. It is true that evening Raden Kamandaka quietly without permission Resonoto governor, he went to meet Goddess Ciptoroso already miss waiting for the arrival of Raden Kamandaka.
But the existence in the Garden of Raden Kamandaka Kaputren Joint Goddess Ciptoroso not last long. Because suddenly the guardian soldiers know that in daalam Kaputren adaa thief entering the park. This was then later reported by Adipatih Kandandoho.

Responding to the report, then Adipatih very angry and ordered peencuri praajuritnya to catch them. Because the miracle of science dexterity distinction owned by Raden Kamandaka, then Raden Kamandaka can escape from the cordon of soldiers Sand Luhur.

Before Raden Kamandaka escaped daari Kaputren Park, he could say his identity. That he named the son of Raden Kamandaka Patih Reksonoto.
Case in hearing olehh inii soldiers, and to report to Adipatih Kandandoohho. Hearing this Patih Reksonoto innii then was summoned, and must surrender his son. Was conducted by Patih Perintaah Reksonoto, although in his heart is very heavy. Sehimgga with daari Patih Reksonoto ploy, it can run difference Kamandaka Raden daaripengejaran the soldiers survived.
Raden Kamandaka waterfall dive into the river and follow the flow of river water. By Patih Reksonoto, and the soldiers who pursue,, dilapoprkan that Raden Kamandaka dead inside sugai said. Hearing this news Adipatih Kandandoho felt relieved and satisfied. Nmun contrary Ciptoroso Goddess who, after hearing the news was very grim and sad.
Raden Kamandaka dive along with the flow of the river to face with a man fishing in a river. The person named Rekajaya, Raden Kamandaka Rekajaya difference then good friends and settled in the village Panagih. In this village adopted by Raden Kamandaka Kektosuro Mbok, a poor widow in the village tersebbut.

Raden Kamandaka a cockfighting enthusiast. Incidentally Mbok Reksonoto have a rooster named "Light". On each chicken Raden penyabungan Kamandaka always win in the match, then Raden Kamandaka became very famous as botoh chicken.
This empire spread saampai Sand Luhur, hear this Adipatih Kandadoho become angry and furious. He ordered his soldiers to live or die menagkap Kamandaka Raden.
At that moment, suddenly there came a handsome young man admitted that he named "Silihwarni" who will devote themselves to the Sand Luhur, so he accepted his petition, but as long as he should be able to kill Raden Kamandaka. To prove it he must take the blood and liver Kamandaka Raden.
Actually Silihwarni is a pseudonym. The name is actually a lot of kejajaan Pajajaran Ngampar Son, namely the younger brother of Prince Kamandaka.
He by her father, King Siliwangi assigned to search for siblings who have long gone yet again. To overcome the interference in the way, he supplied heirloom kris Kujang Pamungkas as a weapon. And he also disguised with Silihwarni name, and dress like ordinary people.
Because he heard the news that the brother was in the Duchy Luhur Sand, so he went there. After receiving the order daari Silihwarni Adipatih, he went with some soldiers and followed dogs to the village of Karang Luas, where penyabungan chicken.
This is the place they met. However, both of whom are not familiar anymore. Silihwari raknyat dressed as usual while Raden Kamandaka botoh dressed as chickens, and his face pale with suppressed kernduan to her lover.
Tempers persabungan Raden Kamandaka and Silihwarni epilepsy, with the unwitting by raden kamandaka Silihwrni suddenly stabbed with a dagger waist Raden Kamandaka Pamungkasnya Kujang. Because these cuts keris darahpun out by torrential. However, due to Raden Kamandaka dexterity, can escape the danger he himself is and where he can escape the village was named Brobosan, which means he can escape from danger.
Because the wound bleed more profusely, they also rest a little land somewhere, then it is called Bancran. Raden flight Kamandaka Silihwarni and continue to be pursued by soldiers. At one place a dog can catch Raden Kamandaka tracer and then place it on him the name of the village of Karang Dogs.
Raden Kamandaka kept running towards the east and arrived at an impasse, and this place he gave the village a dead end. Raden Kamandaka eventually came disebuah Goa. In this cave he was hiding from the pursuit of rest and Silihwarni. Silihwarni are constantly chasing after the cave until he lost track. Then Silihwarnipun from the mouth of the cave called Raden Kamandaka challenging.
After hearing tantagan Silihwarni, Raden Kamandaka replied he says his identity, that he was the son of the royal Cotro Many Pajajaran name.
After her identity was Silihwarnipun said that he was also the son of the Kingdom of Pajajaran, named Many Ngampar. Thus the words of recognition between Raden Kamandaka Ayang and Silihwarni that they are purta Pajajaran, then the person who hears the name of the second version, for those jatijajar cave. Then they both berpeluka and forgive each other.
However, because Silihwarni should bring proof of Raden Kamandaka liver and blood, hence the cut at last taken the dog tracking blood and heart. It is said that it was the heart and blood Kamandaka Raden had killed.
Raden Kamandaka then meditated in the cave and got a clue, that his intention to marry Dewi Ciptoroso would be achieved if he had received clothing "monkey" and he was told to get closer to the Duchy of Sand Luhur, That Agung Batur settled in the forest, southwest of the rock Raden.
A favorite of Sand Adipatih Luhur is hunting. On a day of hunting Adipatih and all his family, suddenly come face to face with a huge monkey and tame. The monkey is finally on the catch alive.

As will be brought home, it suddenly came Rekajaya admitted that it was a pet monkey, and told beredia help care for her if the monkeys would be maintained in the Duchy. And the request was granted.
Having reached the duchy the daughter fought to maintain these monkeys. During the Duchy of these monkeys will not be given to eat. Therefore ultimately by the langur Adipatih disayembarakan seoraang ie if there is one from his daughter can feed the monkeys and accepted by then he was the one who will maintain these monkeys.
It turns out the food received by the monkeys are only food of the goddess Ciporoso, the "monkey Kasarung" became domesticated goddess Ciptoroso. At night it transformed into a monkey Kamandaka Raden. So that only the Goddess Ciptoroso who know about it. By day she changed into monkeys anymore. So the situation is now very happy Goddess and happy, which is always accompanied Kasarung langur.

Once on a day of Nusa Kambangan raden Discuss King Pule told patih to woo Duchy Youngest Daughter Goddess Sand Luhur pinangannya Ciptoroso and threatened when he refused to destroy the Duchy of Sand Luhur.

At the suggestion and request of the monkey king Pule Kasarung Discuss the proposal in order to receive it. But there are some requirements that haarus Discuss Pule met by the king. One is a wedding later in the meeting should also accompany the Javan Kasarung Ciporoso Goddess.

At the time the meeting lasted bride, King Pule Discuss Kasarung always disturbed by the monkey who always accompany the Goddess Ciptoroso. Therefore the king was angry and beat Pule Discuss Kasarung monkey. However Lutung Kasarung been ready to fight against King Pule Discuss.
Discuss with the battle of King Javan Kasarung Pule happen very exciting. But because of his supernatural powers of Luung Kasarung, eventually King Pule Discuss fall strangled and bitten by a monkey Kasarung.

When King Pule Discuss the Javan Kasarung fall instantly transformed into Raden Kamandaka, and oversized clothes directly mengenkan Kejajaan Pajajaran and confess his name Many Cotro. Now Adipatih Sand Luhur knows the truth is Kamandaka and Raden Raden Kamandaka is Cotro and Much Much Lutung Kasarung Cotro is the crown prince of the kingdom Pajajaran. And finally she mated with the Goddess Ciptoroso.

But because Raden Kamandaka already disabled at the time of cockfighting with taxable Silihwarni kris Kujang Pamungkas then Raden Kamandaka can not substitute for a prince Pajajaran.

Because Pajajaran royal tradition, that will replace the crown prince who became king should not be handicapped because Kujang Pamungkas heritage. So after he was married to the Goddess Ciptoroso, Raden Kamandaka can only be in the Sand Luhur Adipatih Replacing in-law. While those who became king in Pajajaran is a lot Blabur

The Origin of Fire

The Origin of Fire
A Folktale from Native American

Long time ago, animals and trees talked with each other, but there was no fire at that time. Fox was most clever and he tried to think of a way to create fire for the world.

One day, he decided to visit the Geese, te-tl, whose cry he wished to learn how to imitate. They promised to teach him if he would fly with them. So they contrived a way to attach wings to Fox, but cautioned him never to open his eyes while flying.

Whenever the Geese arose in flight, Fox also flew along with them to practice their cry. On one such adventure, darkness descended suddenly as they flew over the village of the fireflies, ko-na- tcic-a.

In mid-flight, the glare from the flickering fireflies caused Fox to forget and he opened his eyes--instantly his wings collapsed! His fall was uncontrollable. He landed within the walled area of the firefly village, where a fire constantly burned in the center.

Two kind fireflies came to see fallen Fox, who gave each one a necklace of juniper berries, katl-te-i-tse.
Fox hoped to persuade the two fireflies to tell him where he could find a way over the wall to the outside. They led him to a cedar tree, which they explained would bend down upon command and catapult him over the wall if he so desired.

That evening, Fox found the spring where fireflies obtained their water. There also, he discovered colored Earth, which when mixed with water made paint. He decided to give himself a coat of white. Upon returning to the village, Fox suggested to the fireflies,

"Let's have a festival where we can dance and I will produce the music."

They all agreed that would be fun and helped to gather wood to build up a greater fire. Secretly, Fox tied a piece of cedar bark to his tail. Then he made a drum, probably the first one ever constructed, and beat it vigorously with a stick for the dancing fireflies. Gradually, he moved closer and closer to the fire.

Fox pretended to tire from beating the drum. He gave it to some fireflies who wanted to help make the music. Fox quickly thrust his tail into the fire, lighting the bark, and exclaimed,

"It is too warm here for me, I must find a cooler place."

Straight to the cedar tree Fox ran, calling,

"Bend down to me, my cedar tree, bend down!"

Down bent the cedar tree for Fox to catch hold, then up it carried him far over the wall. On and on he ran, with the fireflies in pursuit.

As Fox ran along, brush and wood on either side of his path were ignited from the sparks dropping from the burning bark tied to his tail.

Fox finally tired and gave the burning bark to Hawk, i-tsarl-tsu- i, who carried it to brown Crane, tsi-nes-tso-l. He flew far southward, scattering fire sparks everywhere. This is how fire first spread over the Earth.
Fireflies continued chasing Fox all the way to his burrow and declared,

"Forever after, Wily Fox, your punishment for stealing our fire will be that you can never make use of it for yourself."

The Origin of the sun and the moon live in the sky

The Origin of the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky
A Folktale from Africa

Long time ago, the sun and water were great friends, and they both lived on the earth togther. The sun very often used to visit the water, but the water never returned the visits.

At last the sun asked the water why he never visited. The water replied that the sun's house was not big enough, and that if he came with all his people, he would drive the sun out of his home.

The water then said, "If you want me to visit you, you will have to build a very large house. But I warn you that it will have to be very large, as my people are numerous and take up a lot of room".

The sun promised to build a very large house, and soon afterwards, he returned home to his wife, the moon, who greeted him with a broad smile.

The sun told the moon what he had promised the water, and the next day, they began building a large house to entertain the water and all his people.

When it was completed, the sun asked the water to come and visit him.

When the water arrived, one of his people called out to the sun, and asked him whether it would be safe for the water to enter, and the sun answered,

"Yes, tell my friend to come in."

The water began to flow in, followed by the fish and all the other water animals.

Very soon, the water was knee-deep in the house, so he asked the sun if it was still safe, and the sun again said,

"Yes," so more of them came in.

When the water was at the level of a man's head, the water said to the sun,

"Do you want more of my people to come?"

Not knowing any better, the sun and the moon both said,

"Yes,". More and more of the water's people came in, until the sun and the moon had to sit on top of the roof.

The water once again asked the sun if it was still okay to keep coming in. The sun and moon answered yes, so more and more of the water's people came in.

The water soon overflowed the top of the roof, and the sun and the moon were forced to go up into the sky. And they have been there ever since.

The Story of The Stupid Crocodile

The Story of The Stupid Crocodile
A Folklore from South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Once upon a time, It was very hot day. A crocodile was lying on the ground. He wanted to go to the river and enjoyed the water. However, he was too weak to go there. He was waiting for an animal to help him. His wish came true. A buffalo was passing by. He asked the buffalo to helped him.

"I want to go to the river. But I am too weak. May I jump on your back and take me to the river?" asked the crocodile.

"Certainly, Mr Crocodile. I'm glad to help you," said the Buffalo.

Soon the crocodile was on top of the buffalo's back. And when they arrived at the river side, the buffalo asked the crocodile to get off.

"Not now, there is not much water here. Please go farther," said the crocodile.

The buffalo continued walking. They were almost at the middle of the river. The water was on the neck of the buffalo. The crocodile get off from the buffalo's back. Instead of saying thank you, the crocodile bit the buffalo's leg.

"Hey what are you doing?" asked the buffalo.

"I'm so hungry. You have to be my lunch!" said the crocodile.

"But it is not fair! I already helped you!"

"I don't care!" said the crocodile.

A mouse deer saw their argument. He was standing at the river side. He wanted to know what happened.

"Hey, what are you arguing about?" asked the mouse deer.

"I already helped Mr. Crocodile, but now he wants to eat me."

The mouse deer knew that the crocodile was a mean animal. He wanted to help the buffalo.

"What? I cannot hear you. Both of you are too far from me. Come closer to the ground.

Slowly, the buffalo moved his body. The crocodile was still biting his leg. And when they were on the ground, the mouse deer whispered to the buffalo's ear.

"Kick the crocodile now and run. The crocodile cannot move fast to the ground."

The buffalo immediately kicked the crocodile with his other leg. The crocodile was in pain. He opened his mouth. The buffalo was free. Soon the buffalo and the mouse deer ran fast to save their lives.

"Wait for my revenge mouse deer. I will eat you alive!" the crocodile was angry.

Several days later, the crocodile met the mouse deer.

"Aha! I will eat you now!"

"No, wait! Do you know what I'm doing here?" asked the mouse deer. He continued, "Do you see that big and shining rope over there? Well, it's not a rope. It's a magic belt. The god of the jungle asked me to guard it."

"Really? What kind of magic does this belt have?" asked the crocodile.

"Anyone who wears the belt will have great power," explained the mouse deer.

The crocodile wanted to have great power. However, he did not know that the belt was actually a big snake. And the snake was sleeping.

The crocodile asked the mouse deer to go away. And when the mouse deer left. The crocodile lifted the belt and put it around his body.

The snake was angry! He squeezed the crocodile! The crocodile was in great pain. He asked for help but no one helped him. Slowly, the crocodile died.

The Story of Yomngga and the Dragon

The Story of Yomngga and the Dragon
A Folklore from Papua, Indonesia

Long time ago there was a beautiful girl named Yomngga. She lived with her grandmother. Actually Yomngga had two sisters. But they lived in another village.

Yomngga was a kind girl. She always helped her grandmother in the field. Every morning they went to the field and they always went back home in the afternoon. Every day they took the same route. They did not know that a dragon was always looking at them when they passed by a big tree. It was the dragon's house.

The dragon was not an ordinary dragon. During the day he was a dragon, but in the evening he changed into a handsome man. A witch had curse him.

The dragon fell in love with Yomngga. However he did not know how to express his feeling. He could only stay in the trees during the days. He was afraid people would kill him if he showed himself. He wanted to visit Yomngga at night when he changed into a human. The problem was he did not know where she lived.

Finally he could not stand it anymore. When he saw Yomngga was almost passing by the big tree, the dragon got off from the tree and approached Yomngga and her grandmother.

Of course they were shocked. They got more shocked when they saw the dragon was able to talk like human.

"Don't be afraid. I will not hurt you. I just want to know where you live."

Yomngga was shacking. She did not know what to do. And after she calmed down, she told the dragon about her house. And it made the dragon happy. He then let them continue their trip.

At night the dragon came to the Yomngga's house. He came as a handsome man. At first, Yomngga was confused. But after the dragon explained about the witch, she understood.

The dragon continued to come to Yomngga's house on the following nights. Soon they fell in love and get married. Yomngga could understand that her husband always changed into a dragon during the days. The grandmother agreed with their marriage but she asked the dragon to keep on staying in the house when he became a dragon. She did not want the villagers to kill him.

Yomngga kept her marriage as their big secret. She even did not tell her two sisters.

Later Yomngga got pregnant. Her two sisters heard the news and they were very curious who her husband was. So the came to Yomngga's house. When they saw the dragon, they got very angry. And they got very angrier when they knew that the dragon was Yomngga's husband. They did not care although the dragon changed into a man at nights. They hated the dragon very much. Therefore, they planned to kill him.

One day the two sisters visited the dragon. The dragon did not know that they had prepared poisoned food. When the dragon ate the food, he died instantly.

The villagers saw the dead dragon. The two sisters told the villagers about the dragon. And when the villagers knew that the dragon was Yomngga's husband, they asked Yomngga to leave the village. Yomngga was very sad. She lost her beloved husband and she had to leave her grandmother in the village.

Yomngga left the village with a sampan (boat). She rowed it along the small river. Since then people named the river as Yomngga's river.

The Story of A Farmer and His Three Cats

The Story of A Farmer and His Three Cats
Folklore From East Java, Indonesia

THERE was a poor farmer in Madura. He lived with his wife and his children. The farmer did not have his own rice field. He worked for his neighbors' rice field. He only got small amount of money when harvest came.

The farmer really wanted to have his own rice field. However, he did not have enough money to buy a piece of land. The farmer told his wife that he wanted to go to Java. He wanted to work there and got a lot of money.

The farmer left his house with a little money. On the way of the harbor, he met an old woman. She brought three cats.

"Please help me, Sir. I'm so hungry and I don't have any money. Please buy my cats," said the old woman.

The farmer was confused. he wanted to help the woman, but if he bought her cats, he would not bring any money.

Finally, he decided to buy the cats. The woman was very happy. she gave him a small cage so the farmer could put the cats in it.

Later the farmer was on the ship. At first the cruise was good, but suddenly there was a heavy storm. The ship could not continue the cruise to Java. It harbored in Mice Island. People named it Mice Island because there were so many mice lived in the island. The nice attacked people's barn and ate their supplies. The people were hopeless. They did not know how to combat the mice.

The farmer heard about the people's problem with the mice. He remembered about his three cats. he wanted to help the people by giving them his three cats.
The people really welcomed the farmer's help. And soon the farmer released his three cats. The cats had not eaten for a long time. they were very hungry. And when the cats saw the mice, they immediately chased and ate the mice.

Slowly the number of the mice decreased. the people were very happy. They wanted to repay the farmer's kindness. They all gave him a lot of money. The farmer was extremely happy. he went back to his home in Madura.

The farmer was not poor anymore. he bought land and his own rice field. He lived happily with his family.

His neighbor was jealous with the farmer. He also wanted to have a lot of money. He heard about the Mice island. So he collected many cats and joined a ship.

Finally he arrived in Mice Island. However, the name of the island was not Mice Island anymore. Its name changed into Cat island. The three cats that the farmer brought had bred. It made the island full of cats.

And so when he offered his cats to the people, they all were laughing at him.

"What? Are you kidding?! We have too many cats here. we don't need your cats!"

He was so embarrassed. Finally he went home to Madura and brought his cats back to him.

The Legend of Nyi Banjarsari

The Legend of Nyi Banjarsari
A Folklore from Banten, Indonesia

Long time ago, there was a family, Pak Bong, his wife and his doughter named Nyi Banjarsari. They were farmers. They lived in a village.

One day, It was a rainy season. The villagers were happy, most of them were farmers. Rain would water their rice field and soon they would harvest their rice. Pak Bong was one of the farmers. He was also very happy.

He wanted to buy some clothes for himself, his wife, and his beloved daughter, Nyi Banjarsari. She was a very beautiful girl. Her parents loved her because she was very obedient. One night, Pak Bong had a terrible dream. An old man came to him and said the rain would never stop. There would be a great flood.

At first Pak Bong thought it was just a dream but he had the same dream in the following nights. He decided to tell all the villagers about his dream and asked them to evacuate on a hill not far from their village.

"Ha ha ha! You are joking, Pak Bong? How can we leave our rice field? We are going to have great harvest, remember?" Everybody was laughing at Pak Bong.

Pak Bong did not give up. He kept on asking the villagers to evacuate to the hill. Finally some villagers believed him. Together with his wife, and his daughter Nyi Banjarsari, Pak Bong and his friends went to the hill.

In the meantime, heavy rain fell days and nights. It continued until water entered the houses. The villagers were sorry they did not listen to Pak Bong and ignored his advice. Soon, the village was drowned! Pak Bong and his friends could not do anything. They were sad because their village was under water.

Then they prayed to God. They asked God how the water dried up from their village. The answer came in Pak Bong's dream. In his dream, the same old man told him how to save their village.

"If you want the water to dry up, you have to sacrifice your daughter. She has to jump into the water!" said the old man.

Pak Bong was very sad. He then told his family about his dream. His wife did not agree at all. She did not want to lose her lovely daughter.

"That's OK, Mother. If this is the only way to save our village, I would jump into the water," said Nyi Banjarsari.

Her parents could not say anything. They could not prevent their daughter from jumping into the water. Slowly, water dried up. Pak Bong and his friends then returned to their village. They built their houses and had their lives back. To show their thankfulness and gratefulness to Nyi Banjarsari, the villagers named their village into Banjarsari.

The Story of Mundus and the Snake

The Story of Mundus and the Snake
A Folklore from East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Long time ago, there was a young man named Mundus. He lived alone. His parents died a long time ago. Mundus was a farmer. He worked diligently. His neighbors liked him. Mundus always helped people whenever they needed help.

Mundus and other villagers often were hunting in the jungle. They hunted the animals and shared the meat to all villagers.

It was a beautiful day. All the men were ready to go hunting. They all brought their own weapons. When they arrived in the jungle, they separated into two big teams. There was an open land and they choose that place as their base. They would meet in that place two hours later.

Mundus and his team were walking silently. Suddenly they saw a big snake. they all prepared their weapons. In just a minute, they killed the snake.

They brought the snake to the base. the other group also already arrived. Unlike Mundus' group, they were unlucky. They did not bring animals. they all were hungry. they decided to cook the snake and prepare it for their meal. After they all finished eating, they continued their hunting. This time, Mundus did not join them. He was not feeling well, so he stayed in the base.

While he was resting, suddenly a big snake came. Mundus was so scared. The snake looked the same as the snake which was killed by his friends. Mundus thought that the snake was the mate of the dead snake. Well, he was right! The snake was exactly the mate of the dead snake.

Mundus climbed a big tree. he hoped the snake would not chase him. And Mundus saw the strange thing. The snake did not chase him. The snake came to the body of the dead snake. There were not many parts left. The meat of the snake was already eaten by Mundus and his friends. There were only the skin and the head left.

Strangely, the mate was trying to rearrange the body parts of the dead snake. And after all the parts of the body were rearrange, the mate went to the bushes. Later, the snake brought some leaves in his mouth and came to the dead snake. the mate chewed the leaves then covered the skin, the head and the bones of the snake.

Amazingly, the dead snake lived! And then, the two snakes went back to the jungle. Mandus could not believe what he saw. And when his friends came back, he told them about the snakes. They also not believe him.

On the following day, Mundus came to the jungle again. He felt that that snake was giving him a lesson on how to cure the wounds. Mundus then looked for the leaves, Mundus went home.

When he arrived, his neighbor asked for his help. The neighbor fell from the tree, and broke his leg. Mundus then chewed the leaves and covered the broken leg. Amazingly, it was cured! Mundus was very grateful. Since then, every time people had problem with broken bones, Mundus always helped them. Mundus became famous. He was known as master of curing broken bones.

The Story of Ratna Ayu Wideradin and the Monkey

The Story of Ratna Ayu Wideradin and the Monkey

A Folklore from West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom in Lombok, nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia. The king had nine beautiful daughters. However, the youngest princess was the most beautiful one. Her name was Ratna Ayu Wideradin. Other princesses were jealous. They were thinking how she just stayed inside the palace and people would not able to see her anymore.

They finally had an idea. They told the king that Princess Ratna Ayu Wideradin stole her sister's jewelry. They tried hard to influence the king and sadly the king finally believed it. He punished his youngest daughter. She was not allowed to leave the palace until she returned the jewelry. Of course it made Princess Ratna Ayu Wideradin very sad. She did not steal anything, therefore she could not return it.

Everyday, the princess just stayed inside the palace.
She was not allowed to go to other places. She was so sad. She could not play or meet her friends.

The princess spent the time by writing. She expressed her feelings on the pieces of papers. She wrote how sad she was. She wrote that she did not understand why her sisters accused her of being a thief. She never stole anything. It was a windy day.

The princess was writing in the garden. Suddenly the wind blew the papers. They all were flying to the sky. The princess tried to save the papers, however she lost one. It was flying high above the sky and it went very far from Lombok. The paper landed in a kingdom in Java! A prince accidentally got the paper and he read it.

His name was Prince Witarasari. His people loved him. He was a handsome and powerful prince. He was wise and always protected his people. The prince had supernatural power.

The prince wanted to help the princess. With his power, he went to Lombok easily. The prince knew he could not enter the palace as a prince.
So he changed himself as a monkey.

The monkey looked for the princess. When he met her, the monkey asked.

“Why do you look so sad, Princess?“

The princess was so shocked. She never saw a monkey who talked like a human before. After she calmed down, then she told the monkey why she was punished. She told him that she felt very lonely. She did not have any friends in the palace.

“Don't worry, My Princess. I will be your friend,“ said the monkey.

The sisters saw the monkey. They all were also surprised that Princess Ratna Ayu Wideradin had a talking monkey. They became more jealous.

“We have to do something. Let's ask father to hold a party. All of us should dance with our beautiful clothes. If Princess Ratna Ayu Wideradin cannot wear beautiful clothes, we will take her monkey. But first, we have to hide her beautiful clothes.“ The king agreed to his daughters' request. He held a great party and asked all his daughters to dance and that included Princess Ratna Ayu Wideradin.

When she heard about the party, Princess Ratna Ayu Wideradin was so happy. The king invited many people. Finally she could meet her friends again. However, the princess was so sad when she could not find her clothes. She had looked for her clothes everywhere, but she could not find any of them.

Suddenly the monkey came and he told her that all her clothes were hidden by her sisters. The monkey told her not to worry because he already found her clothes. He asked her if she wanted to go to the party with him. The princess said yes, she was happy to go to the party with the monkey.

Later, the monkey changed himself as Prince Witarasari.

The princess was so surprised to see the monkey changed into a handsome man. Later they went to the party. People were so amazed when they saw them. They all said that the prince and the princess were a perfect match.

The king asked who the prince was. He introduced himself and he also told the king about his daughters' bad behavior to Princess Ratna Ayu Wideradin. He could prove it.

The king was surprised when he saw the proofs. He was angry and punished all Princess Ratna Ayu Wideradin's sisters. Later Princess Ratna Ayu Wideradin and Prince Witarasari got married and they lived happily ever after.

The Legend of Batu Hapu Cave

The Legend of Batu Hapu Cave
A Folklore from South Kalimantan, Indonesia

You know? In Tapin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia, there is a tourist destination. There is a cave and people name it Batu Hapu Cave. Local people say thet there is a legend how the cave was made. Here is the story:

Long time ago, there was an old woman who lived with his only son. The woman's name was Nini Kudampai and her son's name was Angui. They were really poor Angui was still a kid. He was kind and very helpful. His father died when he was a baby. Though he was very young, he behaved like an adult. He knew he had to help his mother to earn a living. And that made his mother loved him very much.

Angui had three pets. They were a white pig, a white dog, and a white cock. He liked playing with them after helping his mother. It was a beautiful day when Angui was playing with his three pets. A rich merchant was passing Angui's house. He stopped and paid attention to the kid. He liked Angui very much. He asked some people about Angui. And when he knew that Angui came from a poor family, he wanted to adopt Angui.

The rich merchant came to Angui's house. He talked to Nini Kudampai. He told him that he wanted to adopt Angui. He promised that he would let Angui go home and live with her after Angui was was adult. And he also promised that he would give Angui a good education.

Nini Kudampai was so touched. She was in a big dilemma. She was happy that her only would get a good education, however she was also sad that she would not see son anymore. She agreed with the merchant's plan. She let him adopt her soon.

With a big ship, the merchant and Angui sailed to the city. He raised Angui very well. He sent Angui to the best school. And he also thought him how to do business. Angui was smart. He could understand everything very fast. The merchant was very happy. He slowly gave some of his business to Angui. And Angui paid the trust by giving the merchant a lot of profit.

Angui was adult, the rich merchant planned to give all his business to Angui. However the rich merchand asked Angui to get married before he could receive the entir merchant's business. And Angui agreed.

Angui had fallen in love with a girl. He knew it was time for him to get married, especially when the merchant had promised to give him all the business. He did not waste much time. Angui proposed the girl and the girl happily accepted him.

Angui and his wife were very happy. Also, they were very rich. The merchant remembered his promise to Nini Kudampai. He told Angui to go home. But Angui refused. The merchant then reminded Angui about his promised. His wife also asked Angui to go to his hometown. Angui gave up. He asked his crew to prepare his ship. They would sail to Tapin.

The news spread very fast. People were talking that Angui would go back home. His mother finally heard the news also. She brought Angui's pets, the white pig, the white dog, and the white cock.

Nini Kudampai was standing at the harbor. When she saw Angui, she called out his name. Angui saw his mother. She looked very old and shabby. He was ashamed. His wife asked him who the old woman was, but he said that he did not know her. He then asked his crew to continue sailing. The ship did not stop.
Nini Kudampai was so sad, and she was also very angry. She cursed Angui for ignoring her. She had been waiting for her son to come back. And when he arrived, he ignored and did not want to admit her as his mother.

God heard the old woman's pray. Suddenly rain fell down heavily. Thunder attacked the ship. It turned upside down! the ship finally stranded. Slowly the ship changed into a big stone. Later, the big stone slowly changed into a cave. People then named the cave as Batu Hapu Cave.

The Legend of Snake Dandaung

Once upon a time, there was a very big and famous kingdom in south Kalimantan. The kingdom was located between two mountains and passed by a very broad river. The natural resources of the kingdom are very plentiful. The kingdom was lead by a very just and wise king. He had a queen and seven beautiful daughters.
The natural resources owned by the kingdom are not used only for the king’s benefit, but for the people’s welfare. The process their fields in accordance to the rights they have. No dispute ever took place between the people. They live harmonious and peacefully.

One day, a giant bird that passed their village surprises the citizen of the kingdom.

“There’s a giant bird!” shouted villagers of the kingdom who saw the giant bird. They did not know where the giant bird that suddenly runs amuck came from. The bird was very scary; its peak is very big, shiny and sharp.

“We must fight the giant bird!” said the governor to the king. Then, the king sent thousands chosen soldiers to kill the giant bird. Many weapons aimed to the giant bird, but is was useless. Rice fields and farms were destroyed. The harmonious and peaceful country is like a country that lost a battle.

The people gather their strength and collect any weapon to fight the giant bird. Because of their solidity and cooperation between the soldiers and villagers, the giant bird was tired and stopped its attack.

The people thank God because they were avoided further damage caused by the giant bird. A couple of days later, they were surprised by a giant snake. The snake stuck out its poisonous tongue in front of the king’s family who were very afraid.

“Do not be afraid my king, I will not kill you and your family, as long as you grant my wish,” said the snake hissing. Heard what the snake said that gave sign that he will not endanger his family, the king gather some courage to speak to the snake.

“Who are you? And what do you want?” asked the king.

“My name is snake Dandaung,” the giant snake answered with respect. “I wish to take one of your daughters as my wife,” he continued.

Of course, the king, family was shocked.
Even the oldest daughter and her five sisters screamed in fright and hugged their mother. On the other hand, the king was very calm and tried to control the situation so that the condition did turn chaotic.
The king thought for a while and took his breath. He wanted the best solution for the problem, because if he took the wrong step, his life and his family will be in danger.

“I do not refuse, but I also do not accept you request,” said the king half confuse. “I must ask my daughters,” he added.

Hearing what the king answers, the snake dandaung’s eyes shone as is waiting for certainty from one of the king’s daughters. However, none of the king is daughter willing to accept snake Dandaung’s proposal.

“I do not want to marry to a disgusting snake!”

“I’d rather be dead, than to marry him,” those were the words said by the king’s daughter.

But the youngest daughter was different, not like her elder sisters.

“I am willing to be his wife,” said the youngest princes while sitting in front of his father.

Finally, youngest daughter and snake dandaung pronounced as husband and wife. The youngest daughter was mocked by her sisters, but she only replied with smile.

One night, the youngest daughter woke up from her sleep and surprised to see the one next to her was not snake dandaung, but a handsome and strong man with a king outfit.

“Do not be surprised, I am your husband. You have helped me broke the curse,” said snake Dandaung assuring.

After youngest daughter calmed down, snake Dandaung told that he was cursed because of his mistake. He would be freed from the curse if he could take a daughter’s king as his wife, and he did it. Seeing it, her six sisters regretted it. But nothing can be changed now.

Snake Dandaung was actually a very powerful person. Seeing his father in law’s kingdom destroyed he jumped into the battle himself. He searched the nest of the giant bird. There was a great battle took place.
Snake Dandaung gave all his might and finally killed the giant bird.

Since then, the village became safe and peaceful again.

History of Cats And Dogs Hostile

Cats and dogs are two of the animals we see around us always. Both of these animals have a unique characteristic and very friendly. Easily maintained and does not provide a danger to their owners since he is well maintained. But if the two is met then the situation will be very different. Will result in a very stressful situation.

There is something unique about the history of hostile for Cats And Dogs. And this has been a long time ago, up to date among cats and dogs have never gotten along.

That in a narrated history of when it will be a big flood hit the earth, As Noah invited all the faithful followers to enter the ship that was made before. The whole of his followers entered the ship that's not even the beast come into it. All the fear of seeing the state of nature that seems unfriendly, the sky was black and the wind blows hard. So thrilling heart for anyone who saw it.

When a heavy rain soaked the earth, it appears the earth is flooded with water so that ships rise above the water. When the ship sailed over the water then Noah prohibits any vessel for which there is no marriage. Because ship load will be heavier if you have children onboard.

When all has been going on longer, it seems that a dog is not able to withstand the desire to marry a female. By trying to go unnoticed, they take the time and place to do it. However, the incident became known to a cat. So the cat came to Noah and to report the act to her dog. As Noah's call the dog and denounced his actions. But the dog would not recognize his actions. Then the cat says to the Prophet Noah:

"O Nabiyullah, I saw for myself that he had done this, Had you pray to God, of his mark will appears to you, and you can see with your own eyes." Noah Prophet prayed to Allah SWT.

Dogs do not seem to deter his actions. Until one day when a pair of mating dogs, then both cannot be separated. So Noah came to meet again to report the dog's actions.

As Noah was coming to see the incident. And the dog was embarrassed over the incident had happened.

This is the effect of making dogs and cats do not get along until now.

Princess Kemuning

The Story of Princess Kemuning

Once upon a time, there was a rich and prosperous kingdom. The kingdom was lead by a humble king. The king was very wise. He lead the kingdom perfectly. All of the people in the kingdom admired and respected the king. But unfortunately, inspite of his prosperities and wealth, the queen passed away for a long time ago. The queen left ten beautiful daughters. The queen passed away when giving birth to the youngest daughter. ‘
The king named the daughter by the name of the colour. The eldest daughter named princess Merah Muda. Her sister was named Princess Jingga, Princess Nila, Princess Hijau, Princess Kelabu, Princess Oranye, Princess Merah Merona and Princess Kuning.

Clothes that they wore in accordance with their name. So as at will easier when king call them in accordance with the colour of clothes that were worn by them. From his ten daughters they were all pretty, but the youngest was rather different from her older sisters. She was not the spoilt and naughty girl. Like sister

The king was so busy arranging the palace and various activities. Because of this, the king did not have enough time to take care his children. The king then assigned the caretaker’s foster to take care of the daughters. But as a result, king’s daughters became spoilt and naughty. All day long they only playing in the lake and did not want to study.

The youngest daughter was always cheerful and smiled to everyone. She liked to go on a strip with the caretaker’s foster than with his older sisters.

One day, the king will go far. He gathered all of his daughters.

“I will carry out a long trip and needed time for quite a long time. What is the present that you wanted my dear daughters?" Asked the king.

“I want expensive jewellery,” said Princess Merah Muda.

“I want sparkling cloth silk,” Princess Oranye said. The king’s nine daughters asked for the gift that was luxurious and expensive to his father.

But princess kuning was different. He thought for a moment, the she held his father’s arms.

“Father, I only want you safely return,” she said. His older sisters laughed her.

“My daughter, that’s very kind of you. Of course, I will come back safely and the beautiful gift for you,” said the king.

Not long afterwards, the king then left the palace. He was accompanied by some soldiers.
During the king’s trip, the behavior of nine daughters was increasingly naughty and lazy. They often rebuked the caretaker’s foster and told the servant to do all they ordered. Because they were busy following the request from the pussy daughters, the attendant could not clean the palace garden. Seeing this, Princess Kuning was very sad, because the garden was favorite place of the king.

Then, Princess Kuning took the broom and began to clean the garden. Princess Kuning cleaned the dry leaves that fell on the ground, she also pulled out the wild grass, and she cut the tree twig. Not so long after that, the garden looked clean again. Actually, the caretaker’s foster did not allow her to do the job, but Princess Kuning continued to do the job.

Having seen her sister cleaned the garden, the older sisters ridiculed and laughed at her.

“Look! It seems we have a new servant,” said a person among them.

“Hi, the servant. The waste is still here!” said the other while throwing the waste.

Originally, the palace garden was already clean, but it was the palace garden was already clean, but it was full of the waste again because of that. Princess Kuning just quiet and cleared the wastes again. The incident happened repeatedly until Princess kuning felt tired.

“You were really excessive. Father should not bring anything for you. All you have to do was annoying!” said Princess Kuning angrily.

“By the way, I am bored. Let’s bathe in the lake then!” asked Princess Nila.

They left Princess Kuning alone. It was happened every day, until their father came home. When the king arrived in the palace, his nine daughters were still playing in the lake, while Princess Kuning was arranging the flower in the palace terrace. Knowing that, the king became very sad.

“My beautiful daughter, I could not give anything except green stone necklace, not the yellow colour, your favorite colour!” said king.

The king had indeed looked for the yellow stone necklace anywhere, but he could not get it.

“It’s allright father. This green stone was really pretty! Look, it looks really harmonious with my yellow clothes,” Princess Kuning said gracefully.

“The most important is father has come back. I will make a cup of tea for you father,” she said again.
When Princess kuning was making tea, her older sisters arrived. They still talked about the gift they got from their father. No one remembered about Princess Kuning. The next day, Princess Hijau saw Princess Kuning wore her new necklace.

“My sister, your green necklace to me, not you,” answered Princess Kuning. Having heard the answer, Princess Hijau became angry. She immediately looked for his relatives to incite them.

“That necklace belongs to me, but she took it from father’s pocket. We must punish her because of it!” said Princess Hijau.

They then agreed to seize the necklace. Not so long afterward, Princess Kuning emerged. Afterwards, her sister immediately caught and struck his head. But as a result, it was really bad. Because of the struck, Princess Kuning was unconscious and finally died.

“Oh my God! How is this? What did we do?” they panicked got nervous.

“We must bury her!” said Princess Jingga. Afterwards they held Princess Kuning’s body, and then buried her in the palace garden.

Princess Hijau was also burying the garden stone necklace, because she did not want it anymore. When the king looked for Princess Kuning, there was no one knew where she went. To cover his crime, her sister then was silent. Saw all silent the king was very angry.

“The guards! Search and find Princess Kuning!" He shouted.

After searching out in all the corners of the palace through days and months, no one succeeded in finding her. The king was very sad.

“I am not a good father,” he said. “Later, I will send my children to study and sharpen the character at a place far away from here!”

Then, the king sent his daughters to go to school in the far country.

After Princess Kuning was not in the palace, the king was often seen daydreaming in the palace garden. He was feeling sad to think about the Princess Kuning who was last and until now, she never returned.

One day, when the king sat in the garden, he was surprised by the existence of plants that emerged on the place where Princess Kuning was buried. The king surprised to see that.

“What plant is this? Its stick like a princess’ robe, its leaves round sparkled like the green stone necklace, its flower is white yellowish and very fragrant! This plant reminds me of my daughter, Princess Kuning. All right, I will give you name Kemuning!" Said the king sadly.

Since then, people called the plant the Kemuning Flower. The Kemuning Flower could be used to make hair fragrant.

Its stick was used to make beautiful boxes, where as its bark was made for the face powder.

Manik Angkeran and Putri Luh Cendrasari

Manik Angkeran and Putri Luh Cendrasari

(The Legend from Bali Iland, Indonesia)

In ancient live, there lived a king named Prabu Maha Sila. The king had a very beautiful daughter. Because of her beauty, she was famous throughout the country. The kings, the crown prince, or the prince fought to get the princess.

The king was very confused when much young man came to his palace. They consisted of king, princes, crown prince, adipati, even people who had supernatural power arrived wanted to propose his daughter to determine his prospective son-in-law, Prabu Maha Sila was very careful. This considering when his choice was unfair, for who was not chosen will be disappointed and made the disorder situation. Moreover possibly the war and bloodshed could happen.

“My daughter, I won’t let it happen,” Prabu Maha said to the daughter. “Ask to Hyang Maha Agung so that you choose the right man,” said Prabu Maha Sila.

Strengthened the heart of princes Luh Candrasasi.

“Father, don’t worry about that. I will choose whoever, as long as he provide my requirement,” said princess luh candrasasi.

“What requirement?” urged Prabu Maha Sila.

“Whoever can bring the white dragon eyes and its scales, he will become my husband. Whoever his person and wherever his origin,” answered Princess Luh Candrasasi. The princess Luh Candrasasi immediately told the requirement to the applicant.

“It’s really wise!” said the applicants.

Then, they immediately competed to look for the eyes and the scale of the white dragon. They spread to every corners of the country. They entered the jungles. The mountain, the valley or the cave were passed through by them. But, not a single applicant was successful. Moreover, some applicants were lost and could not return to his home.

In the meantime, apart from the Prabu Maha Sila’s royal territory, there was a young man from the common people. His name was Manik Angkeran. He heard that in the royal palace, the daughter of the king held the contest.

“Anyone who succeeded in getting the eyes and the scale of the white dragon will be accepted as his husband.”

Manik Angkeran dreamt about meeting the princess Luh Candrasasi. In his dream, Manik Angkeran fell in love with Luh Candrasasi, so did Luh Candrasasi. Seeing the reality, Manik Angkeran immediately appeared before his master in the white dragon cave. Manik Angkeran asked for a help to his master to look for the eyes and the scale of the white dragon.

“Manik Angkeran, you have to prepare to sacrifice anything for the sake of your sweetheart, will you?” asked Manik Angkeran’s master who wore white coat. Manik Angkeran promised to sacrifice all he had, the spirit and the body.

“Good. I also dare to make a sacrifice for the sake of other person that need some help,” said Manik Angkeran’s master.

“Well, now see the real of me,” said Manik Angkeran’s master. Suddenly, the master’s body changed into a white dragon.

Manik Angkeran was really shocked to see this.

“This is my original shape actually. A white dragon. Because of my serious prayer, I am allowed by god to change my body into humankind. And I must be willing to give the help to whoever need help. Moreover, with you as the pupil that I really love,” said Manik Angkeran’s master that has changed the shape became a white dragon.

The white dragon immediately pried up his two eyes by himself and shook his body hard, so as the scales on his body fell into the ground.

“Now, please receive my two eyes and ten slivers of the scale of my body. And give those immediately to your sweetheart luh candrasasi,” said white dragon.

“And remember my words, if in the future you will have the male child, give him a name “Naga Rangsang”.
Whereas, if it is a daughter, it is up to you to give her name. and now it’s time for me to see Hyang Maha Agung.

After saying this, the white dragon was disappeared. With the sad feeling, Manik Angkeran immediately took two eyes and ten scales of the white dragon. Then, he hurried to appear before Princess Luh Candrasasi.

After arriving in the palace, Manik Angkeran handed over two eyeballs and the scale of the white dragon. Of course, Princess Luh Candrasasi was happy. She had seen the person who filled the requirement that was determined. Then, not so long afterwards princess Luh Candrasasi married Manik Angkeran. Prabu Maha Sila was really relieving.

But, Manik Angkeran was sad. He often felt hopeless.

“My dear husband, why do you look sad? Anything you are thinking of?” urged Princess Luh Candrasasi.

“There’s something you have to know, my wife. In fact, my age was very short. When the sun begins to set, I must leave this world,” revealed Manik Angkeran sadly.

It can’t be described how the pain that was experienced by Luh Candrasasi. Suddenly he fainted and his soul left his body.

At the time, Luh Candrasasi saw his husband’s soul was lifted by god; the soul of Luh Candrasasi immediately pursued him.

“It is not the time for you to die?! You will die if you gave birth a son,” the God said.

“No! I want to follow my husband! “Answered the soul of Luh Candrasasi.

“I am not possible to give birth to a son, if my husband dies now. Then please give my husband back, let him to return to the world. I do not want to be apart from my husband,” said the soul of Luh Candrasasi. Hearing the request of Luh Candrasasi’s soul, god immediately granted her request.

In fact, god only tested Luh Candrasasi’s loyalty against Manik Angkeran that came from the common people. God immediately wiped off the forehead of the two souls. A miracle happened. Manik Angkeran and Luh Candrasasi’s body moved and rose slowly. They lived again. The husband and wife lived happily ever after.

End

Following is the other Story of Putri Luh Cendrasari and Manik Angkeran:

Long time ago, there was a kingdom and Prabu Maha Sila was a king. He had a beautiful daughter. Her name was Putri Luh Cendrasari. Many young men fell in love with her. They wanted to propose her to be their wife.

The king asked his daughter to choose carefully. Some of the men were princes from other kingdom. The king did not want to make the men disappointed and it would start a war.

Putri Luh Cendrasari understood. She held a competition. She would marry a man who could bring her the eyes and the scales of a white dragon. All the participants agreed. They started to look for a white dragon.

It was not easy to find a white dragon. Some of them climbed the mountains and some of them swam in the sea. However they still could not find the white dragon. One by one the participants gave up.

One of the participants was Manik Angkeran. He was not a prince. He was just a villager. Manik Angkeran really wanted to marry Putri Luh Cendrasari. Actually the princess also fell in love with Manik Angkeran.

She really hoped he could win the copetition. Manik Angkeran went to his teacher in his cave. The teacher was meditating. Manik Angkeran told his teacher about Putri Luh Cendrasari and the competition.

"What will you do to win the competition?" asked the teacher.

"I will do anything, Master. If I have to sacrifice my soul, yes... I will do it," said Manik Angkeran.

"I really admire your persistence. I can see that you really love her. And I also really love you, Manik Angkeran. And I will do anything to make you happy."

The teacher continued, "Actually I am a white dragon. Gods allowed me to be human," said the teacher.

Later an amazing things happened. The teacher slowly turned into a white dragon. Manik Angkeran was very surprised. He did not know that his teacher actually a white dragon.

The white dragon took out his eyes and shook his body. The scales fell off. He gave his eyes and his scales to Manik Angkeran. Then the white dragon disappeared. He went back to heaven.

Manik Angkeran was very sad. He lost his beloved teacher. He immediately went to the palace. The princess was happy. The winner was Manik Angkeran. They soon got married.

Not long after that the princess was pregnant. Everybody was happy except Manik Angkeran. He knew he had to fulfill his promise. He would die soon.

Manik Angkeran was talking to Putri Luh Cendrasari. Suddenly he fell down. Putri Luh Cendrasari saw the gods took manik Angkeran's spirit.

She cried. She asked gods not to take her husband. She told gods that she wanted to follow her husband. She also wanted to die.

The Gods answered, "It's not your time to die. You are pregnant."

"But I really want to be with my husband," said the princess.

Actually the gods did not want to take Manik Angkeran's spirit. They just want to test the princess if she really loved him, knowing that he was just a villager, The gods answered her request. Slowly Manik Angkeran came back to life.

He lived again. Since then Manik angkeran and Putri Luh Cendrasari lived happily ever after.

Ajisaka - The Legend from Java Island

Ajisaka

(The Legend from Java Island, Indonesia)

Once upon a time, there was a young man named Ajisaka. He had two followers, Dora and Sembada. They sailed from their country, Hindustan. They used sailing boat and went south. Ajisaka had heard a beautiful island named Jawa Dwipa. Jawa Dwipa was a rich island. He was so interested with this island.

Unfortunately, the weather was bad. There was also a storm and their boat was crashed. After a few months was floating in the sea, their boat was finally canst on the island named Majeti.

“There were no people in this island, it was so quiet,” said Ajisaka.

“What is the name of the island, master?” asked Dora.

“Well, I don’t know. We haven’t meet some one yet. So we can’t asked about the name of this island,” replied Ajisaka.

“Why don’t we give name of this island, master” Sembada gave advice.

“Yes, I will give name for this island, the name is Majeti island,” said Ajisaka.

They took some relax and repaired the crashed boat, when the boat was ready, the went away. But, unfortunately Sembada was sick, so he was left in the island.

When they started their journey, Ajisaka told something to Sembada, without Dora’s knowing, Ajisaka give him magic dagger.

“Sembada, please bring this dagger to protect yourself. When I arrived in Jawa Dwipa, I will be back here to pick you up. Remember, don’t give this dagger to anybody, except me,” said Ajisaka.

“Yes, master. I will remember that,” replied Sembada.

After that, Ajisaka and Dora left Majeti island. The boat dock to Jawa Dwipa island. After got off from the island, Ajisaka and Dora visited a house, owned by an old widow.

“What is the name of this village, Nyai ?” asked Ajisaka.

“It is Sengkeran village,” said the old widow.

“And the country?” asked Ajisaka again.

“Medang!” said her.

The woman was called as Nyai Sengkeran by Ajisaka. Nyai Sengkeran felt happy with Ajisaka and Dora’s coming. She lived alone. She regarded the two men as his own son.

Ajisaka helped Nyai Sengkeran worked in her ricefield. Ajisaka was a good and well-mannered the man. All of the villagers liked him.

“It is really a nice village. I liked to live here. And, the villagers is so friendly,” Ajisaka said to one of the villagers.

“Yes, it is. But, the villagers always feel afraid and worried,” replied the villagers.

“Why they feel afraid?” asked Ajisaka.

“Well, the King of Medang is very cruel,” answered Nyai Sengkeran.

“Really, what he had done to the villager?” asked Ajisaka.

“He always asks for the villager to be his meal. It is very scary. We are always worried to wait when is our turn to be his meal,” said the villager sadly.

“He’s really a cruel King, this I s terrible,” said Ajisaka.

Ajisaka wanted to meet and knew the King Dewata Cengkar.

“I want to meet King Dewata Cengkar and become his follower,” said Ajisaka.

The villagers and Nyai Sengkeran warned Ajisaka that what he want to do was a really dangerous thing. But Ajisaka still wanted to do his plan. He wanted to be close to Dewata Cengkar, and some day he would beat the King, so the villagers didn’t feel afraid anymore.

One day, several commanders of the Medang Kingdom visited Sengkeran village. The villagers felt so afraid. If the commanders visited the village, it meant that there would be one of the villager who became Prabu Dewata Cengkar’s meal. Ajisaka comforted the villagers. He instructed the villagers to stay at Nyai Sengkeran’s house.

When the commanders saw Ajisaka, they arrested Ajisaka.

They wanted to bring Ajisaka to the palace and became Prabu Dewata Cengkar’s meal.

And then Ajisaka was brought to the palace. All of the villagers felt sad. But, Dora comforted her. He said that the villagers no need to be worried, because Ajisaka was a strong man and had a great supernatural power.

Prabu Dewata Cengkar was a giant. His body was huge and scary. His face was ugly. But Ajisaka didn’t feel afraid of him. When Prabu Dewata Cengkar asked Ajisaka to be his meal, Ajisaka proposed a requirement.

“before you eat me, can I ask one thing?” asked Ajisaka.

“what do you want? just say it!!!” scolded Dewata Cengkar. His voice was like a thunder.

“I just want to ask a piece of land as wide as my turban!!” Ajisaka showed his turban.

Dewata Cengkar agreed with Ajisaka’s requirement. Ajisaka asked Dewata Cengkar did what Ajisaka’s said.

But, there was a miracle. When the turban was pulled, it seemed longer and longer. Prabu Dewata Cengkar kept going back to pull Ajisaka’s turban. Miraculously, Ajisaka’s turban was getting longer and longer. Prabu Dewata Cengkar finally arrived on the edge of south sea which was really sheer, Ajisaka pulled out the turban until Prabu Dewata Cengkar fell into the sea. After that, Dewata Cengkar transformed himself into a white crocodile.

After a battle between Ajisaka and Dewata Cengkar, which finally was won by Ajisaka, the citizen of Medang Kingdom felt secure from fear. They admired Ajisaka as their hero, Ajisaka event was crowned as the new King of Medang Kingdom.

Unfortunately, he had no weapon. As a King, he must have a weapon. He remembered about the dagger in Majeti island. Ajisaka instructed Dora to take the dagger. Dora obeyed what Ajisaka instructed.

And then Dora went to Majeti island. At Majeti island Dora met Sembada and told what Ajisaka was said. Dora asked for the dagger. But Sembada refused it. Sembada also said that Ajisaka told him not to give the dagger to anyone except Ajisaka himself. That’s why Sembada refused to give the dagger to Dora.

They argued their opinion. Both of them actually was right, because both were carried on what their leader said. Finally, they fought to defend their opinion. Both of them was powerful. They killed each other. Then both of them were dead.

Meanwhile, Ajisaka felt that there was something happened. And it was a bad instinct. He finally went to Majeti island to see what happened. He was so shocked when he saw both of his followers were dead. He regretted what happened. To give a honour to Dora and Sembada, he carved Javanese letter in a stone.

The letters are : ha na ca ra ka da ta sa wa la pa dha ja ya nya ma ga ba tha nga.

ha na ca ra ka             : There were two messengers.

da ta sa wa la              : They fought

pa dha ja ya nya          : Both of them were strong

ma ga ba tha nga        : They were dead

Cinderella

Cinderella

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Cinderella. She lived with her three sisters and her mother. She was a diligent girl. Unfortunately, her mother paid most attention to Cinderella’s sisters rather than Cinderella. While Cinderella was cooking, her sisters went to the party. When they came home from the party, Cinderella was sweeping the floor. These kind or treatment had been usual for Cinderella.

One day, a handsome prince came to the village. He announced that he would hold a party at his palace that night. Cinderella’s sisters were walking on the street when the prince announced it. They were happy to hear that because they intended to attract the prince’s attention. So, they hurried home and tried the best clothes they had for the party. Cinderella who was cleaning the house heard the announcement too. She really wanted to come but she did not have any party clothes. She felt sad but there was nothing she could do.

That night, Cinderella’s mother and her three sisters went to the Prince’s palace. They were laughing and talking along the road imagining that the Prince would choose one of them to be his wife.

Cinderella was crying when suddenly she watched a light came into her. That light was an angel who came to help Cinderella. She said that she would give Cinderella clothes and glass shoes for the party. Cinderella was happy to hear that. But, she only had midnight because she would change into normal again at that time.

After she put on the clothes, Cinderella went to the party. She became the center of attention because of her beauty. The Prince fell in love with her and asked her to dance. When Cinderella was dancing with him, her sisters jealous and grumbled. At midnight, Cinderella seemed worried and hurriedly went home. She did not realize she had left her glass shoes at the party.

The next morning, the Prince announced he would marry the girl whose feet fitted into the shoes. Every girl in town tried the shoes. But, no one filled into the shoes. When Cinderella tried the shoes, her feet fitted completely. The prince seemed happy because he had found his dream girl. Finally, they were married and lived happily everafter.

Cinderella other version

The Prince and The Dragon

The Prince and The Dragon

     There was once a great and noble King whose land was terrorized by a crafty dragon. Like a massive bird of prey the scaly beast delighted in ravaging villages with his fiery breath. Hapless victims ran from their burning homes only to be snatched into the dragon's jaws or talons. Those devoured instantly were deemed more fortunate than those carried back to the creature's lair to be devoured at the dragon's leisure. The King led his sons and knights in many valiant battles against the serpent. Each time they wounded the dragon and he retreated to his hidden lair deep in the mountains. While he healed, the kingdom would be at peace for a time.

"Take courage," the King told his people. "One day the dragon will be slain."

     Riding alone in the forest during a period of calm, one of the King's sons heard his name purred low and soft. In the shadows of the ferns and trees, curled among the boulders, lay the dragon. The creature's heavy lidded eyes fastened on the prince, and the reptilian mouth stretched into a friendly smile. "Don't be alarmed," said the dragon as gray wisps of smoke rose lazily from his nostrils. "I am not what your father thinks."

     "What are you, then?" asked the prince, warily drawing his sword as he kept his fearful horse from bolting by pulling in the reins.

     "I am pleasure," said the dragon. "Ride on my back and you will experience more than you ever imagined. Come now. I have no harmful intentions. I seek a friend, someone
to share flights with me. Have you never dreamed of flying? Never longed to soar in the clouds?" The sunlight glistened with an iridescent sheen on the dragon's metallic green scales. "Bring your sword for security if you wish, but I give my word no harm will come to you."

     Visions of soaring high above the forested hills drew the prince hesitantly from his horse. The dragon unfurled one great webbed wing to serve as a ramp to his ridged back.
Between the spiny projections the prince found a secure seat. Then the creature's powerful wings snapped twice and launched them into the sky. Once aloft the dragon
wafted effortlessly on the wind streams.

     The prince's apprehension melted into awe and exhilaration. From then on, he met the dragon often, but secretly, for how could he tell his father, brothers, or the knights that he had befriended the enemy? The prince felt separate from them all. Their concerns were no longer his concerns. Even when he wasn't with the dragon he spent less time with those he loved and more time alone.

     The skin on the prince's legs became calloused from gripping the ridged back of the dragon, and his hands grew rough and hardened. He began wearing gloves to hide the malady. After many nights of riding, he discovered scales growing on the backs of his hands as well. With dread he realized his fate were he to continue, and so he resolved to return no more to the dragon.

    But, after a fortnight, he again sought out the dragon, having been tortured with desire. And so it transpired many times over. No matter what his determination, the prince eventually found himself pulled back, as if by the cords of an invisible web. Silently, patiently, the dragon always waited.

     One cold, moonless night their excursion became a foray against a sleeping village. Torching the thatched roofs with fiery blasts from his nostrils, the dragon roared with delight when terrified victims fled from their burning homes. Swooping in, the serpent belched again and flames engulfed a cluster of screaming villagers. The prince closed
his eyes tightly in an attempt to shut out the carnage, but the agonized cries and smell of burning flesh assailed him. The dragon's long neck snaked and spasmed as he crunched bone and devoured his roasted prey. The prince retched and clung miserably to his spiny perch.

     In the predawn hours, when the prince crept back from his dragon trysts, the road outside his father's castle usually remained empty. But, not tonight. Terrified refugees streamed into the protective walls of the castle. The prince walked among bedraggled women carrying wailing children with gashes from the dragon's talons. Some victims, too badly wounded or burned to walk, were brought in carts or dragged on makeshift pallets.

   The prince's heart was torn. Their pain brought tears to his eyes and shame to his soul. "What have I become?" he asked himself. At that moment, he wanted even more desperately to be free of the dragon. Perhaps his father, in all his wisdom, could help. But the prince feared that the truth would make him abhorrent in his father's sight.
Surely he would be disowned, exiled, or perhaps even condemned to death.

     The castle bustled with frantic activity to care for the refugees thronged in the courtyard. The prince attempted to slip through the crowd to close himself in his chambers, but some of the survivors stared and pointed toward him.

     "He was there," one woman cried out, "I saw him on the back of the dragon." Others nodded their heads in angry agreement. Horrified, the prince saw that his father, the
King, was in the courtyard holding a bleeding child in his arms. The King's face mirrored the agony of his people as his eyes found the prince's. The son fled, hoping to escape into the night, but the guards apprehended him as if he were a common thief. They brought him to the great hall where his father sat solemnly on the throne. The people on every side railed against the prince.

     "Banish him!" he heard one of his own brothers angrily cry out.

     "Flay him!"

     "Burn him alive!" other voices shouted.

     As the King rose from his throne, bloodstains from the wounded shone darkly on his royal robes. The crowd fell silent in expectation of his decree. The prince, who could not bear to look into his father's face, stared at the flagstones of the floor.

     "Take off your gloves and your tunic," the King commanded. The prince obeyed slowly, dreading to have his metamorphosis uncovered before the kingdom. Was his shame not already great enough? He had hoped for a quick death without further humiliation. Sounds of revulsion rippled through the crowd at the sight of the prince's thick, scaled skin and the ridge growing along his spine.

     The King strode toward his son and the prince steeled himself, fully expecting a back-handed blow even though he had never been struck so by his father.

     Instead, his father embraced him and wept as he held him tightly. In shocked disbelief, the prince buried his face against his father's shoulder.

     "Do you wish to be freed of the dragon, my son?"

     The prince answered in despair, "I have wished it many times, but there is no hope for me."

     "Not alone," said the King. "You cannot win against the serpent alone."

     "Father, I am no longer your son. I am half beast," sobbed the prince.

     But his father replied, “My blood runs in your veins. My nobility has always been stamped deep within your soul. Nothing can take that from you.”

     With his face still hidden tearfully in his father's embrace, the prince heard the King instruct the crowd, "The dragon is crafty. Some fall victim to his wiles and some to his violence. There will be mercy for all who wish to be freed. Who else among you has ridden the dragon?"

     The prince lifted his head to see someone emerge from the crowd. To his amazement, he recognized an older brother, one who had been lauded throughout the kingdom for his onslaughts against the dragon in battle and for his many good deeds. Others came, some weeping, others hanging their heads in shame. The sister who was known for her beautiful singing came, tearfully removing her slippers to reveal spiked scales on her feet.

     The King embraced them all.

     "This is our most powerful weapon against the dragon," he announced. "Truth. No more hidden flights. Alone you cannot resist him. Together you will prevail, for you draw strength from one another. Those of you who think yourselves immune to the serpent's wiles, beware lest you be the next to fall. Those ensnared, you must desire freedom more than the dragon's flight. The struggle will be long and fierce. Over time, you will choose more often against the dragon than for him until finally you go to him no more."

     "Will the scales then be gone as well?" asked the sister, looking at her bared feet.

     "No, my child," the King answered gently. "But, in time, they will fade. And one day, when the dragon is finally slain, all traces of the scales will disappear."

     "Death to the dragon!" someone yelled from the crowd and a great cheer rose up in chorus, "Death to the dragon! Long live the King!”

The Legend of Pirate Alligator

The Legend of Pirate Alligator

Once upon a time, there was a River called Tulang Bawang River, which well, known for its wild alligators that live along the River. The wilderness of the alligators often disturbs the villager’s shipping activities. Often heard many people disappeared as if swallowed by earth, left without any news.

One day, people are troubled with another missing person news. The missing person name was Aminah. The strange thing was even though all villagers of the Tulang Bawang River bank were looking for her, they did not find any trace, as if she was gone swallowed by the earth.

In a far and hidden place, within a very big cave Aminah was laying. She was recovered from collapse. She was very surprised to see the cave was filled with very valuable object. There were diamond, gold, jewels and beautiful dresses. The object sparks very bright lights. Still shocked, in the corner of the cave she heard a very heavy voice that surprised her even more. Aminah dragged her body to move further from the beast.

“Do not fear me beautiful girl! Even though I appear as an alligator, I am a man like you. I was cursed to become an alligator because of my evil deeds. My name is Somad, I was once a skilled pirate in Tulang Bawang River".

The alligator continued. “Once I always robbed every merchant who passed here. I kept all my loots here in this cave. If I need food I take a little of this treasure and sell it in a village market by River. No one knows I have built a tunnel on the other side of this cave. The tunnel connects this cave with the village”.

Unrealized, the pirate alligator revealed the secret of the hidden cave where he lives. Thoroughly, Aminah listened very carefully and remember the valuable information. The alligator then gave her a present of some jewels. He hoped that Aminah will stay with him. But Aminah’s hope to be back to her village and see her family is very strong.

“Stay with me for a while. I will fulfill anything you ask for” the alligator asked.
"Look at my treasure, there is plenty of it. You can take anything you want,” he persuaded.

Afraid, Aminah said, “Sorry, alligator. I have to get back home soon, my father and mother must be looking for me if keep stay in this cave,”

On one occasion, the alligator was careless. Because his stomach was full, he was slept and forgot to close the cave door. Carefully and a little bit worried Aminah got out from the cave by walking on her tiptoes. Behind the cave, she found a dark and long hallway. After some time walking the hall, she saw a burst of light coming though. She followed the light. How happy she was to find the end of the hallway leading to a hill, and then she walked out of the hall.

Not long walking, Aminah was helped by the villagers who were looking for rattan. For compensation, Aminah gave present of jewels she has with her. Aminah then returned to her village safely.

The Legend of Ruai Bird

The Legend of Ruai Bird
A Folklore from West Kalimantan, Indonesia

A long time ago, there was a kingdom in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. The King had seven daughters. The queen had passed away. The king did not want to remarry.

The seven daughters were beautiful. However, the youngest daughter was the most beautiful. She was also the kindest. She often helped other people. Her sisters were very much different. They were lazy. They also had bad attitude. They were cruel to people.

The king knew about his daughters behaviours. He often advise his older daughter to behaviours. He often advise his older daughters to behave like the youngest daughter. Sadly, they never listened to the king's advice. They hated their youngest sister because the king often praised her good behaviour.

The older daughters often did terrible things to the youngest daughter. They often hit her. She was very sad. She often cried. She could not tell it to her father because her older sisters always intimidated her. They would hit her even harder if she told their father.

One day, the king asked all her daughters to meet him.

"I'm going to the neighboring kingdom. I'll go for several months. While I'm gone, my youngest daughter will rule the kingdom. Do you understand?" asked the king.

"Yes, we do, Father, "said all the daughters.

The older daughters were angry. They very upset about their youngest sister was asked to rule the kingdom.

After the king left, they planned something bad. They wanted to get rid of their youngest sister. They pretended to be nice to her. The youngest daughter was happy. Finally, her older sisters were nice to her.

The older sisters asked her to go fishing. They asked to go to Gua Batu or a stone cave. There was a river flowing inside the cave. And there were a lot of fish in that river.

The youngest daughter was so happy when they finally arrived at the cave. She did not know that her sisters were going to do something bad to her.

"Hurry up, let's go inside the cave. You can find a lot of fish inside the cave," said the oldest daughter.

The youngest was so eager. As she went inside the cave, she did not know that her sisters stayed outside the cave. They kept on asking her to go inside the cave.

She kept on walking until she was lost! She was calling out all her sisters, but they did not respond. She then understood that her sisters did not want her to rule the kingdom anymore.

She was very sad. She cried. Suddenly an old man came. He was a holy man. He was meditating in the cave. She changed her tears into eggs.

"Don't worry, I can help you. You can go back to the kingdom but you have to change into a bird. I name you Ruai Bird. After that, Brood these eggs. After they hatch, the birds will accompany you," said the old man.

She agreed. Slowly she changed into a beautiful bird. And after all the eggs were hatched, they went back to the kingdom. They all stayed at the tree near the kingdom. They all saw how the king punished the older sisters.

The Legend of Tanjung Menangis

The Legend of Tanjung Menangis / Cape Weeps
A Folklore from Maluku, Indonesia

A long time ago, there was a great kingdom in Halmahera. The people were sad. The king just died. He was a great king. He was kind and very wise. The people loved him very much.

The king had three children, two sons and one daughter. The son were Baginda Arif and Baginda Binaut, while the daughter was Putri baginda Nuri.

The queen talked to commander of the soldiers. They were discussing about the next king. According to the rule, the first child would be the next king. Therefore, they were preparing a ceremony to inaugurate Baginda Arif to be the new king.

Baginda Binaut heard they conversation. Actually, he had an ambition. He also wanted to be the king. He had a plan. Secretly, he talked to the commander and consequently the commander had to send the queen, Baginda Arif and Baginda Nuri to jail.

The commander agreed. He send them to the jail. The queen, the prince and the princess were very sad. Baginda Binaut told the people that his mother, his brother and his sister were drowned in the sea.

"Binaut is really ungrateful. He is really a bad person," said Baginda Arif.

"Be patient, my child. God will help us," said the queen.

Then Baginda Binaut became the new king. Unlike his father, he was very cruel. He asked his people to pay high taxes. The people suffered. They complained but they could not do anything. The soldiers would hurt them.

However, not all the soldiers wanted to follow Baginda Binaut. One of the soldier decided to leave the palace. His name was Bijak. He made his own troops. He knew the queen, the prince and the princess were in jail. He wanted to set them free.

On one night, Bijak and his troops attacked the jail. He wanted to set them free.

They succeeded! Then he planed to attacked the palace. But the queen did not agree. She did not want to see her own people fighting. The queen then prayed to god.

Not long after that, the mountain erupted. The lava was flowing. It flowed to the palace. The people were running to save their life. Baginda Binaut was also running. Amazingly, wherever he was running, the lava always followed him.

Baginda Binaut was really scared. While he was running, he was thinking of his mother, brother and his sister. He screamed for help.

"Mother, please help me!" He went to the jail but they were not there. He was really panicked because the lava was getting closer to him.

"Help! Help!" screamed Baginda Bimaut but not one helped him.

Finally, Baginda Binaut could not run anymore. He was exhausted and he arrived at the sea. He could not go back to the land because it was full of lava. Then he swam to the sea.

Because he was very tired, he could not swim. He was drowned. Slowly, his body turned into a cape. The people often heard someone crying from the cape, therefore they named it the crying cape or Tanjung Menangis.

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