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The Story of Sangkuriang and Tangkuban Perahu Mountain

Once, there was a kingdom in Priangan Land. Lived a happy family. They were a father in form of dog,his name is Tumang, a mother which was called is Dayang Sumbi, and a child which was called Sangkuriang.

One day, Dayang Sumbi asked her son to go hunting with his lovely dog, Tumang. After hunting all day, Sangkuriang began desperate and worried because he hunted no deer. Then he thought to shot his own dog. Then he took the dog liver and carried home.

Soon Dayang Sumbi found out that it was not deer lever but Tumang's, his own dog. So, She was very angry and hit Sangkuriang's head. In that incident, Sangkuriang got wounded and scar then cast away from their home.

Years go bye, Sangkuriang had travel many places and finally arrived at a village. He met a beautiful woman and felt in love with her. When they were discussing their wedding plans, The woman looked at the wound in Sangkuriang's head. It matched to her son's wound who had left severall years earlier. Soon she realized that she felt in love with her own son.

She couldn't marry him but how to say it. Then, she found the way. She needed a lake and a boat for celebrating their wedding day. Sangkuriang had to make them in one night. He built a lake. With a dawn just moment away and the boat was almost complete. Dayang Sumbi had to stop it. Then, she lit up the eastern horizon with flashes of light. It made the cock crowed for a new day.

Sangkuriang failed to marry her. She was very angry and kicked the boat. It felt over and became the mountain of Tangkuban Perahu Bandung.

  

  

Story of Aji Saka and Dewata Cengkar

 Many, many years ago, the kingdom of Medangkamulan was ruled by a king named Dewata-chengkar. This king had a strange and frightening habit. He liked to eat human  beings.

 One day, a young traveler arrived in the kingdom.He was called Ajisaka. Ajisaka took shelter in the house of a widow who quickly came to look upon the young man as her own son. When he heard of the king's strange appetite, Ajisaka sympathized with the villagers' plight and immediately volunteered to become the king's next meal.

 Ajisaka went directly to the king's palace.“I am willing to be your next meal. Your Highnees. However, I have a request.“ said Aji Saka to the king. “Whatever you please, young man, I will grant your request,“ the king replied. “Before you eat me, grant me some land. Just enough length of my own headcloth.“ continued Aji Saka. “Come, Young Man. Let's measure your headcloth so that I can have my meal and you can have your land“ agreed the king.

  Ajisaka began to unwrap the cloth tied around his head. The king got down from his throne and hold one end of the headcloth. He stepped backward. What he didn't know was that this headcloth was much longer. The king kept going backward, step by step, as the cloth kept unraveling. He stepped backward through the palace square, backward across the village, holding the end of Ajisaka's headcloth. The king kept stepping backward until reached the sea cliftts of the sea.

  A great crowd of people had gathered. They held their breath as their king took his final step backward over the cliff's edge and plunged into the waves crashing againts the rocks at the foot of the sea wall.

The Legend Of Rawa Pening

  Once upon a time , there was a little poor boy came into a little village. He was verry hungry and weak. He knocked at every door and asked for some food. But nobody cared about him. Nobody wanted to help the little boy.

  Finally, a generous women helped him. She gave him shelter and a meal. When the boy wanted leave. This old women gave him a “lesung”, a big wooden mortar for pounding rice. She remided him “please remember,if there is a flood you must save yourself. Use this “lesung” as aboat” The “lesung” was happy and thanked the old women. The little boy countinued his journey. While he was passing though the village. He saw many people gathering on the field. The boy come closer and saw a stick stuck in the ground. Poeple challenged each other to pull out that stick. Everybody tried, but nobody succeeded. “can I try?” asked the little boy wanted to try his mockingly. The boy wanted to try his luck so the stepped forward and pulled out the stick. He could easily. Everybody was dumbfounded.

Suddnely, from the hole left by stick, woter spouted out.  It did not stop until it flooded the village. And no one was saved from the water exceped the little boy and the generous old women who gave him shalter and meal. As she told him, he used the “lesung ”as a boat and picked up the old woman. The whole village became a huge lake. It is now know as rawa pening lake in salatiga ,central java,indonesia.