Legends by Ragil Brahmanto https://padlet.com/ragilmanto56/q80d1rnaml0iaski There is stories in everything en-us 2021-10-24 12:45:59 UTC 2025-11-11 00:27:03 UTC hello@padlet.com Lake Toba ragilmanto56 https://padlet.com/ragilmanto56/q80d1rnaml0iaski/wish/2547806610 In one village of North Sumatera, there lived a poor farmer named Toba. One day, he went fishing. Luckily, he got a beautiful goldfish. He carried it home then planned to cook it. When he got home, the fish turned into a beautiful woman.

The woman told him that she was cursed. She asked Toba to keep it as a secret. Toba agreed it only with one condition that she would marry him. Then they got married and soon had one child named Samosir. This boy liked to eat much food.

One day, mother asked Samosir to bring lunch to father. On the way to rice field, he stopped and ate most of food. After that, he gave the rest of food to his father. Toba was very angry and shouted at Samosir “You, a fish kid, you are so greedy!” Samosir cried and ran toward his mother. He asked mother why father called him a fish kid.

The woman was really upset that Toba broke his promise. Mother and son disappeared. Soon there were springs that caused a vast lake. It’s called Toba Lake. A land in the middle of Toba Lake is called Samosir Island.

]]> 2023-04-09 02:38:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ragilmanto56/q80d1rnaml0iaski/wish/2547806610 Prambanan Temple ragilmanto56 https://padlet.com/ragilmanto56/q80d1rnaml0iaski/wish/2547806945 Once upon a time, there was a powerful prince named Bandung Bondowoso. In a war, Bandung Bondowoso killed Prabu Baka. Then, Bandung Bondowoso fell in love with Prabu Baka’s daughter named Roro Jonggrang.

Bondowoso wanted to marry this beautiful princess. However, princess hated him because he had killed her father. Roro Jonggrang was thinking of a way to refuse Bodowoso’s marriage proposal. Finally, she decided to marry Bandung Bondowoso if he could build a thousand temples before dawn.

Being helped by genies, Bondowoso built many temples very fast. Roro Jonggrang wanted to fail him. She asked all women in her village to hit rice so rooster crowed signing that morning was coming. All genies left their project until 999 temples. They thought morning came afterward.

Finally, Bondowoso knew that Roro Jonggrang tricked him. He got very angry so he cursed Roro Jonggrang into a rock statue “Arca”. Roro Jonggrang statue is inside Candi Prambanan to complete the project of a thousand temples.

]]> 2023-04-09 02:40:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ragilmanto56/q80d1rnaml0iaski/wish/2547806945 Crying Stone ragilmanto56 https://padlet.com/ragilmanto56/q80d1rnaml0iaski/wish/2547807512 On a hill in area of Borneo, there lived a poor widow and her daughter. The girl was really beautiful. However, she was very lazy and spoiled. She loved to dress up every day, but never helped her mother.

One day, they went down to a village for shopping. A market was far away from their house. They walked there. The girl got dressed very nice and walked in front of her mother. While the widow walked behind, carried a basket, wore dirty clothes. Nobody knew they were mother and daughter.

While entering village, people looked at them. Young men were so fascinated by girl’s beauty. However, she was in contrast to a woman walking behind her. It made people wonder. Some young men asked her whether woman was her mother. But girl arrogantly replied that she was her maid. More people asked her along the way to market. She gave a same answer that widow was her slave.

Eventually, mother’s heart hurt to hear her daughter’s answer. Mother prayed to God to punish her ungodly daughter. Suddenly, girl stopped then slowly turned to be a stone. Daughter cried; she apologized to his mother. But it was too late. A pretty girl was turned into a stone but continued to tear; it’s called A Crying Stone.

]]> 2023-04-09 02:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ragilmanto56/q80d1rnaml0iaski/wish/2547807512 Tangkuban Parahu ragilmanto56 https://padlet.com/ragilmanto56/q80d1rnaml0iaski/wish/2547808192 On a land of Parahyangan, there lived a beautiful princess named Dayang Sumbi. Because of her oath, she had to marry a dog named Tumang. Dayang Sumbi with her dog lived happily and blessed with a boy, Sangkuriang. The boy didn’t know that their dog was his father.

One day, Dayang Sumbi asked Sangkuriang with his dog to hunt a deer. Sangkuriang got nothing. He did not want to disappoint his mother. He decided to kill his dog. Dayang Sumbi thought it was venison. After knowing the truth, Sangkuriang was hit and expelled by his mother.

Sangkuriang grew overseas into a powerful handsome man. Then, he met Dayang Sumbi then fell in love with her. One day before wedding, Dayang Sumbi realized that Sangkuriang was her son. Dayang Sumbi wanted to thwart their marriage. She gave a condition to make a dam that covered the entire hill and to make a boat during one night.

Sangkuriang agreed then worked with help of many genies. The dam and boat were almost finished. Dayang Sumbi prayed to God. The roosters crowed so all genies left that job. Sangkuriang realized that he had been tricked. He was angry; he kicked that boat into the middle of a forest. Then, that boat shaped like a mountain. That is the legend of Tangkuban Parahu.

]]> 2023-04-09 02:45:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ragilmanto56/q80d1rnaml0iaski/wish/2547808192 Bali Strait ragilmanto56 https://padlet.com/ragilmanto56/q80d1rnaml0iaski/wish/2547808728 In Daha kingdom there lived a powerful Brahmin named Sidi Mantra. Her son’s name was Manik Angkeran. Manik Angkeran liked to gamble. One day, Manik Angkeran could not pay the debt. He asked help to father.

Loving his son, Sidi Mantra fasted then prayed to the God. A mysterious voice asked him to meet Naga Besukih at Agung Mount. By ringing a genta, Naga Besukih came and gave gold as well as diamonds from his scales. Soon, Manik Angkeran finished all gold and diamonds. He asked help to his father again. Sidi Mantra came to Naga Besukih. This time, Manik Angkeran secretly followed Sidi Mantra.

A few days later, Manik Angkeran stole father’s genta then came to Naga Besukih. Manik Angkeran got gold and diamonds. But he was not satisfied. Manik Angkeran saw a big gem at the end of dragon’s tail. When Naga Besukih turned toward a cave, Manik Angkeran immediately cut off dragon’s tail then ran away.

Naga Besukih was furious then licked Manik Angkeran’s footprints. Then he turned into ashes. Sidi Matra was aware of this situation; he begged Naga Besukih to revive his son. Naga Besukih agreed if his tail was back. With magic, Sidi Mantra returned dragon’s tail back to normal. Then, Naga Besukih revived Manik Angkeran.

Sidi Mantra knew that he could not live with Manik Angkeran anymore. With a magical wand, Sidi Mantra made a line that separated him from son. There came springs growing into a sea. This is the legend of Bali Strait separating Java from Bali.

]]> 2023-04-09 02:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ragilmanto56/q80d1rnaml0iaski/wish/2547808728 Legend of Mount Bromo ragilmanto56 https://padlet.com/ragilmanto56/q80d1rnaml0iaski/wish/2547809783 Long long time ago there lived a couple in the village near the top of mount Bromo. Joko Seger is his name. He lived peacefully with his wife Roro Anteng. But they were not happy because after some time they did not have any children. Then Joko Seger meditated in mount Bromo asking for god to give them children.

Some times later Joko Seger had a dream. In his dream he was told that he would have descendants but on one condition. The god asked him to sacrifice his children to the crater of mount Bromo. If he refused to sacrifice, then the god will be angry. Without thinking twice Joko Seger agreed to the condition.

After that every year Roro Anteng gave birth to twenty five children. They were very happy and they loved their children so much that they were reluctant to sacrifice them to the crater. They did not give anything to the crater. Then something happened.

One day there was a big eruption of mount Bromo. Smoke, fire, hot cloud of ash came out of its crater. The earth was trembling. The sky was dark. Animals ran away from the mountain. People were very scared since some of them became victims of the hot cloud.

Joko Seger and Roro Anteng remembered their promise to god. He realized that god was very angry. So he decided to sacrifice one of his sons. Then he went to the crater with his youngest son Kusuma. Because Joko Seger did not really want to sacrifice his son to the crater, he tried to hide him. But suddenly an eruption began and made Kusuma fall. Afterwards, Kusuma, who had fell to the crater, gave a voice, “I have to be sacrificed by my parents so that you will all stay alive. From now on, you should arrange an annual offering ceremony on the 14th of Kesodo (the twelfth month of Tenggerese calender.)”

Since then on Joko Seger and Roro Anteng gave offerings to the crater. Every year on the 14th day of the month of Kesada the people of Tengger held a ceremony to give offerings.
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