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In ancient times in a village in North Sumatra, there lived a farmer named Toba is alone in a flat and fertile valley. The farmer was working on the farm for the purpose of his life. Besides working on his farm, he sometimes went fishing in the river which was not far from his home. Every time he is fishing, simply because the fish in the river gets clear it is a lot of fish. Bait fish he cooked for food. One afternoon, after he had returned from the field immediately went to the river for fishing. But it's been a while he was fishing a fish gets. Such events, never experienced before. Because usually fish in the river he was fishing was easy. Because it was too long no one takes the bait rod, he gets upset and decides to quit fishing. But when he was about to draw his line, it suddenly struck by the fish hook pulled the fishing rod deep into the middle of the river. His heart had been upset that turned into joy, Because he knew that the fish grabbed the pole is a big fish. After a while he let the rod is pulled back and forth, then the rod was taken, and there was a big fish, and floundered depending on the end of the rope pole. The fish was quickly pulled to the ground so as not to loose. Smiling happily he eyes his line out of the mouth of the fish. By the time he was off the hook, the fish looked at him meaningfully. Then, after the fish were placed into one where he got into the river to bathe. He felt elated because he had never got that big fish. She smiled as she imagined how good it'll fish when it's baked. When leaving the river to return to his house was getting dusk. Arriving home, he was immediately brought a big fish bait into the kitchen. When he was about to light a fire for grilling fish, firewood was in the kitchen had run out. He immediately went out to get firewood from the ground under his house. Then, carrying a few pieces of firewood he climbed back into the house and went straight to the kitchen. By the time he had reached the kitchen, she was shocked because the huge fish that is not there anymore. But where the fish was placed seemed stretched a few pieces of gold. With surprise and wonder experienced the strange circumstances, he left the kitchen and into the room. When the man opened the door, suddenly surprised because in the room stood a woman with her hair long and curly. The woman was combing her hair as she stood facing the mirror hanging on the wall. A moment later she suddenly turned around and looked at him bewildered at the mouth of the upright door. The man became very fascinated because the faces of women who stand in front of pretty incredible. He had never seen such a beautiful woman even before she had wandered away to different countries. Because it was late, she asked that the lights on. After he had turned on the lights, he invited her to accompany him to the kitchen because she wanted to cook rice for them. While waiting for the rice is cooked, as told by her that he was an incarnation of the great fish that had gained him when fishing in the river. Then also explained that some pieces of gold which is located in the kitchen is the incarnation scales. After several weeks she was willing to accept his proposal stating the condition that he should swear that all his life he would never bring his wife, who incarnates the origin of the fish. After he had thus sworn, married them. A year later, they were blessed with a son who they named Samosir. It is very spoiled child that resulted in the boy's mother is not good-tempered and lazy. Once large enough, the boy told his mother drove his father's rice every day for working in the fields. However, often she refused to do the job that forced her mother to deliver rice to the fields.
One day, the boy told his mother again to deliver rice to the farm for his father. At first he refused. However, because of continued forced his mother, he went to deliver the rice annoyed it. On the way, most of the rice and side dishes he ate. Arriving in the fields, the rest of the rice is just a little he gave to his father. When received, the father was feeling very hungry because the rice was delivered late. Therefore, it is the father became very angry when he saw the rice given to him are the remains. Growing anger when his son admitted that he who takes most of the rice. The father is lost patience and he was at his son, saying: "Son of bitch. Not ungrateful. Really you're the offspring of women who are from fish!" Sobbing, the boy ran home to her mother at home. He complained to his mother that he was beaten his father. All of the words spoken by his father slur tell him in anyway. Hearing her son's story, the mother was so sad, especially since her husband had violated his oath to slur words he spoke to his son's. The mother told her to immediately go up the hill which is located not so far from their house and climb the highest tree located on the hilltop. Without asking again, the child's mother's immediate command. He ran toward the hill and climb it. As seen by the mother of his children was almost to the top of the climb trees on the hill, he ran to the river is not so far away from their homes. When he arrived at the river's lightning, the thunder boomed. A moment later he jumped into the river and suddenly turn into a big fish. At the same time, the river was flooding and the come down too heavy downpours. Some time later, the river was already overflowing everywhere and float valley where the river flows. Mr. Toba could not save himself, he was drowned by a pool of water. Over time, the vast pool of water and turned into a huge lake that would later named man of Lake Toba. Being a small island in the center is named the island.
bersumpah bahwa seumur hidupnya dia tidak akan pernah mengungkit asal usul istrinya myang menjelma dari ikan. Setelah lelaki itu bersumpah demikian, kawinlah mereka. Setahun kemudian, mereka dikaruniai seorang anak laki-laki yang mereka beri nama Samosir. Anak itu sngat dimanjakan ibunya yang mengakibatkan anak itu bertabiat kurang baik dan pemalas. Setelah cukup besar, anak itu disuruh ibunya mengantar nasi setiap hari untuk ayahnya yang bekerja di ladang. Namun, sering dia menolak mengerjakan tugas itu sehingga terpaksa ibunya yang mengantarkan nasi ke ladang. Suatu hari, anak itu disuruh ibunya lagi mengantarkan nasi ke ladang untuk ayahnya. Mulanya dia menolak. Akan tetapi, karena terus dipaksa ibunya, dengan kesl pergilah ia mengantarkan nasi itu. Di tengah jalan, sebagian besar nasi dan lauk pauknya dia makan. Setibanya diladang, sisa nasi itu yang hanya tinggal sedikit dia berikan kepada ayahnya. Saat menerimanya, si ayah sudah merasa sangat lapar karena nasinya terlambat sekali diantarkan. Oleh karena itu, maka si ayah jadi sangat marah ketika melihat nasi yang diberikan kepadanya adalah sisa-sisa. Amarahnya makin bertambah ketika anaknya mengaku bahwa dia yang memakan sebagian besar dari nasinya itu. Kesabaran si ayah jadi hilang dan dia pukul anaknya sambil mengatakan: Anak kurang ajar. Tidak tahu diuntung. Betul-betul kau anak keturunan perempuan yang berasal dari ikan! Sambil menangis, anak itu berlari pulang menemui ibunya di rumah. Kepada ibunya dia mengadukan bahwa dia dipukuli ayahnya. Semua kata-kata cercaan yang diucapkan ayahnya kepadanya di ceritakan pula. Mendengar cerita anaknya itu, si ibu sedih sekali, terutama karena suaminya sudah melanggar sumpahnya dengan kata-kata cercaan yang dia ucapkan kepada anaknya itu. Si ibu menyuruh anaknya agar segera pergi mendaki bukit yang terletak tidak begitu jauh dari rumah mereka dan memanjat pohon kayu tertinggi yang terdapat di puncak bukit itu. Tanpa bertanya lagi, si anak segera melakukan perintah ibunya itu. Dia berlari-lari menuju ke bukit tersebut dan mendakinya. Ketika tampak oleh sang ibu anaknya sudah hampir sampai ke puncak pohon kayu yang dipanjatnya di atas bukit , dia pun berlari menuju sungai yang tidak begitu jauh letaknya dari rumah mereka itu. Ketika dia tiba di tepi sungai itu kilat menyambar disertai bunyi guruh yang megelegar. Sesaat kemudian dia melompat ke dalam sungai dan tiba-tiba berubah menjadi seekor ikan besar. Pada saat yang sama, sungai itu pun banjir besar dan turun pula hujan yang sangat lebat. Beberapa waktu kemudian, air sungai itu sudah meluap kemana-mana dan tergenanglah lembah tempat sungai itu mengalir. Pak Toba tak bisa menyelamatkan dirinya, ia mati tenggelam oleh genangan air. Lama-kelamaan, genangan air itu semakin luas dan berubah menjadi danau yang sangat besar yang di kemudian hari dinamakan orang Danau Toba. Sedang Pulau kecil di tengah-tengahnya diberi nama Pulau Samosir.