The Legend of Danau Toba

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 hat 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.

The Legend of Tangkuban Perahu

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.
The Legend Of Prambanan Temple

Once, there was a beautiful Javanese princess whose name was Rara Jonggrang. Rara Jonggrang
whose beauty was very famous in the land was the daughter of Prabu Baka, and evil king.

One day, a handsome young man with super natural power named Bandung Bondowoso defeated
and killed Prabu Baka. On seeing Princess Rara Jonggrang’s beauty, Bandung Bondowoso fell in
love with her and wanted to marry her.

Meanwhile, Princess Rara jonggrang felt sad due to her death father. She did not want to marry
Bandung because he had killed her father. But she was also afraid of Bandung. So to refuse
politely, she made a condition. “I will marry you but you have to build one thousand temples in
one night as a wedding gift” requested Rara Jonggrang. Bandung Bondowoso agreed with the
condition. Helped by the spirit of the demons, Bandung Bondowoso started building the temples.
Approaching midnight, the work would nearly be done. Rara Jonggrang knew and thought,
“What shall I do? Bandung Bondowoso is smarter than I thought. I would lose against
Bandung.”

Suddenly she got an idea. She woke up all the women in the palace and ordered them to make
the noisy sounds of grinding rice so that the rooster thought that it had already been dawn.
Bandung Bondowoso got frustrated because he failed completing one, the thousandth temple.

The Princess has deceived me!” Following his anger, he cursed Roro Jonggrang, “You have been
cheated. Now, the thousandth temple is you!”

At once, the Princess turned into a statue. knowing this, Bandung Bondowoso regretted and he
went away into a farm land. From then, people called the temple, Prambanan Temple, and the
Princess statue, Rara Jonggrang statue.

The Legend of Selat Bali

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.

The legend of Telaga Warna

Long time ago, there was a kingdom in West Java. The kingdom was ruled by a king named His
Majesty Prabu.

Prabu was a kind and wise king. But it was a pity that Prabu and his queen hadn’t got any
children. The queen often cried. That was why Prabu went to the jungle. There he prayed to God
every day, begging for a child.

A few months later, the queen got pregnant. Nine months later, a princess was born. Prabu and
Queen loved their beautiful daughter so much. They gave whatever she wanted. It made Princess
turn into a very spoiled girl.

One day, the princess celebrated her 17th birthday party. Many people gathered in the palace.
Then, Prabu took out a necklace which was made from gold and jewel.

“My beloved daughter, today I give you this necklace. Please, wear this necklace,” said Prabu.

“I don’t want to wear it! It’s ugly!” shouted the princess. Then she threw the necklace. The
beautiful necklace was broken. The gold and jewels were spread out on the floor. Everybody
couldn’t say anything. They never thought that their beloved princess would do that cruel thing.
In their silence, people heard the queen crying. Every woman felt sad and began crying, too.
Then, everybody was crying. Then, there was a miracle. Earth was crying.

Nowadays, people called the lake “Telaga Warna”. It means “Lake of Color”. On a bright day,
the lake is full of color. These colors come from shadows of forest, plants, flowers, and sky
around the lake. But some people said that the colors are from the princess’s necklace, which
spreads at the bottom of the lake.
The Legend of Malin Kundang

Once Upon a time, lived a diligent boy named Malin Kundang. He lived in the seashore with his
mother. They were very poor, but they lived quiet and harmonious.

One day, a big ship closed to the beach near their village. They asked peoples to join work in
their ship and went to the cross island. Malin Kundang wanted to join with them because he
wanted to improve his family’s life. But his mother didn’t permit him. She worried to Malin.
Malin still kept his argument… and finally he sailed with the bigship.Several years later, Malin
Kundang succed and he became rich trader. Then, he came to his native village with his beatiful
wife, but his wife didn’t know Malin’s real descent. His happy mother quickly approached Malin
and brought a plate of village cake, Malin’s Favorite. But Malin didn’t admit that woman as his
poor mother, and then he kicked the village cakewhich brought by his mother until scattered.

His mother very broken heart because MAlin rebellious to her, who had growth him. Then, his
mother cursed Malin became stone.Suddenly, the bigship which Malin’s had was vacillated by a
big storm and all of his crewman tossed aside out. Malin realized that was his fault that
rebellious his mother. He bowed down and became a stone.