DANAU TOBA

A long time ago, lived a young man named Toba. He had two excellent abilities in terms of

fishing and farming. When fishing, Toba was very astute and did not require a long time to get

the fish. Just thrown the hook into the river, and he got the big fish.

One afternoon, he went fishing to a river that was wide enough. Within seconds after he threw

the hook into the river, the fish immediately grabbed the bait and he got a big fish for dinner.

He immediately went home and along the way he continued pleased because of having enough

fish for a dinner. He immediately moved the fish from the creel to the tub filled with water. He

wanted the fish stay fresh when cooked so the taste was remarkably good. After putting fish

inside the tubs, he prepared seasoning and firewood which needed in the process of ripening.

Unfortunately, firewood in the house was out and he immediately looked for firewood in the

forest.

Several hours later, he went home and carrying firewood pretty much to cook the fish. However,

when he got home, he was surprised because the fish was lost. He even found pieces of gold, and

a beautiful girl who was sitting in his room.

His wife and him got are blessed a boy named Samosir. His child was very agile, intelligent, but

spoiled. When his child reached an age, there are task which should be performed every day,

namely delivering the food into his rice fields. One time, his child felt very lazy to deliver food

to the field and made his wife scolded.

Finally, his child forced usher these foods into the field. Because so upset, his child ate most of

the food at the trip, then bring it to the field with just a little food. When food given to the Toba,

of course he surprised and asked about it to his son.

Furthermore, the beautiful girl told to Toba that she was the fish which arrested by him, and

pieces of gold was the part of constitutes fish. He then asked that pretty girl to marry him. The

beautiful girl agreed to his request, but he should not bring up the past of that beautiful girl. Toba

approved it and they were married.

Toba was furious to learn that his son had eaten the food. He said that his son was a child fish

and his child came home while crying. His son complained to his wife and makes his wife so

furious.

His wife was so angry and assumed that Toba had been violated the covenant. Although Toba

had begged so much, but his wife would not forgave him and went with his son to the river. The

wife and his son turned into a fish again. Instantly, the rain came in a very heavy and flushed

Toba to sink. Heavy rains formed a lake known as Toba Lake.

DANAU TOBA (LAKE TOBA) DALAM BAHASA INDONESIA

 Pada zaman dahulu kala, tinggal seorang pemuda bernama Toba. Dia memiliki dua

kemampuan yang sangat baik dalam hal perikanan dan pertanian. Ketika memancing, Toba

sangat cerdik dan tidak membutuhkan waktu yang lama untuk mendapatkan ikan. Begitu

pancingan dilemparkan ke sungai, dan ia akan segera mendapat ikan besar.

Suatu sore, ia pergi memancing ke sungai yang cukup lebar. Dalam hitungan detik

setelah ia melemparkan kail ke sungai, ikan langsung menyambar umpan dan ia mendapat ikan

besar untuk makan malam.

Dia segera pulang ke rumah dan sepanjang jalan ia terus senang karena memiliki cukup

ikan untuk makan malam. Dia segera pindahkan ikan dari kembu ke bak yang diisi dengan air.

Dia ingin ikan tetap segar saat dimasak sehingga rasa ikan tersebut sangat baik. Setelah

menempatkan ikan di dalam bak, ia menyiapkan bumbu dan kayu bakar yang diperlukan dalam

proses pematangan. Sayangnya, kayu bakar di rumah itu habis dan dia langsung mencari kayu

bakar di hutan.

Beberapa jam kemudian, ia pulang ke rumah dan membawa kayu bakar yang cukup

banyak untuk memasak ikan. Namun, sesampainya di rumah, dia terkejut karena ikan itu hilang.

Dia bahkan menemukan kepingan emas, dan seorang gadis cantik yang sedang duduk di

kamarnya.

Selain itu, gadis cantik memberitahu Toba bahwa dia adalah ikan yang ditangkap oleh

dia, dan potongan-potongan emas adalah bagian dari ikan tersebut. Dia kemudian meminta agar

gadis cantik itu untuk menikah dengannya. Gadis cantik tersebut menyetujui permintaannya,

tetapi ia tidak boleh mengungkapkan masa lalu gadis cantik itu. Toba setuju dan mereka

menikah.
 Istri Toba dan dia mendapat berkat seorang anak bernama Samosir. Anaknya sangat

lincah, cerdas, tapi manja. Ketika anaknya mulai besar, ada tugas yang harus dilakukan setiap

hari, yaitu membawakan makanan ke sawah nya. Suatu kali, anaknya merasa sangat malas untuk

membawakan makanan ke sawah dan membuat Istri Toba memarahi anaknya.

Akhirnya, anaknya terpaksa mengantar makanan tersebut ke sawah. Karena begitu

marah, anaknya makan sebagian besar makanan di perjalanan, kemudian membawanya ke sawah

dengan hanya sedikit makanan. Ketika makanan diberikan kepada Toba, tentu saja ia terkejut

dan bertanya tentang hal itu kepada anaknya.

Toba sangat marah mengetahui bahwa anaknya memakan makanan untuknya. Dia

mengatakan bahwa anaknya adalah anak ikan dan anaknya pulang sambil menangis. Anaknya

mengeluh kepada istrinya dan membuat istrinya sangat marah.

Istrinya sangat marah dan Toba telah melanggar perjanjian. Meskipun Toba telah

memohon maaf berkali-kali, tetapi istrinya tidak akan memaafkannya dan pergi dengan anaknya

ke sungai. Istri dan anaknya berubah menjadi ikan lagi. Seketika, hujan deras pun datang dan

menenggelamkan Toba. Hujan lebat membentuk sebuah danau yang dikenal sebagai Danau

Toba.
 SANGKURIANG

"Long time ago in West Java, lived a beautiful girl named Dayang Sumbi. She was also smart and

clever. Her beauty and intelligence made a prince from the heavenly kingdom of Kahyangan desire her as

his wife. The prince asked permission from his father to marry Dayang Sumbi. People from Kahyangan

could never live side by side with humans, but his father approved on one condition, when they had a

child, the prince would transform into a dog. The prince accepted the condition.

They get married and lived happily in the woods until Dayang Sumbi gave birth to a baby boy.

The prince then changed into a dog named Tumang. Their son is named Sangkuriang. He was very smart

and handsome like his father. Everyday, he hunted animals and looked for fruits to eat. One day, when he

was hunting, Sangkuriang accidentally killed Tumang. His arrow missed the deer he was targeting and hit

Tumang instead. He went home and tells her mother about the dog. “What?” Dayang Sumbi was

appalled. Driven by sadness and anger, she grabbed a weaving tool and hit Sangkuriang’s head with it.

Dayang Sumbi was so sad; she didn’t pay any attention to Sangkuriang and started to cry.

Sangkuriang feel sad and also confused. How can his mother love a dog more than him?

Sangkuriang then decided to go away from their home and went on a journey. In the morning, Dayang

Sumbi finally stopped crying. She started to feel better, so she went to find Sangkuriang. But her son was

no where to be found. She looked everywhere but still couldn’t find him. Finally, she went home with

nothing. She was exhausted. She fell asleep, and in her dream, she meets her husband. “Dayang Sumbi,

don’t be sad. Go look for my body in the woods and get the heart. Soak it with water, and use the water to

bathe, and you will look young forever,” said the prince in her dream. After bathing with the water used

to soak the dog’s heart, Dayang Sumbi looked more beautiful and even younger.

And time passed by. Sangkuriang on his journey stopped at a village and met and fell in love with

a beautiful girl.He didn’t realize that the village was his homeland and the beautiful girl was his own

mother, Dayang Sumbi. Their love grew naturally and he asked the girl to marry him. One day,

Sangkuriang was going on a hunt. He asked Dayang Sumbi to fix the turban on his head. Dayang Sumbi
was startled when she saw a scar on his head at the same place where she, years ago, hit Sangkuriang on

the head.

After the young man left, Dayang Sumbi prayed for guidance. After praying, she became

convinced that the young man was indeed her missing son. She realized that she had to do something to

prevent Sangkuriang from marrying her. But she did not wish to disappoint him by cancelling the

wedding. So, although she agreed to marry Sangkuriang, she would do so only on the condition that he

provides her with a lake and built a beautiful boat, all in one night.

Sangkuriang accepted this condition without a doubt. He had spent his youth studying magical

arts. After the sun went down, Sangkuriang went to the hill. Then he called a group of genie to build a

dam around Citarum River. Then, he commands the genies to cut down trees and build a boat. A few

moments before dawn, Sangkuriang and his genie servants almost finished the boat.

Dayang Sumbi, who had been spying on him, realised that Sangkuriang would fulfill the

condition she had set. Dayang Sumbi immediately woke all the women in the village and asked them to

wave a long red scarf. All the women in the village were waving red scarf, making it look as if dawn was

breaking. Deceived by false dawn, the cock crowed and farmers rose for the new day.

Sangkuriang’s genie servants immediately dropped their work and ran for cover from the sun,

which they feared. Sangkuriang grew furious. With all his anger, he kicked the unfinished boat. The boat

flew and landed on a valley. The boat then became a mountain, called Mount Tangkuban Perahu

(Tangkuban means upturned or upside down, and Perahu means boat). With his power, he destroyed the

dam. The water drained from the lake becoming a wide plain and nowadays became a city called

Bandung (from the word Bendung, which means Dam).

 SANGKURIANG

Pada zaman dahulu kala di Jawa Barat, hidup seorang gadis cantik bernama Dayang Sumbi. Dia

juga cerdas dan pintar. Kecantikan dan kecerdasannya membuat pangeran dari kerajaan surgawi dari

Kahyangan menginginkan dia sebagai istrinya. Pangeran meminta izin dari ayahnya untuk menikahi

Dayang Sumbi. Orang-orang dari Kahyangan tidak pernah bisa hidup berdampingan dengan manusia,

tetapi ayahnya disetujui dengan satu syarat, ketika mereka memiliki anak, sang pangeran akan berubah

menjadi anjing. Pangeran menerima kondisi tersebut.

Mereka menikah dan hidup bahagia di hutan sampai Dayang Sumbi melahirkan bayi laki-laki.

Pangeran kemudian berubah menjadi seekor anjing bernama Tumang. Anak mereka bernama

Sangkuriang. Dia sangat cerdas dan tampan seperti ayahnya. Sehari-hari, ia mencari binatang buruan dan

buah-buahan untuk makan. Suatu hari, ketika ia sedang berburu, Sangkuriang sengaja membunuh

Tumang. Panahnya ingin mendapatkan rusa namun dia menargetkan dan tekan Tumang sebagai gantinya.

Dia pulang ke rumah dan memberitahu ibunya tentang anjing tersebut (yang dibuat sebagai ganti seekor

rusa). "Apa?" Dayang Sumbi sangat terkejut. Didorong oleh kesedihan dan kemarahan, dia meraih alat

tenun dan memukul kepala Sangkuriang dengan itu. Dayang Sumbi sangat sedih, dia tidak menghiraukan

Sangkuriang sedikitpun dan mulai menangis.

Sangkuriang merasa sedih dan juga bingung. Bagaimana mungkin ibunya lebih mencintai anjing

daripada dia? Sangkuriang kemudian memutuskan untuk pergi jauh dari rumah mereka dan melanjutkan

perjalanan. Di pagi hari, Dayang Sumbi akhirnya berhenti menangis. Dia mulai merasa lebih baik, jadi dia

pergi mencari Sangkuriang. Tapi anaknya tidak ditemukan dimanapun. Dia telah mencari kemana-mana,

tapi masih tidak bisa menemukannya. Akhirnya, ia pulang tanpa hasil apa-apa. Dia kelelahan. Dia jatuh

tertidur, dan dalam mimpinya, dia bertemu suaminya. "Dayang Sumbi, jangan sedih. Pergilah mencari

tubuh saya di hutan dan ambillah hati saya. Rendam dengan air, dan gunakanlah air tersebut untuk mandi,

dan Anda akan tampak muda selamanya, "kata pangeran dalam mimpinya. Setelah mandi dengan air yang

digunakan untuk merendam hati anjing, Dayang Sumbi tampak lebih menawan dan bahkan lebih muda.
 Dan waktupun berlalu. Sangkuriang menghentikan perjalanannya di sebuah desa dan bertemu dan

jatuh cinta dengan seorang wanita cantik. Dia tidak menyadari bahwa desa itu tanah airnya dan gadis

cantik adalah ibunya sendiri, Dayang Sumbi. Cinta mereka tumbuh secara alami dan ia meminta gadis itu

untuk menikah dengannya. Suatu hari, Sangkuriang pergi untuk berburu. Dia meminta Dayang Sumbi

untuk memperbaiki sorban di kepalanya. Dayang Sumbi terkejut saat melihat bekas luka di kepalanya di

tempat yang sama di mana dia, beberapa tahun lalu, memukul kepala Sangkuriang.

Setelah pemuda itu pergi, Dayang Sumbi berdoa memohon bimbingan. Setelah berdoa, dia

menjadi yakin bahwa pemuda itu memang anaknya yang hilang. Dia menyadari bahwa dia harus

melakukan sesuatu untuk mencegah Sangkuriang untuk menikahinya. Tapi dia tidak ingin

mengecewakannya dengan membatalkan pernikahan. Jadi, meskipun dia setuju untuk menikahi

Sangkuriang, ia akan melakukannya hanya dengan syarat bahwa sangkuriang harus membuatkan dia

sebuah danau dan membangun sebuah perahu yang indah, semua dalam satu malam.

Sangkuriang menerima kondisi ini tanpa keraguan. Dia menghabiskan masa mudanya belajar

ilmu gaib. Setelah matahari terbenam, Sangkuriang pergi ke bukit. Kemudian ia memanggil sekelompok

jin untuk membangun sebuah bendungan di sekitar Sungai Citarum. Kemudian, ia memerintahkan jin

untuk menebang pohon dan membangun sebuah perahu. Beberapa saat sebelum fajar, Sangkuriang dan

hamba jin-nya hampir selesai membuat perahu.

Dayang Sumbi, yang telah memata-matai dia, menyadari bahwa Sangkuriang akan memenuhi

syarat ia ditetapkan. Dayang Sumbi segera membangunkan semua wanita di desa dan meminta mereka

untuk melambaiakan syal merah panjang. Semua perempuan di desa itu melambaikan syal merah,

sehingga terlihat seolah-olah fajar melanggar. Ditipu oleh fajar palsu, ayam berkokok dan petani siap

menanam untuk hari yang baru.