The Legend of Sangkuriang
A long time ago, the ancient land of Sunda was ruled by a king and a queen who had but a single a daughter. Her nama was Dayang Sumbi. She was beautiful and clever but also pampered and spoiled.
One day as she was weaving in her pavilion, she became moody and distracted, which caused her to keep dropping her shuttle on the floor. Once when it fell she exclaimed she would marry the one who gave it back to her. At that very moment her dog, Tumang, a demigod possessing magic powers, came up to to her with the shuttle in his mouth. Dayang Sumbi had to marry him.
They lived happily together, and Dayang Sumbi gave birth to a baby boy, human in appearance but endowed by his father’s magic powers. She named him Sangkuriang. As the boy grew up, he was always guarded by the faithful dog Tumang, whom he knew only as a companion and not as his father, Sangkuriang, became handsome and brave.
One day his mother asked him to go hunting with the dog and bring her venison for a feast. After hunting all the day without success, Sangkuriang worried about facing his mother empty-handed. Desprate, he took an arrow and shot the dog. He returned home and handed over the meat to his pleased mother.
Soon after the feast, however, Dayang Sumbi questioned her son about the absence of Tumang. At first he evaded her queries but finally told her what happened. She was horrified and struck her son so hard on the temple that he collapsed. For that, the old king banished his daughter fro the court and she was made to roam around the kingdom. Sangkuriang recovered with a large scar on his temple, and he to left the court to wander about the world.
Years later, Sangkuriang met a beautiful woman and instantly fell in love with her. It was his own mother-they did not recognize each other. He proposed to her and she agreed to marry him. On the day before the wedding, as she was caressing her fiancee’s hair, Dayang Sumbi detected the scar on the temple. Horror struck her, for she was about to marry her own son, Sangkuriang. And she said to Sangkuriang that she couldn’t married with him. At the first Sangkuriang laughed and he thought that she was only joking. After saw the seriousness of Dayang Sumbi’s word,he became angry dan asked why Dayang Sumbi said like that. Dayang Sumbi explained that she was Sangkuriang’s mother. Sangkuriang cried, and said that he very regret to meet with Dayang Sumbi again. Suddenly, he ran away from Dayang Sumbi. Dayang Sumbi chased him, and she fell to the ground. Then Sangkuriang awakened to help her. Cried, Dayang Sumbi told the truth to Sangkuriang. She told that Tumang was Sangkuriang’s father. Sangkuriang didn’t believe her, but Dayang Sumbi keep trying to make Sangkuriang believed her word’s. After that, Dayang Sumbi apologized for any mistakes toward Sangkuriang. Sangkuriang forgave her and he canceled the wedding.
After that, Sangkuriang and Dayang Sumbi lived happily together as a mother and her son. Several days later, Sangkuriang met a beautiful princess, named Putri Arum. They were had a relation as a fiancé and fiancée, before they had married. They lived happily, and Putri Arum gave birth to ababy girl, named Sang Rama. And they be as a happy family.
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