Cerita Legenda Sangkuriang dalam Bahasa Inggirs - Sangkuriang Story
SANGKURIANG
STORY
Once
upon a time, a beautiful lady named Dayang Sumbi gave birth to a boy which she
named Sangkuriang. When Sangkuriang was old enough to hunt, he took his
mother’s dog Tumang (which according to this legend is an incarnation of a god
and also Sangkuriang’s father) and ordered Tumang to chase after a boar. When
Tumang did not follow Sangkuriang’s order, Sangkuriang became very angry and he
killed Tumang. He carved out Tumang’s heart and brought it back to his mother.
Dayang
Sumbi took the heart, cooked it and ate it. When she discovered that the heart
belonged to Tumang, her husband, she was overcome with wrath. She sent her son
away, but not before she hit him with a spoon and left a deep scar on his head.
Sangkuriang
travelled around the world. After a long while, he arrived back in his village
again without recognizing it. He saw a beautiful lady and fell in love with
her. Little did he know that she was his own mother. He asked for her hand in
marriage and she agreed.
Dayang
Sumbi later realized that Sangkuriang was her son, as she recognized the scar
that she had inflicted. She tried to tell him and break off the wedding, but he
didn’t believe her and insisted to go on with the wedding. Dayang Sumbi then
set an impossible condition that Sangkuriang has to fulfill in order to marry
her: he should build her a big boat and a lake by damming Citarum river, all
within one night, and it shall be finished by dawn. Sangkuriang agreed to the
condition.
He built
a boat from a large tree, and with the help of spirits, he dammed the Citarum
river with landslides. The water eventually rose and filled the plain, turning
it into a lake. When dawn was near, he was almost ready. Dayang Sumbi realized
this, so she prayed for divine intervention. As an answer to her prayers, the
eastern horizon lit up. Deceived by the lights, cocks crowed and farmers rose
for the new day, thinking that dawn has broken.
Sangkuriang
was also deceived. He thought his endeavor has failed. Angrily, he kicked the
boat so that it toppled over. This boat became Tangkuban Parahu mountain
(tangkuban means upside down, and parahu means boat). The pile of leftover
woods became Mt. Burangrang, and the rest of the big tree became Mt. Bukit
Tunggul. The lake became lake Bandung (which literally means ‘dam’).
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