Sangkuriang
Sign in to saveSangkuriang (Sundanese: ) is a legend among Sundanese people in Indonesia. The legend tells about the creation of Lake Bandung, Mount Tangkuban Parahu, Mount Burangrang, and Mount Bukit Tunggul. The legend of Sangkuriang tells the story of a young man who falls in love with his mother, which is somewhat comparable to the Greek tragedy Oedipus.
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Uban
- Condemned deities
- Dayang Sumbi's Curse
- The reunion and impossible task
- The origin of Mount Tangkuban Parahu
- Relevance with geological fact
- Sundanese philosophy of Sangkuriang
- Footnotes
- References
- External links
Sangkuriang (Sundanese: ) is a legend among Sundanese people in Indonesia. The legend tells about the creation of Lake Bandung, Mount Tangkuban Parahu, Mount Burangrang, and Mount Bukit Tunggul. The legend of Sangkuriang tells the story of a young man who falls in love with his mother, which is somewhat comparable to the Greek tragedy Oedipus.
From the legend, we can determine how long the Sundanese have been living in Java island. Firmly supported by geological facts, it is predicted that the Sundanese have been living on Java Island since a thousand years BCE.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sangkuriang” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.