SANGKURIANG

    Once upon a time in West Java, Indonesia, lived a princess named Dayang Sumbi. She was beautiful and kind-hearted. Her hobby was weaving cloth, But sometimes she could be very lazy. One day her weaving tool fell, but she was too lazy to get it herself. She shouted out, "Can anybody help me get my tool? If you are a female, I will take you as my sister. If you are a male, I will marry you!"

    A male creature came, but it was a dog. His name was Tumang. He happily brought the tool to her Dayang Sumbi was very surprised, but she kept her promise. She married the dog Tumang was actually a man who had been cursed by a witch to become a dog. But at certain times Tumang could turn back to be a normal man. Their only son, Sangkuriang, was soon born, and he grew up to be a handsome and healthy boy. He always played with his very loyal dog, Tumang. He did not know that he was actually his father, because Dayang Sumbi hide the secret from him. Sangkuriang liked to hunt in the woods, of course with Tumang.

    One day Dayang Sumbi asked him to bring horme a deer's heart. But, after hunting for several days, he could not find any deer in the woods. He did not want to disappoint his mother and was thinking hard how to bring home a deer's heart. Suddenly, he had a very bad idea. He killed Tumang! Then, he brought his heart home and gave it to Dayang Sumbi. Sangkuring could not cheat her. She knew it was Tumang's heart. So, she got very angry and hit Sangkuriang's forehead wilth a piece of wood and told him to leave. With a bad wound on his forehead, Sangkuriang left the village Many years later, Sangkuriang grew up to be a powerful man.

Who was Dayang Sumbi?