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 One of the most known volcanoes in Indonesia (and a good tourism spot) is Mount Tangkuban Perahu (Roughly translated as 'Upturned Boat'). According to folklore legends, they said that once upon a time, it was created by accident, when the Indonesian Oedipus failed to marry his mom...No, seriously, that's what happened in the story.Sangkuriang is an Indonesian folklore that tells the story of a mighty man who suffered a tragedy very similar to our well-known mother-marrying hero from Greece, and accidentally made a well-known mountain along the way.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The story begins with the beautiful noble (sometimes half-goddess) Dayang Sumbi weaving, but then her weaving thread fell down, and she's too lazy to pick it up, so she swore that she'll marry anything that picked it up... And the one to pick it up was a dog, named Tumang. Depending on the versions, Tumang was either a magical talking dog or actually a shapeshifting deity that just happened to take form of a dog. At any rate, an oath is an oath, so Dayang Sumbi married Tumang and had a son, whom she named Sangkuriang. Thanks to the genes of his parents, Sangkuriang possessed the potential to be a great magical fighter. Naturally, Dayang Sumbi and Tumang agreed to not let Sangkuriang know that his father was a dog...One day, when Sangkuriang went hunting with Tumang, he failed to get anything. In his frustration, he ended up killing Tumang and served his liver for dinner. Dayang Sumbi found out and in her anger, she hit Sangkuriang on the head with a paddle, leaving a scar. Sangkuriang ran away from home in tears, and Dayang Sumbi eventually came to regret her actions, but was too late to chase him. She prayed to Gods to let her reunite with her son, and her wish was granted in the form of immortality: She got to stay young all the time.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })As years passed, Sangkuriang has grown into a fine young man and also a mighty man. When he returned to his home village, he came across a beautiful girl and asked her hand for marriage, and she agreed. As the day of the marriage neared, the girl saw the scar on Sangkuriang's head, and she was shocked. Because... that girl was the now-immortal Dayang Sumbi, and only then she realized that she was about to commit a Parental Incest. Dayang Sumbi revealed the truth to Sangkuriang, but he thought she's just joking. So, she gave him an Impossible Task: Making a great lake and a great boat, all of them in one night.Dayang Sumbi underestimated Sangkuriang's strength. With his own strength and calling forth the help of various Djinns, he completed the lake and was about to finish the boat. Not wanting to commit incest, Dayang Sumbi then prayed to Gods to make sure Sangkuriang failed. And with that, she wove her shawl to the sky, creating a magical light that tricked the roosters that morning has broken, and cue Cock-a-Doodle Dawn: Sangkuriang failed his task.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })In his frustration, Sangkuriang kicked his incomplete boat, it rested near the lake in an upside-down position, and thus that upside down boat became known as Mt. Tangkuban Perahu, while his lake was known as Lake Bandung. The story mostly ended there, but there's an extended ending to make this a complete tragedy and usually omitted when turned into children story: Sangkuriang still hasn't given up on Dayang Sumbi and decided to force himself onto his mother. Dayang Sumbi fled in terror until she was cornered in Mt. Putri. Asking for help one last time from the Gods, Dayang Sumbi then transformed into a Jaksi flower and Sangkuriang finally lost sight of her. In his despair, he either vanished or was driven to insanity.Compare with Oedipus the KingThis folklore contains examples of
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