Folklore And Fairy Tales
Aryo Menak
It is said that in ancient times, on the island of Madura, there lived a man named Aryo Menak.
Aryo Menak's favorite is to wander in and out of the forest.
He used to travel on the full moon.
Once upon a time, the island of Madura was still filled with dense forests.
Once upon a time, during the middle of the full moon, after a long walk in the dense forest, Aryo Menak rested under a large tree on the edge of a lake.
While sitting, from a distance he saw a light shining from the direction of the lake.
Aryo Menak then walked sneaking close to the light source.
How surprised Aryo Menak after knowing that the light came from seven celestial angels bathing in the lake.
The seven extremely beautiful angels, bathing while joking, did not realize that they were being peeped at by Aryo Menak.
"Pretty nian angels of the sky. I want to marry one of them." Aryo Menak said in his heart.
The intention of Aryo Menak to steal one of the shawls has a celestial angel, so that they can not go home to the sky after bathing.
He then moved closer to the edge of the lake.
He then took a shawl belonging to the angel.
Not long after, the angels finished their bath.
They immediately rushed to get their clothes.
After taking the scarf, then they returned to the sky.
Except the youngest angel.
➭Aryo Menak Steal Scarf Angel
Aryo Menak saw that an angel was left behind.
He seemed to be crying while looking for something.
Seeing this, Aryo Menak did not waste the opportunity.
He immediately approached the angel by pretending to ask what had happened.
"Well, beautiful girl, why is Dinda crying? What can I help you with?." asked Aryo Menak.
"My kick's gone. I kept it here while I was in the shower. As a result I cannot go back to the sky." replied the Angel crying.
"Oh turns out to be an angel from the sky. Tell you what, what if Dinda stayed in my house until the scarf dinda found. It is not good for a beautiful angel like Dinda to be alone in the forest" said Aryo Menak.
Because forced, finally the angel wants to stay at Aryo Menak's house.
Not long after that Aryo Menak married the angel.
He has the power to cook a pot of rice only from a grain of rice.
But there is a condition that is, Aryo Menak should not see when he cooks.
"I will cook in this house but you must never see me cooking" said the angel.
"Well, if you really want Dinda" said Aryo Menak.
Every day the angel always cooks but Aryo Menak's rice barn remains full.
This makes Aryo Menak curious to know.
But he still remembered the promise that he should not see his wife cooking.
But over time Aryo Menak was no longer able to hold back his curiosity.
He then went into the kitchen and opened his wife's cooking pot.
After Aryo Menak opened his wife's cooking pot, that's when the magic of his wife's cooking pot was gone.
When his wife came home to cook rice as usual, he was shocked because the magic of his pot had disappeared.
The angel realized that her husband had opened his pot.
Since then, he can no longer cook with just a grain of rice.
As a result, the rice barn owned by her husband gradually began to decrease.
One day, Aryo Menak's wife will cook rice.
As usual he went to the granary to get the rice.
But how surprised she was when she saw a piece of cloth popping from the rice barn owned by her husband that began to diminish.
Apparently, it was the suaminyah who stole and hid her shawl under the rice barn.
Having obtained his shawl, the angel decided to return to the sky.
"My husband turned out to be the one who stole and hid my sash until I was left on earth. It turns out that this was all your plan. I'm going to go back to the sky now. Goodbye my husband." said the angel to Aryo Menak.
"I'm sorry Dinda. Please don't leave me." Aryo Menak begs.
But his wife still doesn't care.
He immediately flew into the sky.
Aryo Menak was saddened by his wife.
He deeply regrets his actions.
Since then Aryo Menak and his descendants have been abstaining from eating rice.
