Folklore And Fairy Tales

Raden Inu Kertapati

Once the crown prince of the kingdom of Jenggala, Raden Inu Kertapati was engaged to Goddess Candra Kirana, the princess of the kingdom of Kediri.

There are two beautiful princesses from the kingdom of Kediri, namely Dewi Candra Kirana and Dewi Ajeng. But Inu Kertapati really loves Goddess Candra Kirana.

One day, Inu Kertapati felt very homesick with her fiancee Goddess Candra Kirana.

He decided to visit the kingdom of Kediri.

He then departed accompanied by his escort troops to the kingdom of Kediri.

After half the journey, suddenly they were confronted by a gang of criminals led by Panji Semirang from the land of Asmarantaka.

Inu Kertapati asked his guard to be on standby for attacks because he had long heard the news of the evil Panji Semirang gang.

But strangely the group led by Panji Semirang did not attack but sent two bodyguards to meet Inu Kertapati.

"Greetings to Raden Inu Kertapati. We were both told by our leader, Panji Semirang. He asked Raden to meet him. We have absolutely no evil intentions" Panji Semirang's bodyguard said.

"I heard you guys are a gang of criminals. But well I'm willing to meet your leader, but on condition that you don't attack us" Inu Kertapati said.

They immediately went to the residence of Panji Semirang.

How shocked Raden Inu Kertapati, it turns out he was very well received by Panji Semirang.

Raden Inu Kertapati felt like he recognized the face of Panji Semirang but never saw where.

"The news circulating in the community is not true, Raden. We only try to invite people to live in our country, Asmarantaka, but never force" Panji Semirang explained.

"Then I decided to continue my journey to the kingdom of Jenggala to meet my fiancee" said Raden Inu Kertapati.

"Oh that seems to be the purpose of Raden's trip. As far as I know there are two beautiful women princess of Jenggala kingdom, namely Goddess Candra Kirana and Goddess Ajeng. Who's Raden's fiancee?" ask Panji Semirang.

"My engagement is Dewi Candra Kirana." replied Raden Inu Kertapati while asking for permission to continue the journey.

The group of Raden Inu Kertapati continued the journey to the Kingdom of Kediri.

Not long after that they arrived.

They received a huge reception from the Kingdom of Kediri.

The concubine of the king of Kediri Dewi Liku and his daughter Dewi Ajeng also welcomed.

Raden Inu Kertapati then asked where the Goddess Candra Kirana was.

"Mother, where is Goddess Candra Kirana?" asked Raden to the king's concubine Kediri.

"Oh ...Goddess Candra Kirana has long suffered from memory impairment. He has now gone somewhere to leave the kingdom of Kediri" said Dewi Liku, the concubine of the king of Kediri.

Feeling shocked, Inu Kertapati was surprised to fall unconscious.

It turns out that Goddess Liku has evil intentions.

By using magic power, he influenced the mind of the king of Kediri and also the mind of Raden Inu Kertapati.

He urged the king to marry Raden Inu Kertapati to his daughter, Dewi Ajeng.

Finally, not long later, there was a wedding party between Raden Inu Kertapati and Dewi Ajeng in the kingdom of Kediri.

But it seems that the evil intentions of the king's concubine are not sanctioned by the Almighty.

To avoid the fire, the guards of Raden Inu Kertapati asked him to leave the royal palace of Kediri.

They left the palace immediately.

After being away from the palace, the influence of Dewi Liku's magic on Raden Inu Kertapati was lost.

Raden Inu Kertapati finally realized the evil intentions of Dewi Liku.

At that moment he remembered the Panji Semirang.

Raden Inu realized that the face of Panji Semirang looks like the face of Goddess Candra Kirana.

He immediately invited his guards to the land of Asmarantaka to find Panji Semirang.

But when he got there, the surrounding community said that Panji Semirang had gone somewhere.

Raden Inu Kertapati's heart was broken into pieces.

"Dewi... My future wife..Where are you?" said Raden Inu Kertapati very sad.

Unable to find Panji Semirang, Raden Inu Kertapati continued his journey back to the kingdom of Jenggala.

On the way home, when entering the kingdom of Gagelang which is an ally of the kingdom of Jenggala, Inu Kertapati was asked to stop by the king of Gagelang.

Raden was ready to stop.

"Thank you Raden, already wanted to stop by the kingdom of Gagelang. It just so happens that our kingdom is facing the interference of the criminals led by Lasan & Setegal. They are both very powerful mandraguna" said king Gagelang.

"Then the situation, I and the guards will help the king to eradicate them" Raden said.

With the power of Inu Kertapati, the criminals led by Lasan & Setegal were successfully destroyed.

Even Inu Kertapati faced directly the two leaders of criminals, namely Lasan & Setegal. Both were successfully eliminated.

King Gagelang and all the people were very happy with the success of Raden to eradicate the criminals.

To celebrate the victory, a seven-day, seven-night party was held.

On the seventh night, the king of Gagelang invited a young poet with a stature.

The Poet brought the love story of Goddess Candra Kirana and Inu Kertapati.

Inu Kertapati was very curious, why the poet knew his love story.

And here again, the face of the poet is similar to the Goddess Candra Kirana.

After Raden urged the poet on who his identity was, the poet finally admitted that he was the Goddess Candra Kirana.

Dewi told me that the concubine of the king of Kediri, namely Dewi Liku, had bewitched her into memory loss.

But he was helped to be treated by a powerful hermit until he recovered.

After recovering Goddess Candra Kirana traveled from one country to another.

Long story short, Inu Kertapati and Goddess Candra Kirana immediately say goodbye to the king of Gegalang to go to the kingdom of Jenggala.

The Jenggala Kingdom immediately held their marriage with a very lively party.

Finally Inu Kertapati and Dewi Candra Kirana officially became a couple.