Aryo Menak

East Java-Story

Aryo Menak

The Story in the era Aryo Menak life, Madura island is very fertile. Forest is very dense. Field-yellow rice fields.

Aryo Menak a young man who is very fond to roam the forest. On a full moon, when he rested under a tree near a lake, see very bright fluorescent light on the edge of the lake. Slowly he approached the light source before. Would his Surprise, seen when seven people are bathing nymph and frolic there.

He is dazzled by their beauty. Arise desires to have one of them. He sediment couch, and then immediately taken with a shawl from the nymph-nymph.

Not long after, the seraph is finished taking a bath and make their clothes. They fly to istananya in heaven except the youngest. Fairy that can not fly without his shawl. He sad and crying.

Aryo Menak then approached him. She does not pretend to know what happens. He asked what happens to the woman that. Then he said: "This may be the will of the gods so that the woman stayed in the earth for a while. Do not be sad. I will keep a promise and to entertain you."

Woman evidently believed that the waffle Menak Arya. He does not reject the offer when Arya Menak him to stay at home Menak Arya. Then Arya Menak marry him. That Fairy accept it.

Story, that the woman still has charm. Pant full he can cook rice from a rice only. Condition is Arya Menak eyes can not.

One day, Arya Menak become curious. Rice in his Central did not decrease even though nymph cook every day. When his wife does not have at home, he gravitate to the kitchen and his wife opened the pot to cook rice. This makes his wife disappear miracle.

Fairy very surprised to find out what happened. Start at that time, he had to cook rice from his rice barn Arya Menak. Long run decrease the itupun rice. One day, the basic rice barnnya in sight. Would his surprise woman was seen when her shawl is fallen missing. Once the scarf is seen, arising desires to return to heaven. On an evening, he put back all the clothes his heaven. Body to be light, he can fly to his palace.

Arya Menak become very sad. Because his curious, leaving nymph. Since that time he and his descendants may not children to eat rice

(Freely adapted from Ny. SDB Aman, "Aryo Menak and His Wife," Folk Tales From Indonesia, Jakarta: Djambatan, 1976, pp. 88-91).