Folklore from East JavaJaka Tarub was a handsome young man. He was very popular in the village. Many young girls fell in love with him. However
Jaka Tarub thought that they were not beautiful enough to be his wife. That's why he was still single. He wanted to have a very beautiful wife.
As always,
Jaka Tarub went to the forest to collect some woods. Suddenly he heard some noise from the waterfall. He was curious. The noise was from the girls taking a bath in the waterfall.
Slowly,
Jaka Tarub walked to the area. When he arrived there, he saw seven beautiful girls taking a bath. He was really amazed by their beauty. After they were finished, the girls slowly took their shawls. Amazingly after they wore the shawls, they flew to the sky. They were not humans. They were fairies!
After that
Jaka Tarub went home. He was very restless. He was still thinking about those seven beautiful girls.
On the next day,
Jaka Tarub then decided to go back to the waterfall. When the fairies were taking a bath, he stole one of their shawls. And that made one fairy could not fly back to the sky. She cried.
Jaka Tarub then approached her.
"What's wrong? Why are you crying?"
"I lost my
shawl. I cannot go back home. All my sisters have left me. My name is
Nawang Wulan. I will give you anything if you can find my shawl."
"I'll help you. But if we can't find it, you can stay at my house. You can be my wife," said
Jaka Tarub.
Then
Jaka Tarub pretended to look for the shawl. And of course they could not find it. After that they went to
Jaka Tarub's home. Later they got married.
They had a baby girl. They had a happy life. They always had enough rice to eat. They did not have to work hard like their neighbors. It was because
Nawang Wulan used her magic in cooking.
One day,
Jaka Tarub asked her about the magic.
Nawang Wulan did not tell him the secret and asked him not to open the cooking
pan's lid. She said that if
Jaka Tarub opened the lid, they had to work hard to get a lot of rice to cook.
One day,
Jaka Tarub was really curious. He then opened the cooking
pan's lid. He saw there was only a small portion of rice to cook. When she got home,
Nawang Wulan knew that
Jaka Tarub had opened the lid. She was angry because she already lost the magic in cooking. Now she had to take a big portion of rice to cook.
Slowly there was not enough rice in the silo. And when
Nawang Wulan wanted to take the last portion of rice, she found her shawl.
Jaka Tarub hid the shawl in the silo.
Nawang Wulan was really happy.
She then said, "I will go home now. Take care of our daughter.
When there is a full moon, take her out of the house and I'll come together."
Nawang Wulan then flew to the sky.
Jaka Tarub was really sad. And to keep the promise,
Jaka Tarub always went out of the house with his daughter when there was a full moon. But
Nawang Wulan never came back. ***
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Jaka Tarub and Nawang Wulan
Cerita Rakyat dari Jawa Timur
Jaka Tarub adalah seorang pemuda tampan. Dia sangat populer di desa. Banyak gadis-gadis muda jatuh cinta dengan dia. Namun Jaka Tarub berpikir bahwa mereka tidak cukup cantik untuk menjadi istrinya. Itulah mengapa dia masih bujang. Dia ingin punya istri yang sangat indah.
Seperti biasa, Jaka Tarub pergi ke hutan untuk mengumpulkan beberapa hutan. Tiba-tiba ia mendengar beberapa kebisingan dari air terjun. Dia penasaran. Suara itu dari gadis-gadis mandi di air terjun.
Perlahan-lahan, Jaka Tarub berjalan ke daerah. Ketika ia tiba di sana, ia melihat tujuh gadis cantik sedang mandi. Dia benar-benar kagum dengan kecantikan mereka. Setelah mereka selesai, gadis-gadis perlahan mengambil syal mereka. Hebatnya setelah mereka mengenakan selendang, mereka terbang ke langit. Ternyata meereka bukan manusia. Mereka adalah peri!
Setelah itu Jaka Tarub pulang. Dia sangat gelisah. Dia masih memikirkan tujuh gadis cantik.
Pada hari berikutnya, Jaka Tarub kemudian memutuskan untuk kembali ke air terjun. Ketika para peri mengambil mandi, ia mencuri salah satu selendang mereka. Dan itu membuat satu peri tidak bisa terbang kembali ke langit. Dia menangis. Jaka Tarub kemudian mendekatinya.
"Ada apa? Mengapa engkau menangis?"
"Saya kehilangan selendang saya. Aku tidak bisa kembali ke rumah. Semua saudara saya telah meninggalkan saya. Nama saya Nawang Wulan. Aku akan memberikan apapun jika Anda dapat menemukan selendang saya."
"Aku akan membantumu. Tetapi jika kita tidak dapat menemukannya, Anda bisa tinggal di rumah saya. Anda dapat menjadi istriku," kata Jaka Tarub.
Kemudian Jaka Tarub pura-pura mencari selendang. Dan tentu saja mereka tidak bisa menemukannya. Setelah itu mereka pergi ke rumah Jaka Tarub itu. Kemudian mereka menikah.
Mereka memiliki seorang bayi perempuan. Mereka memiliki kehidupan yang bahagia. Mereka selalu punya cukup nasi untuk makan. Mereka tidak perlu bekerja keras seperti tetangga mereka. Itu karena Nawang Wulan digunakan sihirnya dalam memasak.
Suatu hari, Jaka Tarub bertanya kepadanya tentang sihir. Nawang Wulan tidak menceritakan rahasia dan memintanya untuk tidak membuka tutup wajan memasak itu. Dia mengatakan bahwa jika Jaka Tarub membuka tutupnya, mereka harus bekerja keras untuk mendapatkan banyak beras untuk memasak.
Suatu hari, Jaka Tarub adalah benar-benar penasaran. Dia kemudian membuka tutup wajan memasak itu. Dia melihat ada hanya sebagian kecil dari beras untuk memasak. Ketika ia sampai di rumah, Nawang Wulan tahu bahwa Jaka Tarub telah membuka tutupnya. Dia marah karena dia sudah kehilangan sihir dalam memasak. Sekarang dia harus mengambil sebagian besar beras untuk memasak.
Lama-kelamaan beras di lumbung tidak mencukupi. Dan ketika Nawang Wulan ingin mengambil porsi nasi terakhir, ia menemukan syalnya. Jaka Tarub menyembunyikan selendang di lumbung. Nawang Wulan benar-benar senang.
Dia kemudian berkata, "Aku akan pulang sekarang. Tolong jaga putri kita.
Ketika ada bulan purnama, membawanya keluar dari rumah dan saya akan datang bersama-sama. "Nawang Wulan kemudian terbang ke langit. Jaka Tarub benar-benar sedih. Dan untuk menjaga janji, Jaka Tarub selalu pergi keluar dari rumah dengan putrinya ketika ada bulan purnama. Tapi Nawang Wulan tidak pernah kembali.