Once upon a
time, there was a couple living in a palace. They were Prince Raden Putra and
Dewi Limaran. Prince Raden Putra's father was the king of the kingdom.
One day, Dewi
Limaran was walking around in the palace garden. Suddenly she saw a snail. It
was ugly and disgusting.
"Yuck!" said Dewi Limaran and then she threw
it away into a river.
She did not know that the snail was actually an old
and powerful witch. She could transform herself into anything. The witch was
angry to Dewi Limaran. The witch put a spell on her and changed her into a
golden snail. The witch then threw it away into the river.
The golden
snail was drifting away in the river and got caught into a net. An old woman
was fishing and used her net to catch some fish. She was surprised to see a
golden snail in her net. She took it and brought it home. When the old woman
woke up in the morning, she was surprised that the house was in the good
condition.
The floor was mopped. And she also had food on the
table. She was thinking very hard.
"Who did
this to me? The person is very kind." It happened again and again every
morning.
The old woman
was very curious. One night she decided to stay up late. She was peeping from
her room to know who cooked for her. Then, she could not believe what she saw.
The golden snail she caught in the river turned into a beautiful woman. The old
woman approached her.
"Who are
you, young girl?"
"I am Dewi
Limaran, Ma'am. A witch cursed me. I can change back as a human only at
night," explained Dewi Limaran.
"The spell
can be broken if I hear the melody from the holy gamelan," continued Dewi
Limaran.
The old woman
then rushed to the palace. She talked to Prince Raden Putra about her wife.
Prince Raden
Putra was so happy. He had been looking for his wife everywhere.
He then prayed and meditated. He asked the gods to
give him the holy gamelan. He wanted to break the witch's spell. After several
days praying and meditating, finally gods granted his wish. He immediately
brought the holy gamelan to the old woman's house. He played it beautifully.
And then amazingly the golden snail turned into the beautiful Dewi Limaran.
The couple was
so happy that they could be together again. They also thanked the old woman for
her kindness. As a return, they asked her to stay in the palace.
Golden snail
Dewi Galuh
Candra Kirana was a princess from the Kingdom of Daha. She was kind and very
beautiful. She was enggaged to Raden Inu Kertapati, the Crown Princes of the
Kahuripan Kingdom. Raden Inu Kertapati was wise and very handsome.
Galuh Candra
Kirana has a step sister named Galuh Ajeng. Galuh Ajeng was jealous of her. She
wanted to marry Raden Inu Kertapati. She looked for a way to get rid of Galuh
Candra Kirana. Galur Ajeng went to see an old wicth. The old wicth gace her a
spell to curse Galur Candra Kirana. Before cursing her stepsister, Galuh Ajeng
slandered her. The King of Daha believed her words and threw Galuh Candra
Kirana away from the palace.
The poor
pricess lived in misery. She wandered to a beach. There she was cursed and
turned into a golden snail. As Keong Emas - The Golden Snail, Galuh Candra
Kirana was drifted by the waves; At last she was ashore on a foreign land.
Keong Emas
crept to a small village named Dadapan. In that village lived old woman named,
Nyai Dadapan. The old woman found Keong Emas. This snail is very beautiful, I
will keep it,” she said. She bought Keong Emas to her hut. Nyai Dadapan put the
snail in a big earthen jug.
One day Nyai
Dadapan came home from fishing.
She didn’t
catch any fish, but when she arrived at her hut, she was surprised because
dinner was ready. There was much delicious food on the table.
“My oh
my……there is delicious food. What a coincidence! I am hungry!” Without thinking
twice, she ate up the food.
After her
dtomach was full, she realized something.
“Who cooked
this food?” she said
The next
morning she thought, I will pretend to go fishing. But I will hide behind the
door and watch. Nyai Dadapan pretended to go. Then, she secretly hid behind the
door.
Not long after that,
she saw Keong Emas crept out of the big water jug. Suddenly the snail turned
into a beautiful girl. The girl cleaned the hut and cooked a delicious food.
Nyai Dadapn came out from behind the door.
“Hi…who are
you, beautiful girl?’ she asked.
“I…I am the
princess of Daha. Galuh Ajeng. My step sister was jealous of me. She asked for
a spell from an old witch to curse me so I turned into a golden snail.”
After saying
that, the Princess’ body shrank and then she turned into Keong Emas again.
“Galuh Ajeng is
very cruel,” said Nyai Dadapan sadly.
She prayed,
wishing that Galuh Candra Kirana’s suffering will end soon.
Raden Inu
Kertapati heard the news that his fiancee was thrown out from the palace. He
carried out an investigation and found out that Galuh Candra Kirana was not
guilty. Then the Prince went to see the King of Daha.
At least Galuh
Ajeng was punished by the King.
Raden Inu
kertapati went searching for his fiancee. After walking for hours, he became
thirty. He stopped by at nyai Dadapan’s hut to ask for water.
At moment, the
princess was looking out of the window. Raden Inu Kertapati saw her.
“My dear Candra
kirana!” he cried happily.vanished.
The meeting was
very touching
The princess
introduced Nyai Dadapan to her fiancee.
The suffering
was over.
Raden Inu
Kertapati went back to the palace with Galuh Candra kirana. They asked the
goodhearted Nyai Dadapan to come along.
The name of
Keong Emas or Golden Snail is now used for Teater Keong Emas in Taman Mini
Indonesia Indah.
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