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Jataka stories are found carved as narrative bas-reliefs on ancient Javanese candis, such as the Mendut, Borobudur and Sajiwan temples; telling animal fables about the virtues of Buddha, who performed exceptional acts of kindness in his animal incarnations before being reborn as a Boddhisattva and the future Buddha.
Sitor Situmorang Sastrawan 45, Penyair Danau Toba, autobiography (1981) Toba na Sae (1993), local history; Guru Somalaing dan Modigliani Utusan Raja Rom, (1993), local history. Betlehem (1954) by M. Nijhoff, translation; Rindu Kelana (The Need to Wander), (2004) short documentary by Ed Pesta Sirait – The Lontar Foundation [12]
The Toba eruption (the Toba event) occurred at what is now Lake Toba about 73,700±300 years ago. [15] It was the last in a series of at least four caldera-forming eruptions at this location, with the earlier known caldera having formed around 1.2 million years ago. [16]
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Batak Toba believe souls become an ancestral spirit and the children of the deceased perform funerary rites. If a person died childless a si gale-gale is created as a substitute. Complicated sigale gale could be life sized and featured actuation using wet moss or sponges that could be squeezed to make the dolls appear to cry.
[2] [3] The Brothers Grimm defined legend as "folktale historically grounded". [4] A by-product of the "concern with human beings" is the long list of legendary creatures, leaving no "resolute doubt" that legends are "historically grounded." A modern folklorist's professional definition of legend was proposed by Timothy R. Tangherlini in 1990: [5]
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The legend of the Centipede Lake (Indonesian: Danau Lipan) is a folk tale from Kalimantan that tells the story behind a region in the Muara Kaman district, Kutai Kertanegara Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Despite its name, the Centipede Lake is not a lake, but rather a large region grown with shrubs. [1] [2] [3]