Cerita Boru Saroding dalam Bahasa Inggris - Cerita Rakyat Sumut tentang Penunggu Danau Toba

Dusk arrived, as usual Boru Saroding knew that her husband would soon return from the forest and in a hurry Boru Saroding tried to get his two siblings to hide at the top of the house under the roof because Boru Saroding had already heard sounds indicating that her husband was coming.

Because Boru Saroding was afraid because Boru Saroding knew that the snake wanted to eat humans, his two brothers hid so that Boru Saroding's husband would not see him.

Boru Saroding's husband arrived home, suddenly his husband looked surprised and seemed to smell something different from the others and asked "I think I smell the blood of another human in this house" to his wife Boru Saroding.

Boru Saroding hastily tried to divert the conversation by quickly serving her husband dinner.

Then Boru Saroding's husband finished dinner, then Boru Saroding invited his husband to rest. When they wanted to rest, occasionally they looked suspicious.

Boru Saroding's husband asked, "I smell someone else in the house?" her husband asked Boru Saroding.

"Ah... never mind, that's just your feeling, there's no one else in this house," answered Boru Saroding with extreme fear of her husband.

"It's late at night, we should just rest," said Boru Saroding to her husband who was still acting strangely and suspiciously.

Because Boru Saroding couldn't stand hiding her fear of her husband any longer, Boru Saroding told her husband the whereabouts of her two siblings.

"Forgive me, my husband, because I lied to you," said Boru Saroding to her husband.

"It's true that there are other people in this house besides us, because I think you will be angry if you know that my brothers have come to visit us in this place," admitted Boru Saroding, haunted by a great fear of her husband.

"They came because they really miss us," said Boru Saroding while begging and persuading her husband.

Then Boru Saroding's husband asked that Boru Saroding's two brothers be summoned to come before their husband.

Feeling still haunted by fear, Boru Saroding called his two brothers out of their hiding place at the top of the house under the roof of the house (in Batak language it is called Bukkulan Ni Ruma).

Then Boru Saroding's two brothers approached Boru Saroding's husband and shook hands with each other and unlike the fear that Boru Saroding had imagined, in fact Boru Saroding's two brothers seemed happy telling stories with their husband until they were so engrossed in their conversation (Boru Saroding's husband and brother) that it was almost morning. .

After morning arrived, Boru Saroding's two brothers intended to return to Samosir, so his two brothers told Boru Saroding that they would return to Samosir this morning.

Boru Saroding also invited his two brothers to say goodbye to his husband.

When he was about to say goodbye, one of Boru Saroding's brothers said, "Lae, we will soon be going home to Samosir. What will Lae give us to take back to Samosir?" Boru Saroding's brother asked Boru Saroding's husband.

"Thank you Lae for coming to visit here," answered Boru Saroding's husband to his two brothers while giving 2 (two) gifts wrapped in cloth and tied with a rope to Pandiangan (Boru Saroding's two brothers), while saying: "It's just that there are conditions that Lae must fulfill it," said Boru Saroding's husband.

"What are the conditions Lae?" Boru Saroding's two brothers asked their sister's husband.

"When you arrive in Samosir, don't open this parcel, but you have to wait up to 7 (seven) days before Lae Pandiangan can open this parcel," ordered Boru Saroding's husband to Boru Saroding's two siblings.

The two Boru Saroding brothers answered "He Lae, we will fulfill Lae's message".

Then Pandiangan (Boru Saroding's two brothers) said goodbye and went home through a quite scary forest, through valleys and steep ravines until the two Boru Saroding brothers arrived at the beach of Sabulan Village.

Next they boarded a canoe to cross to Samosir Island.

After they arrived at their respective homes, at that time the two Boru Saroding (Pandiangan) brothers were married and living at home with their respective wives, they told their respective wives about the journey they had taken, they showed the gifts (Gajut) they had brought. to his wife.

One of the Pandiangan (Brother Boru Saroding) grumbled because he felt annoyed by only receiving a small parcel (Gajut) from Laenya who had taken the trouble to visit Lae and her sister in the middle of the forest on Mount Ulu Darat.

"When you go all the way from Samosir to Ulu Darat, you are only given a small package like this, and even then there are those conditions," said one of Boru Saroding's brothers to his wife.

Long story short, because he couldn't wait for the day ordered by Laenya and was quite curious, Pandiangan (Sudara Boru Saroding) opened the package.

Because it did not match Boru Saroding's husband's message, the package opened by one of Boru Saroding's brothers only contained: Soil, turmeric, small pieces of wood and caterpillars.

Feeling insulted, Pandiangan (one of Boru Saroding's brothers who opened the package) became angry and swore at Boru Saroding's husband,

"Insolent, this is how he respects me as Boru Saroding's brother. Doesn't know how to be polite towards his wife's family...!!!" said one of Boru Saroding's brothers and then threw away the opened package prematurely.

Then Pandiangan persuaded and invited his youngest Pandiangan brother to also open the package given by Laenya, "Just open the package, maybe the contents are the same as what you opened earlier," said Pandiangan to his brother.

However, the youngest Pandiangan still did not want to open the package and persisted in fulfilling the message that had been conveyed by Laenya (Boru Saroding's husband).

After the 7th (seventh) day arrived, according to Laenya's message, the youngest Pandiangan opened the package and when the package was opened, suddenly a very large number of caterpillars came out of the package but within a few seconds, the caterpillars The caterpillars that had come out of the package turned into buffalo and cows in very large numbers too.

There are so many cows and buffalo that the village yard looks crowded. Meanwhile, the turmeric that came out of the package turned into gold in quite large quantities and small pieces of wood turned into tree trunks that filled the youngest Pandiangan village location.

Several months later, the cattle and buffalo owned by the youngest Pandiangan increasingly increased in number while the agricultural products and trees he owned also increased so that the youngest Pandiangan became increasingly famous as the richest resident in the area.

After almost ½ year later, because he really missed his hometown, especially his parents and siblings in Samosir, Boru Saroding asked permission from his husband to be given the opportunity to return to his hometown to cure his longing.

"My husband... I miss my hometown, my siblings and especially my parents in Samosir, let me visit them, I won't be there for long," said Boru Saroding to her husband.

With a heavy heart, Boru Saroding's husband answered: "I think I have a bad feeling that if I allow you to visit Samosir, it looks like you won't come back to our place (Ulu Darat)."

Boru Saroding did not give up and continued to try to persuade her husband to give Boru Saroding permission while trying to give her husband confidence.

"My husband... I promise that if you let me go to Samosir, I will go home because I can't possibly leave my husband alone who has given me happiness and has given me love.

"I'm only in Samosir for a while, after that I will return here (Ulu Darat)," explained Boru Saroding to her husband.

Because Boru Saroding had begged and given an explanation that was convincing enough for her husband, Boru Saroding's husband allowed Boru Saroding to visit Samosir where his in-laws lived, so her husband took Boru Saroding to the shore of Lake Toba to take his wife to Samosir .

Full of magic, Boru Saroding's husband picked a tree leaf then placed it on the edge of the lake and suddenly the leaf turned into a canoe.

After that, Boru Saroding's husband invited Boru Saroding to enter the canoe. Then Boru Saroding's husband said: "Boru Saroding, my kind wife, you are the king's daughter who has become his wife. You promised to return quickly from Samosir because we love and care for each other.

"So I really beg you to fulfill your promise and come home quickly, my wife, I also believe in what you have promised me..." said her husband to Boru Saroding.

Boru Saroding nodded as he followed his husband's words and said "Yes, my husband, believe me... I will return home quickly from Samosir, you can make an oath," said Boru Saroding to her husband in an effort to convince her husband so that his plan could run smoothly.

Then Boru Saroding's husband said an oath:

"Dekke Ni Sabulan Tu Tonggina Tu Tabona, Manang ise si ose padan..Turipurna tu magona" (In Indonesian it means: Every person who breaks a promise/oath will suffer bad consequences).

With deep feelings of sadness in his heart, Boru Saroding's husband pushed the canoe.

"Go, my wife, Boru Saroding," said her husband to Boru Saroding as he let go of the canoe that Boru Saroding was riding in the direction of Lake Toba, where at that time the situation looked peaceful with no wind and no waves.

Even at that time, the weather in the sky looked so clear. After Boru Saroding rowed his canoe about 5 (five) meters from the shore, Boru Saroding said softly like a whisper "Beughhh...bursik ma ho....., I thought you were human...it turns out you are just a snake and only a ghost with a human face.

Do you think I will return to Ulu Darat, that terrible place? You ghost with a human face, snake body.” Boru Saroding said quietly as he hurriedly rowed his canoe, filled with disappointment and fear.

Suddenly, the weather in the sky turned dark, tornadoes, rain and thunder came so that big waves began to appear on Lake Toba where Boru Saroding was passing by in his canoe.

Seeing the sudden change in situation, Boru Saroding screamed in fear, with all his might.

Boru Saroding also tried to control his canoe. Suddenly a very big wave appeared towards Boru Saroding so that Boru Saroding was unable to control the canoe he was riding in.

Boru Saroding and his boat were also swept away by the big waves. Not long afterward, Boru Saroding was swept away by the water current to the bottom of Lake Toba.

Since that incident until now, Boru Saroding has not been found and according to Batak people, especially residents of Samosir Island, they believe that Boru Saroding is the guardian spirit of Lake Toba to this day.

Many residents still believe this, even according to the testimony of several Pandiangan descendants, they still believe that the spirit of Boru Saroding is said to be said to be a ship passing through the waters.

Lake Toba, with bad weather conditions and big waves/swells, one of the ship passengers who is a descendant of Pandiangan or is a family member of the Pandiangan clan can ask for help through prayer to Boru Saroding so that the big waves and strong winds that are driving the ship will be stopped by the spirit of Boru Saroding. .

However, this turned out to be truly proven because only by eating Betel and then praying for the help of the Spirit of Boru Saroding, whatever problems the ship was experiencing, would be stopped.

Until now, most Samosir residents still believe in the legend and existence of the spirit of Boru Saroding.

And residents call it Namboru Boru Saroding Watchdog of Lake Toba in the Rassang Bosi, Dolok Marlahan, Palipi, Mogang, Sabulan Janji Raja, Tamba, Simbolon and Hatoguan areas.

And all residents who visit and pass through the area are asked not to throw spit/garbage into the lake and not to speak dirty words because it is said that people who do not comply with this message will experience something quite terrible and it is very likely that the ship they are traveling on will experience a disaster. big.

Meanwhile, Boru Saroding's husband is called "Amangboru Saroding" which is believed and witnessed by some Pandiangan residents, often seeing Boru Saroding's husband coming down from Ulu Darat to the lake where he dropped off his wife, Namboru Boru Saroding.

The appearance of Boru Saroding's husband in the form of a large and long snake with a human body swimming around the place where Boru Saroding sank along with the canoe he was riding in.

Meanwhile, at the foot of Mount Ulu Darat, precisely in Pandiangan village, Sabulan village, Sitiotio district, there is a Namboru Boru Saroding Bath which is believed to be the place where Boru Saroding bathes and washes his hair with kaffir lime.

The place is named "Par-Anggiran Ni Namboru Boru Saroding" at the Boru Saroding bathing place, there is a large tree where the branches and twigs of the tree are covered with Kaffir Lime trees.

However, the fruit from the Kaffir Lime that rides on the big tree cannot be taken by just anyone.

This story or legend is one of the tourist attractions in Samosir Regency. A cultural site that tells the legend of Boru Saroding's journey and then the place was named "Par Anggiran Ni Namboru Boru Saroding" which is located in Sabulan Village, Sitiotio District, Samosir Regency.

Or if we visit this historical place, it is only about ½ hour by boat from Mogang Harbor, Palipi District.

This place is frequently visited by the Pandiangan Family or the King of Sonang, even local and foreign tourists visit this place with the aim of making a pilgrimage as well as remembering the Namboru Boru Saroding Pandiangan Journey.

Until now, the true story and testimony about the existence of the spirit of Namboru Boru Saroding is still widely told by Samosir residents, especially residents who are passing through the area.

The history of the Namboru Boru Saroding Legend that I am posting is of course still not perfect, perhaps even if the reader has previously read or knows about this legend from other sources and there are differences, then please submit comments, so that in the future improvements can be made.

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