THE LEGEND OF
NYAI RORO KIDUL
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful
princess named Kadita. Because of her beauty, she was called Dewi Srengenge
which mean The beautiful sun. Her father was King Munding Wangi. Although he
had a beautiful daughter he always unhappy because he always expected to have a
son. The King decided to merry Dewi Mutiara, and he had a son from her. He was
very happy. Dewi Mutiara wanted her son to become a king in the future so she
must make sure for it. Dewi mutiara came to the king and asked him to send away
his daughter. Of course, the king did not agree. "It is ridiculous, I will
not allow any body doing such cruel thing to my daughter", said King
Munding Wangi. When she heard the answer, Dewi mutiara smiled and said a sweet
thing until the king has not anger anymore. However, she kept her bad intention
deep in her heart.
In the morning before the sun raised, Dewi
Mutiara sent her maid to call a black magician. She wanted the black magician
to curse Kadita, her step daughter. " I want her beautiful body full with
scabies and itch.
If you succeeded I will reward you with the
present you never thought before". The black magician did the queen order,
in the night Kadita body has been full with scabies and itch. When She waked up
, she found her body was smell stinky and have a ulcer all over her body. The
beautiful princess cried and did not know what to do.
When The King heard he was very sad, he
invited many physician to cure her daughter illness. Day by the day nobody
could cure her daughter. He realized that her daughter illness it was not a
ordinary illness someone must send a curse or magic spell. His problem became
more difficult when the Queen Dewi Mutiara forced him to send away her
daughter. "Your daughter will bring a bad luck to whole country, said Dewi
Mutiara. The king did not want her daughter become a bad rumour in whole
country. Finally he must agree to send her only daughter to leave the country.
The poor princess went alone, she didn't know
to where she should go. She almost could not cry anymore. She had a nobble
heart. She did not have any bad feeling with her step mother, instead she
always asked the God to accompany her passed her suffer. Almost seven day and seven
night she has walked until she came to south ocean. She looked at the ocean. It
was so clean and clear, unlike other ocean which have a blue or green colour.
She jumped onto the water and swim.
Suddenly when the south ocean water
touched her skin there was a miracle happened. Her ulcer has gone and there was
no sign that she has ever had a scabies or itch. Even more she became more
beautiful than before. Not only that she has a power to command whole of the
south ocean. Now she became a fairy called Nyi Roro Kidul or The Queen of South Ocean who lived forever.
