Cerita rakyat legenda
berbahasa Inggris tentang keris kutukan Mpu Gandring - (Cursed Sword, Keris)
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The king of Kediri Kingdom
in East Java, Kertajaya thought himself as a deity, and he was opposed by the
Brahmana (priests) caste. When he threated the Brahmanas, they ran to Tumapel
and asked the ruler, Ken Arok, for his protection. Ken Arok thought that Kediri
army would attack his territory, and ordered his troops to fortify.
Kediri army came to Tumapel
as Arok was expecting. The Battle of Ganter, in 1222, was the end of Kediri
Kingdom, then Ken Arok formed his own empire, Singosari.
Ken Arok proclaimed himself
as the son of Shiva.
Historians has been argued
on Ken Arok's new dynasty because his origin wasn't clear . Who is he? Why he
could forma kingdom? Does he have a dark past?
After Kertajaya lost, the
Kediri Kingdom was ruled by Tunggul Ametung.
He had a very beautiful wife, Ken Dedes. A statue in Leiden Museum,
Netherlands, shows Ken Dedes as Prajnaparamitha, Goddess of Wise.
One day Ken Arok accidentaly
saw Ken Dedes, then a wind hiked her gown. Suddenly Ken Arok got a vision, that
he had to have Ken Dedes as his wife, at any risk.
Ken Arok decided to kill
Tunggul Ametung.
He ordered a
"keris" (a sacred short sword) to a priest, Mpu Gandring. It took a
long time to make a "keris" because only englighted priest could make
it, and they had to do some rituals for that.
Ken Arok was impatient to
wait the keris to be done. His lust to Ken Dedes is getting bigger and bigger.
He came up to Mpu Gandring to ask if the keris was completed. When Mpu Gandrig
said no, Ken Arok kill him with that incompleted keris.
Before he died, Mpu Gandring
cursed the keris.
Later, Ken Arok lent the
keris to Kebo Ijo, a petty criminal Kebo Ijo was so proud. that he showed the
keris to everyone. At night, Ken Arok stole the keris again, and he succesfully
kill Tunggul Ametung. Kebo Ijo was framed as the killer, but before he could
talk, Ken Arok killed him with the keris.
In the 5th year of his
reign, a man called Anusapati wanted the throne of Singosari from Ken Arok. Ken
Arok had abandoned Mpu Gandring's keris but Anusapati killed him with that.
Ken Arok had a concubine
named Ken Umang, and their son, Tohjaya decided the revenge.
At the 21th year of
Anusapati's rule, Tohjaya invited Anusapati for gambling, and when Anusapati
was having fun, Tohjaya killed Anusapati, again with Mpu Gandring's keris.
After Anusapati's death, his
son Ranggawuni wanted the throne. Tohjaya sent Lembu Ampal to attack Ranggawuni
and his companion, Mahesa Cempaka. Lembu Ampal realized that Ranggawuni was the
right person to be the king, and they fought against Tohjaya. Tohjaya was
killed with Mpu Gandring's keris.
Ranggawuni and Mahesa
Cempaka realized that Mpu Gandring's keris would only make chaos and death, so
they threw the keris to the Java Sea. Legend said that the keris turned to be a
dragon.
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