Mundinglaya di Kusumah

Mundinglaya Dikusumah is a folklore among Sundanese people, Indonesia. The folklore tells about a life of prince in the era of Sunda kingdom when Great King Silihwangi (famous with name Prabu Siliwangi ) reigning in the kingdom. The Sunda Kingdom itself is often called by Sundanese as Pajajaran (the capital city of the kingdom) after Cirebon and Banten separated from it.

This folklore originates from a Sundanese oral tradition called pantun story, which then transferred into books written by some Sundanese writers, both in Sundanese and Indonesian.

King Silihwangi from Galuh got married with Nyimas Tejamantri from whom he got a son, Prince Guru Gantangan. When Prince Guru Gantangan was teenager, the King got married to Nyimas Padmawati, a princess from Sunda Kingdom. King Silihwangi then became the king of Sunda Kingdom or Pajajaran. Prince Guru Gantangan was then assigned as a regent in Kutabarang. From Queen Nyimas Padmawati, king Silihwangi has a son called Prince Mundinglaya.

Because Prince Guru Gantangan had not any children except an adopted son called Prince Sunten Jaya, he asked Padmawati to look after Prince Mundinglaya. Prince Guru Gantangan also took care of Sunten Jaya. However, Prince Gurugantangan loved his half brother more than his own son, a strange attitude which might have been caused by the difference in character of both princes.

Prince Mundinglaya was an elegant, good looking as sweet where his nephew was proud and spoiled. It came not as a surprise when Prince Guru Gantangan’s wife tooke care of him carefully. As a consequency, Prince Sunten Jaya became jealous of Prince Mundinglaya. So was the case with Prince Guru Gantangan. Prince Guru Gantangan put Prince Mundinglaya in prison with a reason that Prince Mundinglaya liked teasing a girl at court.

This decision made the people and the nobility in Pajajaran took sides and the discord threatened the kingdom to lapse into a quarrel among brothers.

At this critical moment something strange happened. One night Queen Nyimas Padmawati, Prince Mundinglaya’s mother had a strange dream. She was in her sleep seven “guriangs”, creatures who usually lived in high mountains. They brought with them an amulet, called Layang Salaka Domas. The Queen heard the one who was holding the amulet in his hand, saying to the others: “There will be peace in Pajajaran only if a knight dares to featch it from Jabaning Langit".

As soon as she awoke the next morning, she told the king about it. The king was very interested in the dream and immediately asked all the people as well as the nobility, including Prince Guru Gantangan and Prince Sunten Jaya to gather in front of the palace yard, where he told them about the queen's dream. Afterwards he asked, “Is there a knight who is ready to go to Jabaning Langit to fetch the amulet?”

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