Monday, 10 November 2014

Origin of Lake Toba


In ancient times in a village in North Sumatra, there lived a farmer named Toba alone in a flat and fertile valley. The farmer was working on the farm for the purpose of his life.

In addition to his farm work, sometimes the man went fishing to the river which was not far from his home. Every time he fished, simply because the fish got in the clear river that is a lot of fish. Inducement him cook the fish to eat.

One evening, after returning from the field the man went straight to the river for fishing. But it has been a while he was fishing was a iakan gets. Genesis is like that, never experienced before. Because usually fish in the river he was easy fishing. For too long no one takes the bait pole, he gets upset and decided to quit fishing. But when he was about to draw his line, suddenly it struck fishing fish rod was pulled away into the middle of the river. Her heart that had been upset turned into joy, Because he knows that the fish grabbed the pole it is a big fish.

After a while he let his line pulled to and fro, then fishing it disentakkannya, and there was a big fish hanging and floundered at the end of the rope pole. The fish quickly pulled to ground so as not to be separated. Smiling happily he eyes his line out of the mouth of the fish. By the time he was removing the hook, the fish looked meaningfully. Then, after the fish were placed into one where he went into the river to bathe. The feeling elated because he had never got that big fish. He smiled as he imagined how good the fish meat later when it's baked. When leaving the river to return to his house it was already dusk.

When he arrived home, he was immediately brought a big fish results inducement to the kitchen. When he was about to light a fire for grilling fish, it turns firewood in the kitchen of his house was gone. He went out to fetch firewood from the ground under the house. Then, while bringing a few pieces of firewood she climbed back to the top of the house and went straight to the kitchen.

By the time the man arrived in the kitchen, he was surprised at all because of the great fish is not there anymore. But in place of the fish was placed seemed outspread few pieces of gold. Surprise and wonder experienced odd circumstances, he left the kitchen and went back to the room.

When the man opened the door of the room, his blood suddenly drained because it stood in the room of a woman with long hair loose. The woman is combing his hair as he stood facing the mirror hanging on the wall of the room. A moment later the woman suddenly turned around and looked at the man that stood confused at the mouth of the bedroom door. The man became very fascinated because women standing in front of the face of extraordinary beautiful. He had never seen a woman as beautiful as it is though previously he had wandered away to different countries.

Because it was night, she asked that the lights are turned on. After the man turned on the light, he invited the woman to accompany him to the kitchen because she was about to cook rice for them. While waiting for the rice to cook, told by the woman that he was an incarnation of the big fish that had gained him when fishing in the river. Then explained also that some pieces of gold which is located in the kitchen is the incarnation scales. After a few weeks she was declared willing to accept his proposal on the condition that man must swear that all his life he would never bring up the origin of the fish she myang incarnate. After him swear so, kawinlah them.

A year later, they were blessed with a son who they named Samosir. The boy sngat mother spoiled child that resulted was less good tempered and lazy.

Once large enough, the boy told his mother drove rice every day for his father who worked in the fields. However, often he is refusing to do the job so his mother was forced to deliver rice to the fields.

One day, the boy told his mother again deliver rice to the farm for his father. At first he refused. However, because of continued forced his mother, he went to deliver rice kesl it. On the way, most of the rice and side dishes he ate. Upon arrival of the field, the rest of the rice that is only a little he gave to his father. When accepted, the father was feeling very hungry because the rice is too late once delivered. Therefore, the father gets really angry when he saw the rice given to him are the remains. Growing anger when his son confessed that he who takes up most of the rice. Patience father so gone and she beat her son, saying: "Son brash. Not ungrateful. Actually you're the offspring of women who come from a fish! "

Sobbing, the boy ran home to his mother at home. She complained to her mother that her father was beaten. All of the words uttered slur his father told him in anyway. Hearing her story, the mother is sad, especially since her husband has violated his oath with the words slur he spoke to his son. The mother told her to immediately go up the hill located not so far from their homes and climb the highest tree on the top of the hill. Without asking again, the child's mother immediately orders. He ran toward the hill and climb.

When looked after by his mother almost to the top of a tree to climb on top of the hill, he ran towards the river which is not so far away from their home. When he arrived at the river bank lightning, and thunder, which megelegar. A moment later he jumped into the river and suddenly turned into a big fish. At the same time, the river was a huge flood and fell also extremely heavy rain. Some time later, the water of the river has overflowed everywhere and tergenanglah valley where the river flows. Pak Toba could not save himself, he was drowned by the inundation of water. Over time, the puddle was wider and turns into a huge lake that would later be named the Lake Toba. Being a small island in the middle named island.

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