Legend of Lake Toba

Kata Pengantar

Puji syukur kehadirat Tuhan Yang Maha Kuasa atas segala limpahan Rahmat dan kasihNya sehingga saya dapat menyelesaikan penyusunan cerita berupa legenda “Asal Usul Danau Toba.”

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                                Tiga Dolok, 09 Maret 2012

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DAFTAR ISI

1.    KATA PENGANTAR    ……………………………….………………………… 1

2.  DAFTAR ISI…………………………………………………………………………. 2

3.   ISI LEGENDA…………………………………………………………………………. 3

ASAL USUL DANAU TOBA

Pada zaman dahulu adalah seorang petani bernama Toba yang menyendiri di sebuah lembah yang landai dan subur. Petani itu mengerjakan sawah dan ladang untuk keperluan hidupnya.Selain mengerjakan ladangnya, kadang-kadang lelaki itu pergi memancing ke sungai yang berada tak jauh dari rumahnya. Setiap kali dia memancing, mudah saja ikan didapatnya karena disungai yang jernih itu memang banyak sekali ikan. Ikan hasil pancingannya dia masak untuk dimakan. Pada suatu sore, setelah pulang dari ladang Toba langsung pergi ke sungai untuk memancing.Tetapi sudah cukup lama ia memancing tak seekor ikan pun didapatnya. Kejadian yang seperti itu,tidak pernah dialami sebelumnya. Sebab biasanya ikan di sungai itumudah saja dia pancing. Karena sudah terlalu lama tak ada yang memakan umpan pancingnya, dia menjadi kesal dan memutuskan untuk berhenti memancing, Tetapi ketika dia hendak menarik  pancingnya, tiba-tiba pancing itu disambar ikan dan menarik pancing itu jauh ketengah sungai. Hatinya yang tadi sudah kesal berubah menjadi gembira, Karena dia tahu bahwa ikan yang menyambar pancingnya itu adalah ikan yang besar.  Setelah beberapa lama dia biarkan pancingnya ditarik ke sana kemari, barulah pancing itu disentakkannya, dan tampaklah seekor ikan besar tergantung dan menggelepar-gelepar di ujung tali pancingnya. Dengan cepat ikan itu ditariknya ke darat supaya tidak lepas. Sambil tersenyum gembira sambil melepas mata pancingnya dari mulut ikan itu.

Pada saat dia sedang melepaskan mata pancing itu, ikan tersebut memandangnya dengan penuharti,setelah itu diletakkannya disuatu tempat dan Toba masuk ke dalam sungai untuk mandi. Perasaannya gembira sekali karena sebelumnya tidak pernah mendapat ikan sebesar itu dan sambil tersenyum dia membayangkan betapa enaknya nanti daging ikan itu kalau sudah di panggang.

Hari sudah mulai senja Toba meninggalkan sungai untuk pulang, dan setibanya dirumah Toba langsung membawa ikan besar hasil pancingannya itu ke dapur. Ketika dia hendak menyalakan api untuk memanggang ikan itu, ternyata kayu bakar sudah habis. Dia segera keluar untuk mengambil kayu bakar dari bawah kolong rumahnya. Kemudian, sambil membawa beberapa potong kayu bakar dia naik kembali ke atas rumah dan langsung menuju dapur.Pada saat Toba tiba di dapur, dia terkejut sekali karena ikan besar sudah raib alias hilang, tetapi bekas tempat ikan itu tadi terdapat beberapa keping uang emas. Toba terkejut dan merasa heran mengalami keadaan yang aneh itu, dia meninggalkan dapur dan masuk kekamar.

Ketika Toba membuka pintu kamar, tiba-tiba darahnya tersirap karena didalam kamar itu berdiri seorang perempuan dengan rambut yang panjang terurai , Perempuan itu sedang menyisir rambutnya sambil berdiri menghadap cermin yang tergantung pada dinding kamar.

Sesaat kemudian perempuan itu tiba-tiba membalikkan badannya dan memandang Toba yang terlihat bingung dan sekaligus terpesona karena wajah perempuan itu luar biasa cantiknya. Karena hari sudah malam, perempuan itu minta agar lampu dinyalakan. Setelah Toba menyalakan lampu, dia diajak perempuan itu menemaninya kedapur karena dia hendak memasak nasi untuk mereka. Sambil menunggu nasi masak, diceritakan oleh perempuan itu bahwa dia adalah penjelmaan dari ikan besar yang tadi didapat lelaki itu ketika memancing di sungai.

Kemudian dijelaskannya pula bahwa beberapa keping uang emas yang terletak di dapur itu adalah penjelmaan sisiknya. Setelah beberapa minggu perempuan itu menyatakan bersedia menerima lamarannya dengan syarat Toba harus bersumpah bahwa seumur hidupnya dia tidak akan pernah mengungkit asal usul istrinya myang menjelma dari ikan. Setelah lelaki itu bersumpah demikian, kawinlah mereka.  Setahun kemudian, mereka dikaruniai seorang anak laki-laki yang mereka beri nama Samosir. Anak itu sangat dimanjakan ibunya yang mengakibatkan anak itu bertabiat kurang baik dan pemalas. Setelah cukup besar, anak itu disuruh ibunya mengantar nasi setiap hari untuk ayahnya yang bekerja di ladang. Namun, sering dia menolak mengerjakan tugas itu sehingga terpaksa ibunya yang mengantarkan nasi ke ladang. Suatu hari, sang anak disuruh ibunya lagi mengantarkan nasi ke ladang untuk ayahnya. Mulanya dia menolak, tetapi karena terus dipaksa ibunya, dengan kesal pergilah sang anak mengantarkan nasi itu . Di tengah jalan sebagian besar nasi dan lauk pauknya dia makan. Setibanya diladang, sisa nasi itu yang hanya tinggal sedikit dia berikan kepada ayahnya. Saat menerimanya, si ayah sudah merasa sangat lapar karena nasinya terlambat sekali diantarkan, maka si ayah jadi sangat marah ketika melihat nasi yang diberikan kepadanya adalah sisa-sisa.

Amarahnya makin bertambah ketika anaknya mengaku bahwa dia yang memakan sebagian besar dari nasinya itu. Kesabaran si ayah jadi hilang dan dia pukul anaknya sambil mengatakan: “Anak kurang ajar. Tidak tahu diuntung. Betul-betul kau anak keturunan perempuan yang berasal dari ikan!” Sambil menangis, anak itu berlari pulang menemui ibunya di rumah. Kepada ibunya dia mengadukan bahwa dia dipukuli ayahnya dan mengadukan semua kata-kata cercaan yang diucapkan ayahnya. Mendengar cerita anaknya itu, si ibu sedih sekali, terutama karena suaminya sudah melanggar sumpahnya dengan kata-kata cercaan yang dia ucapkan kepada anaknya itu. Si ibu menyuruh anaknya agar segera pergi mendaki bukit yang terletak tidak begitu jauh dari rumah mereka dan memanjat pohon kayu tertinggi yang terdapat di puncak bukit itu. Tanpa bertanya lagi, si anak segera melakukan perintah ibunya itu. Dia berlari-lari menuju ke bukittersebut dan mendakinya.Ketika tampak oleh sang ibu anaknya sudah hampir sampai ke puncak pohon kayu yang dipanjatnya di atas bukit , dia pun berlari menuju sungai yang tidak begitu jauh letaknya darirumah mereka itu.

Ketika dia tiba di tepi sungai itu kilat menyambar disertai bunyi guruh yang megelegar. Sesaat kemudian dia melompat ke dalam sungai dan tiba-tiba berubah menjadi seekor ikan besar. Pada saat yang sama, sungai itu pun banjir besar dan turun pula hujan yang sangat lebat. Beberapa waktu kemudian, air sungai itu sudah meluap kemana-mana dan tergenanglahlembah tempat sungai itu mengalir.

Pak Toba tak bisa menyelamatkan dirinya, ia mati tenggelamoleh genangan air. Lama-kelamaan, genangan air itu semakin luas dan berubah menjadi danau yang sangat besar yang di kemudian hari dinamakan orang Danau Toba. Sedang Pulau kecil ditengah-tengahnya diberi nama Pulau Samosir. 

 TERJEMAHANNYA KE DALAM BAHASA INGGRIS :

ORIGIN OF LAKE TOBA

In ancient times was a farmer named Toba secluded in a valley of sloping andfertile. Farmers were working on fields of rice and for the purposes of his life.Besides working on his farm, he sometimes went fishing in the river which is not far from his home. Each time he was fishing, it's easy fishing in the river which he gotfor it was clear a lot of fish. Hes fishhook he cooked the fish from to eat.One afternoon, after returning from the fields Toba went straight to the river for fishing. But long enough he did not provoke any fish gets. Events like that, never experienced before. Because usually fish in the river waseasy he was fishing. Because already too long no one to take the bait his line, hebecame upset and decided to stop fishing, but when he was about to draw his line,it suddenly struck by the fish and reel it interesting that much to the middle river fishing. His heart had already upset turned into joy, Because he knows that the fish grabbedthe pole it is a big fish. After a while he let his line is pulled back and forth, then the fishing was snatched, and there was a big fish hanging and thrashing around at theend of fishing line.

Quickly he pulled the fish to shore so as not to loose. Smiling happily as he took off his line from the eyes of the fish's mouth.At the time he was off the hook, the fish can look at it meaningfully, then placed it some where and Toba into the river to bathe. Feeling very happy because it had never got that big fish and Smiling imagine howgood he'll fish it when it's baked. It was getting dusk Toba leave the river to gohome, and arrived home Toba bring immediate results fishhook big fish to the kitchen.

When he was about to light a fire for grilling fish, firewood was gone. She immediately went out to get firewood from under the under the house. Then, carrying a few pieces of firewood she climbed back into the house and went straightto the kitchen. At Toba reached the kitchen, she was surprised at all because the big fish havegone missing alias, but that was a former fish where there are a few gold coins. Toba was surprised and wondered experiencing a strange situation, he left the kitchen and into to room.When Toba opened the bedroom door, her blood suddenly tersirap because in that room stood a woman with long and curly hair, the woman was combing her hair asshe stood facing the mirror hanging on the bedroom wall. A moment later the

woman suddenly turned around and looked at Toba who looked puzzled andfascinated all at once because the woman's face pretty incredible.Because it was late, she asked that the lights lit. After Toba turn on the lights, heinvited her to accompany him to kitchen because he wanted to cook rice for them.While waiting for the rice is cooked, as told by her that she is the incarnation of thegreat fish that had gained him when fishing in a river. Then explain also that severalpieces of gold which is located in the kitchen that is the incarnation of the scales.After several weeks she states willing to accept her application on the condition of  Toba must swear that the rest of his life he would never bring his wife myangin carnates the origin of the fish. After he had swore so, they marry.A year later, they were blessed with a son who they named Samosir. Very spoiled boy that resulted in the boy's mother is 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, he often refused to work on that task so that her mother was forced to deliver rice to the for fields.

One day, the boy told his mother again to deliver rice to the fields for his father. At first he refused, but because of continued forced her mother, the boy went angry lyto deliver the rice, on the road most of the rice and side dishes he ate. Arriving in the fields, the rest of the rice which was only a little he gave to his father. We accept it, dad was feeling very hungry because the rice was delivered late, then the father became very angry when he saw the rice given to him were the remnants. Increasingly anger when his son confessed that he who takes up most of that rice. The father lost patience and he's so at his son, saying: "Son of impudent. Notungrateful.

You really female progeny derived from the fish! "Sobbing, the boy ran home to find her mother at home. To his mother he complained that he was beaten his father and complained all the words spoken by his father's reprimand. Listening to his son, the mother is very sad, especially because her husband had violated his oath with the words of invective which he sayto his son. The mother asked her child to immediately go up the hill that is locatednot so far from their homes and climb the highest trees located on the top of thehill. Without asking again, the child's mother immediately take command. He rantoward the hill and climb it.When seen by the mother her son had almost reached the top of the climb a tree onthe hill, he ran towards the river are not so far away from their homes.

When hearrived at the river of thunder accompanied by lightning that megelegar. A momentlater he jumped into the river and suddenly turned into a big fish. At the same time,the river was a big flood and the fall is also a very heavy rain. Some time later, theriver was already overflowing everywhere and tergenanglah valley where the river

 

flows. Mr. Toba could not save himself, he was drowned by a pool of water. Overtime, the pool water was wider and turned into a huge lake that later called theLake Toba. Being a small island in the middle named Samosir