Before the men could enquire the meaning behind her words, Nek Kebayan vanished before their very eyes. Where she stood, a mystical path appeared that led the men to an enchanting garden where they met the beautiful princess. Upon meeting her, the men conveyed the Sultan's marriage proposal but the princess demanded that the Sultan prepare a dowry that included a bridge of gold and silver from the summit of Gunung Ledang to Malacca; seven trays of mosquito hearts and seven trays of hearts of mites; a vessel of water from dried areca nuts; a vessel of virgin maiden tears; and a bowl of the Sultan's son's blood.
She condemned the Sultan on his willingness to kill his son to fulfill his selfish desires and expressed her dismay; she could never marry such a man. It served as a hindrance to, as well as a test of character for potential suitors, and the Sultan failed the test. Puteri Gunung Ledang. By Yasmin-Am. Nation 06 Nov Visitors stream into Johor national parks. Her legend and renown soon caught the attention of the then ruler of Malacca Sultan Mahmud Shah.
The princess would wed the Sultan only if her demands were met. Article type: metered. Join our Telegram channel to get our Evening Alerts and breaking news highlights. In his book 'Shaman, Saiva and Sufi', Winstedt said that after his death from the prick of her needle, she donned fairy garb and flew to Gunong Ledang, whence she migrated later to Bukit Jugra further up the coast with a sacred tiger as her companion.
It is said that these princesses cannot normally be seen by human eyes but people who have lost their way in the forest have on occasion met and talked to them.
Another oral tradition has it that Puteri Gunung Ledang stayed at the top of the mystical Gunung Mahligai and had a lover, a jinn prince, who lived on top of Gunung Rundok.
As a result of a curse, the two were banished to live alone on the summit of these mountains and could not leave their respective mountains. However, so strong was their love, it was said that the summit of Gunung Rundok would, every night, tilt towards Gunung Mahligai, and the two lovers would meet and spend the time together until the break of dawn, when the two summits would be separated again.
One night, while they were together, they did not realise that time had passed and this caused the summit of Gunung Rundok to remain permanently tilted, to this day. It is said that if one were to climb Gunung Ledang from Kampung Asahan in Melaka, one will encounter a deep crater before reaching the mountain top.
This large crater was believed to have separated the two mythical mountains of Gunung Rundok and Gunung Mahligai. Together again, the curse was broken, and the two lovers wed.
They left Gunung Mahligai and went to live on Pulau Besar. One day, while Puteri Gunung Ledang was sewing on the beach under a coconut tree at the seaside, her husband playfully came up from behind to surprise her. She was so startled that she accidentally stabbed her husband's hand with her sewing pin. He immediately fell to the ground and died, for little did she know that he had been cursed to die if stabbed by a pin.
Grief-stricken, she retired to Gunung Ledang and vowed never to marry again, living there to this day. In the Hikayat , the Sultan is supposed to have 'withdrawn from the world' and left his kingdom to Puteri Gunung Ledang, and it was during her reign that the Portuguese attacked and she had to flee to the land of the Bataks in Sumatra, where she remained.
A film version of the Puteri Gunung Ledang fable, directed by S Roomai Noor in the s had the princess come to the Sultan's chambers in the dead of night in his dreams. IT is related, that the wife of Sultan Mahmud, and mother of Raja Ahmed, returned into God's mercy, and the King was extremely afflicted; and how long was that, through grief, he would not have the nobuts sounded!
All the chiefs likewise looked gloomy, at seeing the grief of the Prince; and all their attempts to console him proved ineffectual, and could not remove the impression from his heart. One day, all the nobles, mantris, and hulubalangs, assembled, and the King asked them, what they advised, since the land of Malaca was now devoid of a Queen.
The chiefs said, "The daughter of what raja would you choose? Mention the name of any Princess, and we will go and ask her in due form. Then Tun Mamed first set out with the men of Indragiri, to clear the way to Gunung Ledang, for he was the head man, or pengulu of Indragiri. After long journeying they reached the foot of the hill, and began to ascend it, but found no road; the hill men however showed them the road, for the way was excessively difficult, with violent gusts of wind, and a cold quite unsupportable.
They advanced, however, till they reached about the middle of the mountain, when none of the people could proceed farther. Then said Tun Mamed to the laksamana and Sang Satia, "Stop you here, gentles, and let me ascend the hill.
Again however he proceeded slowly, till at last he reached a garden of wonderful beauty, such as had never been seen. It was full of all kinds of flowers and fruits which are to be found in the whole world, arranged in plots of diverse kinds. As soon as the birds of the garden observed the approach of Tun Mamed, they uttered all kinds of cries, some like a man whistling; others like a person playing on a pipe; others like a person playing on the sirdam; others like a person reciting verses; others like persons bersaluca, or joyous; others like persons bergorindam, or conversing in dialogue.
The large lemons made a loud noise, the grapes giggled, and the pomegranates smiled, and the warasac laughed aloud, while the rose repeated pantuns, in the following style;. The teeth are grating against each other, They wish to eat the fish of the tank; Fine and fat are the roes for frying, And the scales will stick to the breast.
The Tanjung's blue flower replied, Dang Nila put in his betel box, The Berimbang and the Pidada fruit, Was there ever such a fool as you, Sir, The bird is flown, and you are only grinding the pepper for catching it.
Tun Mamed was exceedingly surprised to hear a tree so skilful in making pantuns, as well as to see the whole arrangement of the garden.
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