Origin Mermaid
origins of the mermaid legend community-based Central Sulawesi, in the beginning was a housewife who left her family because they feel sad constantly scolded by her husband. That said, the first in the Sulawesi region live a married couple with three children. To meet the daily needs, they earn a living by finding fish in the sea and grow vegetables in the fields. Before his father went to the fields, their regular breakfast together.
One morning, as usual before his father went to the fields, they eat together. Incidentally family fish stocks is quite a lot so it will not run out in one meal. The husband asked his wife to leave the fish to eat after he worked later. By noon, the younger son is starving for a day of play. His mother then gave a plate of rice with fish. Finished eating, the youngest still feel hungry and asking for more. Mother look back with fish live a little, and he recalled with her husband to leave a message with fish to eat after work. However, The Youngest continued to whine ask for more meals. Eventually Mother gives all the fish dishes to his youngest son.
In the evening, their father came home with stomach hungry for a day of work. He asked his wife to provide a meal.
"Wife, where fish do you set aside earlier. I'm very hungry. "Asked her husband to his wife.
" Oh sorry, The Youngest who had spent. He starved depleted running to and fro. "Replied his wife. "What? Is not it I told you to put aside with fish. "Her husband shouted angrily. His wife explained that the fish was on his own but the husband still did not accept and continued to scold his wife. Due to constantly scolded, the wife is very sad and cried. He can not stand by her husband's behavior is often angry. He thought to get out of the house.
On a night when everyone was sleeping soundly, the wife out of the house and go to the sea. The next day, the husband and children looking wife. They were screaming for his wife and their mother but no answer. The children then went out looking on the beach while kept calling her mother.
"My children, I am here," the mother replied. It turned out that their mother was at sea. They are very happy because it managed to find his mother. Their mother then give them a lot of fish to take home as a side dish to eat them. The children then took their mother to return home but her mother refused because it can not stand by her husband's behavior. Finally the kids came home with lots of fish without being able to bring her home.
At home, the children tell the father that they found their mother in the sea. And also convey to bring their father to bring her a lot of fish Award. The father sent the children to bake the fish for a side dish meal. The father seemed not in the least concerned with Mother.
"After the meal, leave the fish to eat side dishes later in the day." Said his father.
At noon, the father came home and have lunch with her children. Children asks the father to leave the fish to his mother. But his father refused on the grounds of his mother does not leave the fish for her.
The next day, the children went back to sea to look for his mother. All day they take a walk on the seaside and calling their mothers but did not succeed him. Then he heard the voice calling them.
"Children come here, I'm your mother." A voice called them.
The children soon find the source of the sound. When it finds it, they were very surprised because the whole body of the mother filled with fish scales. They immediately went away because he felt it was not their mother. "No, we're flaky mother." Said the youngest closest to his mother. Given this reality, the mother became very upset. While the children went to look for and calling her mother, the mother must come back into the sea and decided never returning home again.
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