Once upon a time, a man named Batara Guru created a beautiful girl. Her name was Retno Dulmiah.Batara Guru was attracted to her. Batara Guru wanted to marry her. She informed him that he must meet three conditions. Food with everlasting taste, a shirt that can’t be ruined, and a gamelan a traditional Javanese instrument that can play itself.She would be married to him if he fulfilled all of these conditions. If not, she’d rather die. So, Batara Guru sent a messenger to Earth to find all of these conditions. On the way to Earth, the messenger fell in love with Dewi Sri, Batara Wisnu’s wife. The messenger always followed her. She became mad, so the messenger was cursed by Dewi Sri.Batara Guru continued to wait for the messenger. After a long time, he forgot about the conditions needed to marry Retno Dulmiah. After sometime, he decided to try to hug her and see if she would consider marry him. Suddenly, she died. Just like she promised, she rather die than marrying Batara Guru without all of these conditions. He tried to bring her back to life. But, it was no use. And so, he buried her. After her funeral, some strange plants grew from her to feed the local citizens. From her head grew a coconut tree, from her body grew rice paddy plants, from her hands grew hanging fruits. And from her feet grew taproot plants.After that day, the rice paddy plants were spread all over the world. The rice paddy plants from the body of Retno Dulmiah became the master paddy.Another day, Dewi Sri was being chased by a wild pig. She asked Dewata, Hindu’s God, if she could be banished instead of being chased by a wild pig. Plop! She was suddenly banished from the world. She also became rice paddy plants. These rice paddy plants were planted in a paddy field. A farmer named Pak Tani, was happy to plant Dewi Sri’s paddy. He was taught how to farm the rice paddy.The wild pig who chased Dewi Sri died. Many kinds of insects that kill plants, like rats, appeared from his body. To fight the insects, Dewi Sri sent paddy field snakes to eat the rats.Because of this, farmers don’t kill paddy field snakes anymore, since they kill the insects that eat the rice.
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