The Mythological Creature
Mythology on Java part 1

^Antaboga^

In the wayang kulit, Sang Hyang Antaboga (often written Anantaboga) is a dragon with a crown and wears a gold necklace. It is said that Antaboga is very powerful and can be transformed into a human form.

Earthquakes are natural events caused by the angry Sang Hyang Antaboga polah and moving its tail. Antaboga is not a god of evil. He even saved the Pandawa Lima knights from the fires of Sengkuni and Kaurava. This is the story of the play 'Bale Sigala-gala'.

"Antaboga who transformed into a garangan (mosang Jawa) then helped Pandawa and Dewi Kunti. Antaboga led them all to escape the fires through culverts" Darmoko said.

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Nagagini

Nagagini is a mythological character from the puppet that J. K. Rowling once adopted into 'Nagini', played by Claudia Kim in the film Fantastic Beast 2 (2018). Nagagini is a great dragon snake, the daughter of Antaboga.

"Nagagagini and Bima (one of the personnel of Pandawa Lima) was born Antarija which can also turn into a snake" said Darmoko.

Initially Bima did not want to marry the Dragon Gini because of the form of a dragon. But short story, Naga Gini turned into a beautiful woman and Bima wanted to marry Nagagini.

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Interspaces

Written by Pitoyo Amrih in his book, Antareja is the grandson of Antaboga and the son of the Bima-Nagagini couple. Antareja was born in Kahyangan Saptapratala when Bima went to escort her mother, Kunti, back to Hastinapura State.

As the grandson of the Serpent God Sang Hyang Antaboga, Antareja is able to spout snake venom. Whoever is licked by the footprints, the owner of the footprints will die. Antareja died from licking his own footprints before the Battle of Bharatayuda.

Antareja characters have no equivalent in the Indian version of the Mahabharata Epos because Antareja is a Javanese poet's own creation that is incorporated into the Mahabharata story.

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Sang Hyang Basuki's

,"Sang Hyang Basuki is the serpent god in the play Apocalypsejati," said Darmoko.

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A look at primbon

In the book 'Kitab Primbon Jawa Sebaguna' by R Gunasasmita, snakes are not depicted as evil creatures. He wrote, The snake may be scary and disgusting but the snake carries a good omen.

"If a snake enters the house then it is a good sign because the owner of the house will have a position in society so it is highly respected and respected" wrote Gunasasmita.

But the good sign can turn bad if the recipient of the sign does not immediately give alms. The recipient of the sign may experience difficulty and damage.

Thus a little story of puppetry about snakes, dragon snakes, and snakes in primbon. But nevertheless, it is a myth. Ancient Greek civilization for example, they became the motor of science when they dared to move from the mythological phase to a philosophy that emphasizes rationality. However, myths still exist as literature that contains wisdom, not then swallowed raw.

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Buta Locaya is a character who is told in Babad Kediri as one of the two servants of Prabu Jayabaya. His real name is Kyai Daha. Prabu Jayabaya subsequently changed his name to Buta Locaya, while the name Daha was used as the name of the Kingdom of Daha (Kingdom of Medang).[1]

The name Buta Locaya is a "trustworthy fool". Blind Locaya comes from the words: Blind (lit. "stupid"), Lo (lit. "you"), and Caya (lit. "trustworthy").[2]