Gigantische Keong Zeeschelpen Bloempot Ø80 cm

There are several versions of Keong Emas known in Indonesia. The most common one is the legend describing the romance, the separation and reunion of Raden Panji Asmoro Bangun and his wife Dewi Sekartaji. It all started when the King of Antah Berantah desired to take Dewi Sekartaji as his wife, and to do so he kidnapped her. The god Batara Narada saved Dewi Sekartaji by changing her into a golden snail. The god told Keong Emas to drift along the river in order to find her husband, Raden Panji Asmoro Bangun.

One day a poor old widow, Mbok Rondo Dadapan, who always fished along the river, found the golden snail and took it home as a pet. There, she put the snail in a jar and took good care of it. 

All of sudden, unexpected things took place in Mbok Rondo's life; coming back from her daily fishing, she would find delicious dishes on the table and the house cleaned. She wondered who had been so nice to take care of her houseand do the cooking. After several days, she could not resist to find out who this mysterious and kind person was. So, one day, instead of fishing, she peeped through a hole in the wall of her house.and saw an amazing scene … she saw a beautiful princess coming out of the jar, starting to clean the house and preparing a meal.

The next day, the same thing happened. Without wasting any time Mbok Rondo rushed into the house and smashed the jar with the snail shell in it with a stone mortar. The homeless Dewi Sekartaji could not turn back into a snail shell, and the magic spell was broken. She was then adopted by Mbok Rondo as her daughter.

Meanwhile, Raden Panji Asmoro Bangun was searching for his wife. He wandered from one village to another, finally reaching Dadapan village where he found his beloved wife. Filled with happiness and love, they went back to their kingdom, taking good old Mbok Rondo with them.

Gegoten uit een mix van lavazand en fibre-steel.