Jong Batu (The Legend of the Stone Ship)

legend · Brunei · Southeast Asian

A beloved Bruneian legend about an unfilial son who was turned to stone, sharing the same moral motif as Malin Kundang and Si Tanggang. According to the tale, a wealthy young merchant named Awang or Si Untak returned to Brunei on his magnificent ship after making his fortune abroad. His elderly mother, who had raised him alone after his father's death, rushed to greet him at the shore. Ashamed of her simple appearance before his crew and wife, the son cruelly denied knowing his own mother, ordering his sailors to push her away. Heartbroken, his mother prayed for divine justice. A massive storm

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