Roro Jonggrang and the Legend of Prambanan Temple
A Javanese legend explaining the origin of Prambanan Temple. Bandung Bondowoso, a powerful prince with supernatural abilities and an army of invisible genies, fell in love with Princess Roro Jonggrang. When she rejected his proposal, he attacked her father's kingdom and conquered it. Forced to consider marriage, Roro Jonggrang set an impossible condition: Bandung must build 1,000 temples in one night. Using his supernatural army, he nearly completed the task. Desperate, Roro Jonggrang ordered her maids to light fires and pound rice, tricking the spirits into thinking dawn had arrived. Enraged