The Legend of Puteri Gunung Ledang
From Johor comes the tale of a celestial princess who lived atop Mount Ledang. The powerful Sultan of Melaka, Sultan Mahmud Shah, hearing of her legendary beauty, sought her hand in marriage. The princess agreed — but only if the Sultan fulfilled seven impossible conditions, including building a golden bridge from Melaka to the mountain, constructing a silver bridge back, providing seven trays of mosquito hearts, a vat of virgin's tears, a bowl of his son's blood, and cups of the Sultan's own blood and semen. After much effort, the Sultan fulfilled six conditions but hesitated at the final, re