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LEGEND OF THE LAKE LIMBOTO

(Legenda Danau Limboto)
Limboto past was a sea. Appearing on the sea surface only two mountains, the
mountains and the mountain Boliohuto Tilongkabila. On top of the mountain was silent the
first man. It can be said that in the west and the east. When the water has receded, then there
was the land and grow trees,
At that time there came people from the west and from the east. People from
western wandering in the forest. He was looking for a place to be a place to stay.Suddenly he
met seven nymphs.
He watched, how pretty fairies, then hid one wing of an angel. After hiding so he
approached the angel who was bathing it. When the angel know people, they fly to the
heavenly. Only a person who can not fly anymore.
He was approached by people from the west of it. "You Where and what is your name?"
"I am of the heavenly, and my name-buqingale Bougie. I was the seventh child of a heavenly
king ".
Then the people from the west: "Let us live together". He called the angel somewhere.
At one point Bougie-buqingale it got a shipment of heavenly. Submissions that such
mustika. Magnitude as duck eggs. Dicarikannya water mustika place to store it. Right in front
of it there is a fountain. Mustika it is stored there.
Not how long they were in that place, came from the east. The discovery of a spring
covered with a hood, and then say as his own. He said: "We are the owners of this
spring". They were four people.
Bougie-buqingale when it comes seen mustikanya. After dealing with them, then said
Bougie-bungale: "Why do you keep an eye my water?"
Answered by one: "This spring is ours".
"If this true where the sign you belong to?"
"The sign that it belongs to us is a big tree".
"For me not only a big tree. The sign that this mine, there is hidden in this spring.Apart from
that is the booring ".
Then they said that: "There is no truth what do you say it".
"If it is not correct, you try to prove what you say. Call this water. Call it in order to
multiply. If you can do that, true that this is yours ".
Tested by one of the requests that come from the east. He called sea water: "Hi water, you
membesarlah". Not successful.
The second person: "Hi springs, wide is". Not successful.
Third: "Hi water, flashes". Still no luck.
Finally the fourth: "Hi water springs, membesarlah". But not too successful.
They said. "We really can not afford. But you try to call him, if it really is yours. If this truly
yours, of course you can enlarge this spring ".
"OK. But before I call this water, will I show thee mustikaku stored in the spring ".
Mustika then took it from the spring. When mustika it has been in the hands Bu'i
Bungale, then broke mustika it and get out of a woman. The woman was, at that time, being a
girl, and how beautiful. He was given the name the Tolangohula. The woman was
immediately given to his father, one from the west.
Bu'i Bungale then said: "Now I'm going to call. And you will see will be big this
spring. You immediately run into a big tree that becomes a sign for you. And I was with my
husband and my son will go to the cotton. "
"Why do not you call". Said the four men.

Then summoned by Bu'i Bungale. "Hi you membesarlah water, in order to become a source
of life for people behind".
Being great is the water. The water grew, and accompanied by ridicule from Bu'i Bungale:
"Membesarlah you, membesarlah you".
As for the water it increasingly large, they were too big to climb trees. Bu'i
Bungale, her husband and children climbed on top of cotton. They just adrift. Water was on
the increase, so it passed the peak of the big tree. The four were for mercy, because they will
drown. They said: "We ask for forgiveness to you. It is clear to us that the spring yours. We
will die ".
Bu'i Bungale said: "Since you have admitted, then I submit there is water. So that
this water into the lake for everyone. Hai water stop you, so that you will be a source of life
for human beings ".
That is, there have been a lake.
After the lake was already there, then the problem arises again find the name of the
lake. Bungale Bu'i husband said: "What name would you give to the lake that you make it?"
While they think of the name of the lake, appeared by their five round seeds. They
take the seed round. Bu'i Bungale pinched a little by then kissed the seed. It turns out there is
the smell. He said: "It smells like the smell of fruit a piece of wood that is in heavenly called"
Limu "(lime). If so this is really limes. But it ends like the nipple of the breast or "tutu".
That was the beginning of the lake was named "Limutu" is from "Limututu" or limu nipple /
breast.