Mythological Study on a Collection of Folk Stories in Kuningan West Java

This research is about the study of mythology in a collection of folklore in Kuningan . The focus of this research is intrinsic elements and types of myths were found in fairy tales or folklores in Kuningan, West Java. The purpose of this study is to describe the intrinsic elements contained in folklores in Kuningan. The intrinsic elements are themes, characters and dispositions, setting, plot, and mandate. In addition, the purpose of this research is to describe the types of myths were found in folklores in Kuningan. The setting in the story is the setting of the place, the setting of the time, and the setting of the atmosphere. The background is the names of villages, wilderness, and the names of tourist attractions. The time setting is in the past, day, night, years, in ancient times, then, the next day. The background of the atmosphere is sad, happy, excited. The plot or plot in advanced, close and single plot folklore, there is a strong relationship between one event and other events in the story compiling as a whole. The message in the story is that you have to fight in life, you have to help or help other people/society. (2) There are three types of myths in folklore in Kuningan, namely the type of myth of the origin of naming a village or tourist spot, the second is the myth of divine beings, especially sacred people, the third is the myth of prohibition and belief. The most dominant myth is the origin of naming a place.