Research Article
The Myth of Human Origin for Harmonization of Life and Indonesianness
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.4-11-2020.2314167, author={Mu’jizah Mu’jizah and Erlis Nur Mujiningsih and Purwaningsih Purwaningsih}, title={The Myth of Human Origin for Harmonization of Life and Indonesianness}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 4th BASA: International Seminar on Recent Language, Literature and Local Culture Studies, BASA, November 4th 2020, Solok, Indonesia}, publisher={ICST}, proceedings_a={BASA}, year={2021}, month={12}, keywords={objection; tax dispute; appeals; tax lawsuit}, doi={10.4108/eai.4-11-2020.2314167} }- Mu’jizah Mu’jizah
Erlis Nur Mujiningsih
Purwaningsih Purwaningsih
Year: 2021
The Myth of Human Origin for Harmonization of Life and Indonesianness
BASA
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.4-11-2020.2314167
Abstract
Indonesia is known as a multiethnic and multicultural country. Many tribes live in Indonesia, such as Javanese, Sundanese, Malay, Achenese, Toraja, and Banjar. They have thought was expressed in folktale, especially the myth of human origins. The myth called aetiologias and including the oldest story. This oldest story would be interesting to study relate it to the Indonesianness concept. This paper will discuss how myth of the human origin was formed by society in the past for harmonization of life and how the story consist a concept related to Indonesianness in the present? This study used a structural approach and comparative study. From the results of this study was found the diversity and similar of the motif from the story. From the comparison of the stories concluded that Indonesianness had been built since ancient times through the same concept of myth of the human origin. A kingdom or country in the past was always led by special humans which was marriages between the underworld and the upperworld. This marriage became a common thread that connected the origin of human found in the stories in many ethnic groups in Indonesia.