quench her thirst. Unbeknownst to her, the urine she had drunk contained a bit of his sperm and that subsequently impregnated Celeng Wayungyang. Being an animal demigod, she became instantly pregnant and bore a child just hours later. The king, who was still in the jungle, heard the baby crying and found her lying among the bushes. He took her back to his kingdom, adopted and raised her as his own daughter, never realising that she was actually his real daughter. Dayang Sumbi's Curse The baby girl grew up to be a beautiful girl named Dayang Sumbi and many nobles and princes tried to court her but none caught her interest. Her favourite thing to do was weaving and she spent most of her time creating numerous beautiful cloths and textiles. She usually did her weaving in a section of the palace with an elevated pavilion in the garden. Then, one day the terompong (bamboo or wooden cylinder to spin the threads) fell out and into grounds outside the palace. As she was of nobility, she was forbidden to leave the palace on foot and was always carried around but without anyone near to help her, she grew anxious to retrieve her '"teropong". In her anxiety, she made a promise out loud "whoever picks the terompong for me will be rewarded, if she is a female, I will treat her as close as my own sister, and if he is a male I shall marry him." Suddenly Tumang, the dog god came out of nowhere and retrieved the terompong for her. Princess Dayang Sumbi felt obliged to fulfill her promise and married him anyway despite Tumang being a dog. Naturally, the union caused an uproar and ensuing scandal in the palace. The king was utterly ashamed and embarrassed by the actions of his daughter and banished the princess into the woods. Feeling sorry for their princess, the king's subjects built her a modest cottage in the forest and left her alone with Tumang. She soon discovered that Tumang is a supernatural being and during the full moon, was able to transform back into his original form; as a handsome god. Dayang Sumbi lived in a daze for a while, thinking that it was a strange dream that once a month, a handsome man appeared to her and they make passionate love. They made love and fell passionately in love, after