been convinced that he would fail. Refusing to give up, she made a final great prayer call to God for help. She wove her magic shawl and filled the eastern horizon with flashes of light. Deceived by what appeared to be dawn, cocks crowed and farmers rose for a new day. The origin of Mount Tangkuban Parahu Sangkuriang thought that he had failed. In his anger, he kicked the boat that he had built and it fell, turning upside down, transformed it into Mount Tangkuban Parahu (in Sundanese, "tangkuban" means "upturned" or "upside down", and "parahu" means "boat.") The wood left over from the boat became Mt. Burangrang, the rest of the huge tree became Mount Bukit Tunggul and the lake became Lake Bandung (lit. "dam"). Sangkuriang was now frustrated but he still refused to give up on Dayang Sumbi. In his despair, he tried to force himself on Dayang Sumbi but she managed to break free and ran away from him. Sangkuriang gave chase and when he almost caught up with her at Gunung Putri, Dayang Sumbi begged The Almighty to help her one last time. In response, she was transformed into a Jaksi flower and as a result, Sangkuriang failed to find her in his search throughout the jungles and went insane. Centuries later, this tale lives on as a local legend on how the Lake Bandung and Mount Tangkuban Parahu were created. Under a strong influence of spirits, ghosts and gods, geologic facts were woven together into a tale which has become a legend in those parts of Indonesia and which has been passed down from generation to generation. It has become intertwined with the lives of its inhabitants and the place itself. Relevance with geological fact The story has relevance with the creation of Bandung basin and Mount Tangkuban Parahu. Recent geological investigations indicate that the oldest lake deposits has been radiometrically dated as old as 125 thousand years. The lake ceased to exist at 16000 Before present (BP). There had been two Plinian type of eruptions of ancient Mount Sunda dated respectively at 105000 and 55000–50000 BP. The second plinian eruption has caused ancient Gunung Sunda's caldera to collapse and create mount Tangkuban Parahu, Mount Burangrang (Mount Sunda), and Mount Bukit Tunggul. It is more likely that the ancient Sundanese have lived in the Bandung area long before 16,000 years BP and witnessed the second