The origins of Lake Toba

In ancient times in a village in North Sumatra there lived a farmer named Toba solitary in a gentle valley and lush. The farmer was working on the farm for the purpose of his life.

Besides working on his farm, sometimes the man went fishing to the river was not far from his home. Whenever he was fishing, it's easy because the fish got in the clear river that is a lot of fish. Cook the fish he inducement to eat.

One evening, after his return from the field immediately went to the river for fishing. But it is long enough to provoke no one iakan he was getting. Events like that, never experienced before. Because usually fish in the river was easy he fishhook. For too long nobody bait his line, he was so upset and decided to just quit fishing. But when he was about to draw his line, suddenly provoked it struck the fish pulled the fishing line far into the middle of the river. Her heart that had been upset turned into joy, because he knows that the fish grabbed the pole it was a big fish.

After a while he let his line is pulled to and fro, then fishing She snatched it, and there was a big fish hanging and floundered at the end of the rope pole. Quickly the fish was pulled to the ground so as not to be separated. Smiling happily fishing rod eye him out of the mouth of the fish. By the time he was removing the hook, the fish looked meaningfully. Then, after the fish was placed into one place he went into the river to bathe. Feelings excited that she never got that big fish. He smiled as he imagined how good it later when it's fish meat baked. When leaving the river to return to his home it was already dusk.

Arriving home, he was immediately brought a big fish results inducement to the kitchen. When he was about to light a fire for grilling fish, it turns firewood in the kitchen of his house was gone. He immediately came out to fetch firewood from the ground under the house. Then, while bringing a few pieces of firewood she climbed back into the house and went straight to the kitchen.

By the time the man reached the kitchen, he was surprised at all because the big fish that is not there anymore. But where the fish was put up overlaid few pieces of gold. Because shocked and surprised to experience strange circumstances, he left the kitchen and went back to the room.

When he opened the bedroom door, suddenly his blood drained because in the room stood a woman with her hair long and curly. The woman is combing her hair while standing facing the mirror hanging on the bedroom wall. A moment later she suddenly turned around and looked at him upright confusion in the mouth of the bedroom door. The man became very fascinated because a woman's face standing in front extraordinary beautiful. He had never seen such a beautiful woman even though she is already far in advance wander to various countries.

Because it was late, she asked that the lights are switched on. After the man turned on the light, he invited her to accompany him kedapur because she wanted to cook rice for them. While waiting for the rice to cook, told by her that she is the incarnation of the great fish that had gained him when fishing in the river. Then explained also that some pieces of gold were located in the kitchen that was incarnate scales. After a few weeks she states willing to accept his proposal on the condition that the man must swear that all his life he would never bring her origin myang transformed from fish. After his swearing so, eventually they married.

A year later, they were blessed with a son they named Samosir. The boy sngat spoiled boy's mother that resulted in less good temper and lazy.

Once large enough, the boy told his mother drove rice every day for a father who worked in the fields. However, he often refused to do the task that forced the mother to deliver the rice fields.

One day, the boy told his mother again drove to his father's rice fields. At first she refused. However, due to continued forced her mother, with kesl off he drove the rice. In the middle of the road, mostly rice and side dishes he ate. Upon arrival in the fields, the rest of the rice it is only a little he gave to his father. When you receive it, the father was feeling very hungry for rice delivered too late. Therefore, the father became very angry when he saw the rice given to him are the remains. His anger grew older when his son admitted that he is consuming most of the rice it. Patience father is lost and he is at his son, saying: "Son brash. Not ungrateful. Really you're the offspring of women who came from fish! "

Sobbing, the boy ran home to her mother at home. She complained to her mother that her father was beaten. All the words spoken slur his father told him in anyway. Hear the story of his son, the mother sad, especially since her husband had violated his oath with the words slur that he spoke to his son. The mother told her to immediately go up the hill located not so far from their homes and climb the highest tree on the top of the hill. Without asking again, the child's mother immediately take command. He ran toward the hill and climb it.

When looked after by her mother had almost reached the top of a tree to climb on top of the hill, he ran towards the river which is not so far away from their home. When he arrived at the river bank was lightning, and thunder that megelegar. A moment later he jumped into the river and suddenly turn into a big fish. At the same time, the river was also major flooding and down anyway heavy rain. Some time later, the river water has overflowed everywhere and tergenanglah valley where the river flows. Mr. Toba could not save him, he was drowned by a puddle. Over time, the puddle was wider and turns into a huge lake that would later be named the Lake Toba. Being a small island in the middle named samosir island.