The Comparative Historical Study of "Malin Deman and Puti Bungsu" Legend from Indonesia with "Niu Lang and Zhi Nu" from China

Ninawati Syahrul; Sastri Sunarti; Purwaningsih Purwaningsih; Suryami Suryami

Proceedings of the First International Conference on Democracy and Social Transformation, ICON-DEMOST 2021, September 15, 2021, Semarang, Indonesia

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The Comparative Historical Study of "Malin Deman and Puti Bungsu" Legend from Indonesia with "Niu Lang and Zhi Nu" from China

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    author={Ninawati  Syahrul and Sastri  Sunarti and Purwaningsih  Purwaningsih and Suryami  Suryami},
    title={The Comparative Historical Study of "Malin Deman and Puti Bungsu" Legend from Indonesia with "Niu Lang and Zhi Nu" from China},
    proceedings={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Democracy and Social Transformation, ICON-DEMOST 2021, September 15, 2021, Semarang, Indonesia},
    publisher={EAI},
    proceedings_a={ICON-DEMOST},
    year={2022},
    month={2},
    keywords={legend; culture; comparative; motifs},
    doi={10.4108/eai.15-9-2021.2315609}
}

Ninawati Syahrul
Sastri Sunarti
Purwaningsih Purwaningsih
Suryami Suryami
Year: 2022
The Comparative Historical Study of "Malin Deman and Puti Bungsu" Legend from Indonesia with "Niu Lang and Zhi Nu" from China
ICON-DEMOST
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.15-9-2021.2315609

Ninawati Syahrul¹^,*, Sastri Sunarti¹, Purwaningsih Purwaningsih¹, Suryami Suryami¹

1: The Agency for Language Development and Cultivation Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of Republic of Indonesia Jalan Daksinapati Barat IV, Rawamangun, Jakarta Timur

*Contact email: ninawatisyahrul.bahasa@gmail.com

Abstract

This study is conducted by using a comparative historical analysis of two legends, entitled "Malin Deman and Puti Bungsu" from Indonesia (West Sumatra) and "Niu Lang and Zhi Nu" from China. It uses the Finnish comparative literary approach with the motifs method. The results of this study signify that four motifs described the pattern of Indonesian-Chinese literary and cultural kinship. The four motifs were (1) the motif about women and family, (2) the motif about color , (3) the motif about numbers, and (4) the motif about animals. Those motifs indicate a cultural connection between the two nations, Indonesia and China, combined as a characteristic of the Austronesian cultural region.

Keywords: legend; culture; comparative; motifs

Published: 2022-02-11
Publisher: EAI

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.15-9-2021.2315609