Talk:Raden Mas Ayu

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Puteri Raden Mas Ayu (Princess Mas Ayu) is the child of the union of Pengiran Agung also known as Raden Mas, with Mas Ayu a Javanese Court Dancer. Pengiran Agung’s parents Raden Manosekoro and Raden Mas Ratu objected to this union because of the differences in status. The vouched to have this union dissolved. Under the pretext of a hunting expedition requested by Raden Mas Ratu. Upon his return Pengiran agung found that his palace has been destroyed by a big fire. His beloved wife was killed along with it. Broken hearted, he left Java with his child Puteri Raden Mas Ayu who was still a baby then. He resettled in Singapore as a commoner. One day, while still a young child, Puteri Raden Mas Ayu met Tengku Halijah, the daughter of the Sultan of Singapore then. Some kind of altercation occurred between these two women which led to the discovery of these two settlers’ royal lineage. Upon this discovery, the Sultan of Singapore decided to marry his daughter Tengku Halijah to Pengiran Agung. The new wife of Pengiran was however jealous of the closeness of the father-daughter relationship between Pengiran Agung and Puteri Raden Mas Ayu. It didin’t help either the fact that Puteri Raden Mas Ayu inherited the exceptional beauty of her mother. As if his life is cursed with tragedy- soon after re-marrying a member of the royal family of the Sultan of Singapura, his daughter Puteri Mas Ayu was killed in a palace dispute. While trying to protect her father from the attack of Tengku Bagus, a member of the Sultan of Singapore’s family, Puteri Raden Mas Ayu was stabbed by his keris and died from its wounds. Their tombs lie at the foothill of Mount Faber in Singapore. (to be continued)

[edit] Resettlement as commoners?

I realise this article is Malay mythology but this school claims to have had its original buildings in the Istana that Raden Mas and Puteri Raden Mas Ayu inhabited in Temasek. <http://www.radinmasps.moe.edu.sg/school.php>. If it really was an Istana (palace) that would suggest that Raden Mas and Princess Mas Ayu did not live quite such a common life as the article currently suggests. 163.1.181.208 (talk) 22:47, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Classification as Mythology

I think this article probably needs to be listed under mythology somewhere, the question is where. The one reference I can find to it, as such, as from a traveller's blog as being Malaysian (which seems unlikely given our protagonists start off in Java and end up in Temasek (ancient city on the site of Singapore)). Anyone got any bright ideas? 163.1.181.208 (talk) 23:01, 19 February 2008 (UTC)