Langkawi, officially known as Langkawi the Jewel of Kedah is an archipelago of 104 islands in the Andaman Sea, some 30 km off the mainland coast of north western of Malaysia. The islands are a part of the state of Kedah, which is adjacent to the Thai border. The second famous island is Dayang Bunting Island where near at Pulau Tuba in Langkawi. In Dayang Bunting Island, there is a creative and interesting myth and belief regarding the island.


There are have two beliefs and myth about Dayang Bunting Island which is the water of lake can produce a baby and a giant. First thing first, the water from the lake island is believed to treat infertility by drinking or bathing with it. Until today, there is the belief that women are hard to get a child and a baby will be blessed if bathing in the lake. Besides that, many of the visitors who are still believe that if the newly married couple came and bathing in the lake will become pregnant. This is actually just faith alone. It still cannot be proven true, but in my opinion of psychology of thinking where if a pair came bathed in the lake would conceive. 

Then this pair will more spend together often during their vacation, so the science thinking and analysis if the mood are happy without stress, the hormones will stable and controlled and no reproductive problems, it will definitely pregnant indirectly perhaps. Apart from that, there are many versions of the story from the origin of the island. However, until now the truth of the story is still cannot be proven.


Another version said that, Dayang Bunting is a giant that in charge of the island where Poison and Pet Lion from tuba root made ​​a potents weapon for her protection if one wants to invade. Thus, the two islands closest to Pulau Dayang Bunting, resembling a giant pregnant namely Pulau Singa Besar and Pulau Tuba. Some of them said that, the island's ghostly apparitions because during the Japanese occupation towards Malaya, the Japanese soldiers who were bathing in the lake with a naked have been devoured by a white crocodile in the lake. 

A chairman of the Malaysian Historical Society of Kedah has told about the history of the island itself where there is no written evidence to support the true story of the existence of Dayang Bunting Island and the mythical of the island told orally only. Plus, this story arose before the war and it is translated in many different versions. There is no comprehensive study to prove the truth of the story about the island. Sometimes it's might be impossible to believe and it is not a fiction. 

In addition, in the old days, there was a woman in the palace which is Mambang Sari that cohabiting with a man of Mat Teja in the palace until pregnant. Their son died after being born and thrown into the lake and then transformed into a white crocodile. Only to those who are very lucky enough can see a glimpse of the white crocodile. But until now, all the myths has been promoted and spread out cannot vague is inevitable and the truth still cannot be proven as well.


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