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The story revolves around a portrait of Dorian Gray painted by Basil Hallward, a friend of Dorian's and an artist infatuated with Dorian's beauty. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton and is soon enthralled by the aristocrat's hedonistic worldview: that beauty and sensual fulfilment are the only things worth pursuing in life.
The legend of Sangkuriang tells the story of a young man who falls in love with his mother, which is somewhat comparable to the Greek tragedy Oedipus. From the legend, we can determine how long the Sundanese have been living in Java island. Firmly supported by geological facts, it is predicted that the Sundanese have been living on Java Island ...
Durian fruit cut open to show the edible flesh. The durian (/ ˈ d ʊər i ə n / ⓘ [1]) is the edible fruit of several tree species belonging to the genus Durio. There are 30 recognized species, at least nine of which produce edible fruit. [2] Durio zibethinus, native to Borneo and Sumatra, is the only species available on the international ...
The essence of the stories remain the same but sometimes, adjustments are made according to the individual story-teller's preference. For example, the penglipur lara version of the Ramayana changes many of the names and settings and casts Laksmana as a pawang or Malay shaman, as opposed to the literary Hikayat Seri Rama or the theatrical ...
Diagram of a possible conversation with Kuchisake-onna and its consequences, according to the legend. According to legend, Kuchisake-Onna was a woman who was mutilated during her life, with her mouth being slit from ear to ear. In some versions of the story, Kuchisake-Onna was the adulterous wife or a mistress of a samurai during her life.
The name "durian" is derived from the Indo-Malay word "duri" which refers to the fruit's many protuberances. Often considered the king of fruits, [10] durian is distinguished by its large size, arresting odor, and fearsome thorny husk. The fruit can grow up to 30 centimeters long and 15 centimeters in diameter, and typically weighs one to three ...
In English it goes by common names like isu, durian lai, oxyleyanus durian, [3]: 563 Durian Hutan, Durian, [1] and Durian meragang. [5]: 270 The native names include: durian beludu in Malaysia; [6] durian daun in Sumatra; [1] durian sukang or simply sukang in Brunei and Sabah; [7] [8] and kerantongan or kerantungan in Kalimantan.
Jamasp tells the townspeople where Shahmaran lives, according to the legend Shahmaran says, "blanch me in an earthen dish, give my extract to the vizier, and feed my flesh to the sultan." [13] They bring her to the town and kill her in a bath called, "Şahmaran Hamam". [10] The king eats her flesh and lives, the vizier drinks the extract and dies.