Indonesian legends retold in English by someone who grew up with them — and the temples, beaches, lakes and volcanoes where they still live. Seventeen thousand islands. Every one has a story.
Start with the Queen Listen to the podcastChoose where you're going — the stories will meet you there.
Bali, Lombok, Komodo and East Java — the island of the gods and the ring of legends around it.
Borobudur's carved stories, Prambanan's cursed princess, and Jakarta's own Robin Hood. Coming soon.
The fisherman and the golden fish of Lake Toba, and the son turned to stone. Coming soon.
The princess who became the sea, and the dragon's human twin. Coming soon.
Toraja, where the dead still live among the living. Coming soon.
The legend of the four kings of Raja Ampat. Coming soon.
Each legend comes with a practical travel guide to the places where it lives.
Why you don't wear green on the southern beaches — an exiled princess, a drowned kingdom, and a 400-year-old royal marriage contract.
A widow-witch, a guardian lion, and the midnight trance ritual where daggers bend against bare skin.
Coming soonA god stabbed the earth a thousand years ago. Pilgrims have been bathing in the wound ever since.
Coming soonEvery story on this site began as an episode — narrated, sound-designed, and told the way these legends were always meant to travel: out loud. New episodes every two weeks.
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