Brunei · Folktales and oral traditions
Documented transfer
Related telling or shared motif
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Brunei
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- Tales linked to multiple countries
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Jong Batu on the Brunei River is a place where a riverside view becomes part of a story. A 1960 issue of Pelita Brunei links the rock to Nakhoda Manis’s ship. In the West Sumatran telling listed alongside it, a stone stands for the traveller himself.
Tales in the Atlas
Nakhoda Manis and the Stone Ship
1960 · Pelita Brunei · Jong Batu / Nakhoda Manis · 6 April, p. 4
Tales found across countries
| Tales | Countries and regions |
|---|---|
| Nakhoda Manis and the Stone Ship | Brunei Indonesia |