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Now here's some strange material from a Malaysian version called Cherita Mahraja Wana: After the end of the Ram-Ravan war, Hanuman inquires if there are any surviving descendants of Ravan. He is informed that there are two infant sons, Setagar Wana and Sepedang Wana. Hanuman wanted to kill them too but the others convinced him to spare them. Vibhishan adopts Ravan's infant sons. Later, Setagar and Sepedang insist on being allowed to leave the capital city, saying that they can complete their studies with Vibhishan at any time in the future. They said they wanted to explore. Vibhishan gave them permission and they eventually go to Melur Ari, the land of Indra (the Malaysian Indra is not the same as the Indian version). They ask for his help to get the throne of Lanka which they believe is rightfully theirs. Indra consults his ministers and finally agrees to get Lanka back for Ravan's sons. He takes four officers and flies to Lanka where he demands that Vibhishan abdicate in favour of Ravan's sons. Vibhishan refuses and says that he is only ruling as Ram's regent and that only Ram had the authority to change the ruler. This angers Indra and he fights and kills Vibhishan! He then installs Sepedang and Setagar as joint rulers of Lanka and returns to his land.

Meanwhile, Hanuman Bongsu (son of Hanuman, I'll explain this in a bit) is sent by his mother to inform Ram, Lakshman and Hanuman of the tragedy. She said that she will keep Vibhishan's corpse in a special casket. Hanuman Bongsu has difficulty in finding Ram and co and eventually stumbles upon his father, Hanuman. Hanuman does not recognise his son and they get into a fight. Finally Hanuman Bongsu is able to convince Hanuman that he is his son. Hanuman takes him to Ram where he explains the situation. Ram orders Hanuman to organize an army, including Angad and Hanuman Ikan (Makardhwaj), and they set off for Lanka. There Hanuman and Angad fight Ravan's sons and capture them. Ram and Hanuman kill them both. Ram inquires if there are any more descendants of Ravan alive and is told that there are none. Then he brings Vibhishan back to life using special flower. Ram restores him on the throne of Lanka and tells him that Hanuman Bongsu will always be with him.

Then Ram sends a flying army to Melur Ari to take care of Indra. They defeat many of Indra's animal subjects but finds it impossible to defeat his two great warriors: an iron-coated frog and an iron-coated lizard. They go back to Lanka and Vibhishan says that inferior creatures like that can only be killed by inferior persons. They call two of Ravan's attendants, Pak Dolong and Wak Long (they are called clowns in some versions), who had two children who were considered "inferior" enough. They are promised the throne of Indra and they are sent to kill Indra's warriors. After some trickery, this is done and Hanuman's forces enters Indra's city. There is a great battle between Indra and Hanuman's armies and finally Indra's forces are defeated. Indra then comes out and engages in sorcery and magic. Hanuman, with Vibhishan's advice, manages to get past the sorcery. Indra and Hanuman fight but they reach a stalemate. Sugreev suggests that Ram should be able to kill Indra so they request Ram to come to the battlefield himself. Indra and Ram fight. Ram is not able to defeat him in a kris (Malaysian dagger) fight so he uses a powerful arrow to shoot Indra dead. Ram installs the sons of Pak Dogol and Wak Long, on the throne (well one of the sons anyway).

In another Malaysian version, it is not Indra who gets involved. Rather it is Raja Sibigadong who attacks Vibhishan to avenge his friend and ally, Ravan. In this version Vibhishan is wounded but not killed.

There is another version where Hanuman Bongsu also gets into a fight with Makardhwaj before learning that they have the same father. Then they all join forces with Ram to attack Lanka and recover the throne from the two sons of Ravan. In this version, Ravan's sons were said to have been born of one his servants.

Now, here is my take on this: obviously the first story can't be incorporated directly since there is no way to reconcile the Malaysian Indra with the Indian one. So I suggest that, take the first story and replace Indra with Raja Sibigadong from the second story.

As for Hanuman's son. This is his story: Hanuman is not a celibate in the Malaysian version. After the end of the Ram-Ravan war, Vibhishan gets his daughter married to Hanuman. Hanuman had initially refused since he wanted to go with Ram and serve him (in this version Ram is Hanuman's father by the way). Ram tells him that he needs to stay with Vibhishan's daughter in Lanka for about a month and then he can join Ram. Sita says that Vibhishan had already declared the marriage in public and he would be humiliated if Hanuman refused. So the marriage happens and later Hanuman leaves her in Lanka while he goes to serve Ram in Ayodhya. In his absence she gives birth to their son Hanuman Bongsu. This is why Hanuman did not recognize him when they first meet. In the second story, Hanuman's wife was pregnant when Vibhishan was overthrown and only Pak Dogol and Wak Long could help her in that situation.

We need to reshape this story to preserve Hanuman's celibacy. We have already seen how Hanuman is able to repeatedly father children without breaking his vow of celibacy. So why can't something like that happen to Vibhishan's daughter? She gets pregnant with Hanuman's son without any physical contact or marriage. Magic!

In another Malaysian story, Pak Dogol and Wak Long serve Ram as attendants and one day he gets angry on them on a silly pretext and orders them out of his palace. They leave. The angry Pak Dogol leaves his body and becomes a giant who then attacks Ram's palace. Some weird things ensue but ultimately it all ends happily for everyone.

In one Malaysian version, when Ram returns to Ayodhya, Dasaratha (who is still alive in this version) objects to the reunion of Sita and Ram and says they must get remarried first. On the advice of the sages, Sita is temporarily sent to wander the jungles. She coms across a "jungle princess" and stays with her using a new name, Mek Hutan. Meanwhile Ram goes on a bird hunt with Pak Dogol and Wak Long. A bird that he was targetting falls in the cave where Sita was living. He reaches the cave and falls in love with the woman but fails to recognize her as Sita. They make love and he later informs his father of the incident. Dasratha is embarassed. Ram's mother sends him on another hunt and then she summons Mek Hutan to court and orders her execution. Mek Hutan asks the executioner to place her body on a raft with flowers. She is then executed ! Ram, still hunting, smells the flowers and find the raft. He is shocked when he finds the corpse and stabs himself to death. Wak Long tries to follow suit but he is afraid to kill himself. He falls on his own dagger and dies anyway. Pak Dogol decides that suicide isn't an option and reports to Dasarath who summons Hanuman. Hanuman was busy meditating on a mountain. He finds the raft and the bodies of Ram and Sita and brings them to Dasaratha. Some supernatural incidents follow and Ram and Sita are finally revived and remarried.
Obviously the above story can't be incorporated intact. So just twist it. The Sagars had no problems taking Jataka Tales and stripping them of all Buddhist elements and then incorporating them, with colourful rakshasas no less! Why not do the same here? Remove Dasaratha from the story, remove Ram making love to a woman he doesn't recoginize to be Sita. Bring Surpanakha back and have her perform some sorcery here. She impersonates Ram's mother and does all the peculiar things while the real Kaushalya is held captive elsewhere. She puts a spell on Sita and makes her appear dead. Ram is shocked and becomes comatose. Hanuman engages in colourful adventures, defeats Surpanakha and revives Ram and Sita and they rescue Kaushalya. Better still, why not have Ram's nephews do this? Why keep them on the sidelines all the time?


In another version of Cherita Mahraja Wana, Hanuman has another son. There is a princess, who is the daughter of Dewa Berembum (who is the god who incarnates as Ram). She has a dream about Hanuman and this dream makes her pregnant. This results in a son called Hanuman Sapu Angin who goes on a search for his father. On the way he meets Hanuman Isan (Makardhwaj) and they fight. Eventually they discover that they are "brothers". Hanuman Isan then directs his "brother" to their father. Guess what? Father and son engage in fight as usual. Vibhishan stops them and they discover the relationship. Hanuman Sapu Angin fights Indrajit who manages to drive off both father and son.

In the same variant as above, Hanuman has yet another son from another princess (who is said to be Indrajit's wife in another version). This son is called Hanuman Tegangga. He defeats a son of Ravan (by a naga princess) who leaves in the sea but was called to battle by Ravan.

In yet another version of Cherita Mahraja Wana, Ram installs Lav-Kush as rulers of Lanka with Vibhishan and Hanuman Tegangga as minister and general respectively. Meanwhile, two sons of Ravan, Sumbu Badung and Sumbu Bandung want the thrown. They were infants when Ravan died and Vibhishan spared them. They get help from another king and attack Lanka. Lav-Kush are hurled into the sky while Vibhishan is imprisoned. Hanuman Tegangga escapes. Ram finds his sons and revives them. Ram and Hanuman take to the skies to attack Lanka. But Betara Guru (Shiva who is partial to the king who overthrew Lav-Kush) creates a storm. Hanuman falls into the sea and is found by the mother of Makardhwaj. By the time Hanuman leaves she is pregnant again and gives birth to another son, Hanuman Baghal. He goes to join his father in the battle and finally they win the war. Ravan's sons attack Lav-Kush. Ram and Hanuman Baghal kill them.

In the same version, there is another adventure of Hanuman Baghal. It so happened that Sita suddenly became unable to sleep. Vibhishan figures out that her soul has been stolen. Ram and his army sets out to find the demon who did this. Eventually they find him and, with the help of Pak Dogol's son (the one who helped Ram defeat Indra's warriors in the story where Indra helps Ravan's sons regain the thrown of Lanka), defeats the demon's forces. But Ram is unable to defeat the demon himself. He summons Hanuman Baghal who defeats the demon. Then Ram kills the demon. But Sita's soul refuses to go home. Then Vibhishan advises Ram to bring Sita's body and make offerings. Finally the soul returns to Sita's body and all is well. In a variant of this story, Sita's soul is transformed by the demon into a white swallow. It is revealed that only women can carry out this mission. So a female army is sent, including Sita's physical body which is somehow able to operate on its own. The only males are Pak Dogol and Wak Long's sons Dewe and Lembek. The demon's forces are defeated excepted one lion which is defeated by Dewe after he promised a reward of a damsel. Sita's soul is reunited with her body. Then Sita, in male attire, kills the demon, Some tweaking is necessary but this is a good opportunity to showcase the royal women of Ayodhya as warriors.


One more Malaysian version: Vibhishan is attacked by the king of Chakravala (at this time Vibhishan is king of Lanka). Hanuman is informed and he goes to fight the demon. But every time he tears the demon in half, the halves join together. Finally Vibhishan tells him to rip the demon's heart out which Hanuman does, killing him.

And in another Malaysian version, Hanuman fights a demon who is too slippery for him to get a grip on. A rishi advices him to sprinkle sand on him which allows him get a hold of the demon and kill him. A variant of this story says that the demon was a son of Ravan (or maybe a grandson, the relationships in the Malaysian version are hopelessly muddled) who was born after 10 years of pregnancy. In this version, even after sprinkling sand and getting hold of him and tearing him apart, the demon keeps coming back. Finally Vibhishan tells Hanuman to throw half of the demon in the sea and to bury the other half. This kills him.



By the way, it is quite common for Sita to get repeatedly abducted in Malaysian stories. And not only her but other royal women too. Such as princesses who were supposed to get married to Ram's sons.

Some of the strangest stories involve Sita becoming a man, defeating other men and marrying princesses!

Also, in Cherita Kusi Serawi which is a sequel to Cherita Mahraja Wana, Kush actually allows himself to be captured by Ram even though Ram could not defeat him in battle. Kush spends some time in prison while Hanuman tracks down his brother and eventually, their mother.

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