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period, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, tales about districts in the interior of Central Java make their appearance. Apparently traders from the Pasisir area penetrated into the interior of the country, reaching districts which for centuries had been well-nigh forgotten. In Universal His tories and Books of Tales, written in the seventeenth century by scholars of Central North Coast districts, the legendary histories of ancient Kings of kingdoms in the interior of the country (Ratu Baka, Bandury Lëmbu Amiluhur and his family) were incorporated. Myths of native origin and vague memories of ancient ancestors are inextricably mixed up in those tales. They are almost without value for historians. Beside scholars of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, writing Universal His tories and compendiums of tales, some modern Javanese authors also put local his tories and legends into writing. Sometimes the authors, being natives of the districts and interested in local history, reproduced tales transmitted orally from olden times. In many cases, however, modem nineteenth and twentieth century Javanese tales on local history appear to have prototypes in older Universal Histories, Under the present head some manuscripts containing independent local histories and legends are collected. Some of them are comparable with local legends registered in

Part Four of the Present Synopsis (48.500) and with wall legends (24.500). Banumas historical legends and genealogies have been listed under a separate head (23.900) on account of their relationship with Sundanese tales. In several respects, however, Banumas legends are also comparable with the Central Javanese tales, References to manuscripts containing relevant texts are to' be found in the General Index under the catchword legends. 24.810 Local history, Pacitan, batara Ka- toi3, Panaraga: cod. 8991 no. 2, 10.839, 10.840. 24.820 Pacalan history, charter, Magëtan: cod. 8993 no. 4. 24.830 Notes on local history and legends, Central Java, compendiums: cod. 8563, 8991 no. 1. 24.840 Babad Pati, Central Java: cod. 8615, 10.807. 24.850 Tangui), Luwanu (Bagëlèn) tales: cod. 6446 (genealogy, and other texts). 24.860 Babad Tuyuhan (Lasëm, Grobogan, Blora): cod. 8993 no. 1. 24.870 Babad Trëi)galèk: cod. 8991 no. 3. 24.880 Babad Kadiri: cod. 3185. 24.890 Notes on history and genealogy, East Java (Malaty Bai}il): cod. CB 145 (1) E.

25.000 Javanese Rice Myths. In the course of the sixteenth and seven- the majority of Javanese being agriculturists, teenth centuries Islam became the professed myths and rites pertaining to agriculture, religion of Java, superseding pre-Muslim especially the culture of rice, were not for- religious rites of Indian origin. But then, gotten. In pre-Islamic literature (Tantu