Peda antiquity, heard the story of one of the daughters in heavy Java named Dayang Sumbi has a son named sangkuriang, one day sangkuriang went hunting in the company by a dog named Tumang, but Sangkuriang did not know that the dog is a god and also his father .

Peda while hunting Sangkuriang meet deer deer, Sangkuriang remembered that his mother very happy deer. Finally Sangkuriang tells Tumang to chase the deer, but Tumang loses track of the deer and Sangkuriang becomes angry that Sangkuriang is eager to give the deer's heart to his mother then Sangkuriang kills Tumang to take his heart and go home.

Arriving at home Sangkuriang he gave the heart didapatkanya from hunting to his mother to cook. When eating Dayang Sumbi remembered Tumang and asked Sangkuriang, Sangkuriang responded with a frightened face "Tumang mati" Dayang Sumbi angry instead and hit Sangkuriang head with a spoon of rice and drove him from home.

After the incident Dyang Sumbi regretted it, he always prayed and very diligent as he hinga one day the goddess give grace to Dayang Sumbi is in the form of eternal beauty and never old. After expelled his mother Sangkuriang wandered everywhere, finally Sangkuriang back again to place Dayang Sumbi then the two men met.

Sangkuriang finally fell in love with Dayang Sumbi, Sangkuriang proposed Dayang Sumbi and Dayang Sumbi received it. While Dayang Sumbi was looking at the scar on Sangkuriang's head and questioned him to Sangkuriang, Sangkuriang replied "this is a scar from being hit with a spoon of rice by his mother"
heard the statement Dayang Sumbi shocked and told sangkuriang that he is his mother but sangkuriang do not believe and still intend to marry her.

Dayang Sumbi requested him to make a sailboat in a day not buloh more, Sangkuriang menyanggupinya and Sangkuriang stem the river Citarum for the place of the boat in pembuatanya Sangkuriang get help from the jinn results penyubunganya in perantauanya, because the help from the djinni jin almost finished Dayang Sumbi begged to God. Dayang Sumbi makes the rooster crows earlier, and finally succeeds the genie who helps sangkuriang flee and leave sangkuriang alone. Because upset the boat was in the kick and fell over the mountain and blend with the mountain and named Mount Tangupan Perahu, Sangkuriang finally died from falling into the river Citarum.