MESSAGES IN DREAMSKing Prabu, unmarried and concerned about succession (he wanted an heir to the throne ), dreamt that he met Princess Dewi. Dreams hold great portent in Indonesia, both then and now, and his prime minister took it as sign that Princess Dewi should be the king’s wife and bear him his heir. His dream came too late, however, because Adipati, the tiger king, had already proposed to the beautiful princess. Classic situation; one eligible and drop-dead-gorgeous princess and two extremely well off, love-sick suitors, forget one of them is a tiger. There would obviously have to be a contest of some sort. Princess Dewi thought about it for a while and decided that she wanted three things from her husband-to-be.
