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[[File:The Ancient Javanese-Balinese Dragon Antaboga.gif|thumb|right|Illustration of Antaboga]]
{{Indonesian mythology and folklore}}

'''Antaboga''' is the world [[Serpent (symbolism)|serpent]] of traditional pre-Islamic [[Javanese people|Javanese]] mythology (before the era of [[Demak Sultanate|Demak kingdom]]). It is a derivative from Shiva-Hinduism [[Ananta Shesha]] combined with [[Kejawèn|Javanism]]. After the fall of the kingdom of Majapahit and the ascent of Islam in Java, the centre for Hinduism shifted to Bali.
These days many of the old myths and legends are celebrated in the [[wayang]] performance that became a vehicle to combine the syncretic philosophies from outside with those philosophies and ideas already rooted within the local cultures and traditions.

At the beginning of time, only Antaboga existed. Antaboga [[meditate]]d and created the world turtle [[Bedawang]] from which all other creations sprang.<ref name="Chronicle Books">{{cite book|last=Tresidder|first=Jack |title=The Complete Dictionary of Symbols|publisher=Chronicle Books|date=2005-03-03|isbn=0-8118-4767-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MV25OktTqLIC&dq=Antaboga&pg=PA36|page=36}}</ref> According to Sundanese myth, Antaboga was also responsible for the birth of [[Dewi Sri]], the rice goddess of Java and Bali. According to "[[Wawacan Sulanjana]]", Dewi Sri emerges from the tears that turned into an egg, shed by Antaboga.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunda.org/sundanese/myths.htm |title=Early Mythology - Dewi Sri |publisher=Sunda.org |date= |accessdate=2012-08-26 |archive-date=2012-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905215151/http://www.sunda.org/sundanese/myths.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://my.opera.com/mrtaufik/blog/2008/03/01/mitos-nyi-pohaci-sanghyang-asri-dewi-sri |title=(Indonesian) Mitos Nyi Pohaci/Sanghyang Asri/Dewi Sri |publisher=My.opera.com |date=2008-03-01 |accessdate=2012-08-26}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The name Antaboga derived from the [[Sanskrit]] term ''[[ananta (disambiguation)|ananta]]'' (endless) and ''boga'' (food, possession or wealth). As resulting, Antaboga could be translated as "endless food" or "endless wealth".

==Notes==
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[[Category:Javanese mythology]]
[[Category:Legendary serpents]]
[[Category:Nāgas]]
[[Category:World-bearing animals]]

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Ajay Kumar at 17:58, 18 September 2023