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A long time ago there lived a princes from the kingdom of Daha her name’s Dewi Galuh Candra Kirana. She was kind and very beautiful. She was engaged to Raden Inu Kertapati, the crown prince of the Kahuripan Kingdom. Raden Inu Kertapati was wise and very handsome. Galuh Candra Kirana has a stepsister named Galuh Ajeng. Galuh Ajeng was jealous of her. She wanted to marry Raden Inu Kertapati.

She looked for a way to get rid of Galuh Candra Kirana. Galuh Ajeng went to see an old witch. The old witch gave her a spell to curse Galuh Candra Kirana. Before Cursing her stepsister, Galuh Anjeng slandered her.

The King Daha believe her words and threw Galuh Candra Kirana away for the place, the poor princes lived in misery. She wandered to a beach, there was curse and turned into a golden snail.

As Keong Emas – The Golden Snail – Galuh Candra Kirana drifted by the waves. At last she was washed ashore on a foreign land. Keong Emas crept to a small village named Dadapan. In the village lived and old woman named Nyai Dadapan.

She brought Keong Emas to her hut. Nyai Dadapan put the snail in a big earthen jug. One day Nyai Dadapan came home from fishing, she didn’t catch any fish. But, when she arrived at her hut, she was surprise dinner was ready! “ My oh my… there is a delicious food what a coincidence! I am hungry!” without thinking twice, she ate up the food. After her stomach was full, she realize something, “ Who cook this food?“ she said. The next morning she thought, I will pretend to go fishing. But I will hide behind to the door and watch. Nyai Dadapan pretended to go. Then, she secretly hide behind the door. Not long after that, she saw Keong Emas crept out the big water jug. Suddenly the snail turned into a beautiful girl. The girl cleaned the hut and cooked a delicious meal. Nyai Dadapan came out from behind the door. “Hi… who are you, beautiful girl?” she asked. “I… I am princes of Daha. Galuh Ajeng my stepsister was jealous of me, she asked for a spell from an old witch to cursed me, so I turned into a golden snail,” after saying that, the princes turned into Keong Emas again.

“Galu Ajeng is very cruel.” Said Nyai Dadapan sadly. She prayed, wishing that Galuh Candra Kirana’s suffering will end soon. Raden Inu Kertapati heard the news that his fiancée was thrown out from the place. He carried out an investigation and found that Galuh Candra Kirana was not guilty. Then the prince went to see the King of Daha.

At last Galuh Ajeng Punished by the king, Raden Inu Kertapati went searching for this fiancée. After walking for hours, he become thirsty. He stopped by at Nyai Dadapan’s hut to ask water. At that moment, the princes was looking out of the window. Raden Inu Kertapati saw her. “My dear sweet hearth!” cried Galuh Candra Kirana. The meeting was very touching the princes introduced Nyai Dadapan to her fiancée. Her suffering was over. The curse had vanished. Raden Inu Kertapati went back to the palace with Galuh Candra Kirana. They asked the goodhearted Nyai Dadapan to come along. The name Keong Emas is now used for Theater Keong Emas in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah.