Gatotkaca's death and Kalabendana's spirit (wayang)

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Gatotkaca's killing spear is stopped by the ghost of an uncle he killed by accident.

In wayang Gatotkaca accidentally kills his uncle Kalabendana after a quarrel over Abhimanyu's marriage to Uttara. In the night battle his light-emitting Antrakusuma armour illuminates the field; facing Karna's Konta spear he makes a thousand copies, but Surya shows Karna the real one. Kalabendana's spirit stops the weapon, then stabs his navel; the spear returns to its sheath inside him, and his body shatters Karna's chariot. He is revered as a deity in Java and Bali.

Who: Gatotkaca, Kalabendana, Karna, Abhimanyu

Places: Java, Bali (Kuta statue)

Where this comes from

folk-oral · Wikipedia: Gatotkaca (Gatutkaca)

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