Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, volume 401 International Conference on Educational Research and Innovation (ICERI 2019) Female Deities (Bidadari) in Indonesian Folklore: A Feminist Literary Critical Perspective Wiyatmi Else Liliani Esti Swatikasari Indonesian Literature Study Indonesian Literature Study Indonesian Language and Program, Program, Literature Education Study Faculty of Languages and Art Faculty of Languages and Art Program Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta Faculty of Languages and Art Yogyakarta, Indonesia Yogyakarta, Indonesia Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta
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[email protected] Abstract—This study tries to examine the existence more knowledgeable than humans [1]. In contrast to of female deity figures (bidadari) found in a number of humans who live on earth, bidadari lived in heaven folklores in Indonesia using the perspective of feminist (palace of the sky), with the gods. Previous research literary criticism. Folklore which is the source of data is conducted by Atisah [2] suggested that in a (1) Dewi Sri, (2) Dewi Nawang Wulan, and (3) Dewi preliminary study conducted by the Language Board Candika. The results showed that the female deity figures in Indonesian folklore are in accordance with the team in 2003 there were about 26 stories of bidadari collective view of the past people with Hindu from various ethnic groups in Indonesia, namely (1) backgrounds who believed that there were other “Malem Dewa”, Folk Story from Aceh, Gayo, (2) creatures besides humans who lived on earth, namely “Putri Bensu”, Folk Story from Aceh, Gayo,(3) the spirits and the gods who came from heaven (sky “Tupai Malimdewa”, Folk Story from Aceh Selatan, palace) who had a relationship with human on earth.