1) The document describes the origin story of the lotus flower from an Indonesian folktale. 2) In the story, a princess named Dewi Arum is sent to retrieve a special flower from a lake to cure a disease afflicting her kingdom. 3) While bathing in the lake, Dewi Arum forgets her task and is cursed by the lake spirit to become the guardian of the lake. From this event arose the first lotus flowers.