Naga Padoha is why my grandmother never blamed God for the earthquakes

im Batak Toba. grew up by the lake. and the thing tourists dont get about Danau Toba is that for us its not scenery, its a lid. underneath is supposed to be Naga Padoha, the dragon-serpent of the underworld. the old creation telling goes that a goddess, Sideak Parujar, dropped earth onto his head to……