Editing Mount Merapi (section)

===Spirits of Merapi===
To keep the volcano quiet and to appease the spirits of the mountain, the Javanese regularly take offerings on the anniversary of the sultan of Yogyakarta's coronation.<ref>{{cite book|publisher=Ministry of Culture and Tourism|title=Mount Tourism&nbsp;– Mount Merapi|year=2008}}</ref> For the Yogyakarta Sultanate, Merapi holds a significant cosmological symbolism, because it forms a sacred north–south axis line between Merapi's peak and the [[Indian Ocean]], referred by locals as the Southern Ocean. The sacred axis is signified by Merapi peak in the north, the [[Tugu Yogyakarta]] monument near Yogyakarta main train station, the axis runs along [[Malioboro]] street to Northern Alun-alun (square) across [[Keraton]] Yogyakarta (sultan's palace), Southern Alun-alun, all the way to Bantul and finally reaching Samas and Parangkusumo beach on the estuary of Opak river and the Indian Ocean.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Troll|first1=Valentin R.|last2=Deegan|first2=Frances M.|last3=Jolis|first3=Ester M.|last4=Budd|first4=David A.|last5=Dahren|first5=Börje|last6=Schwarzkopf|first6=Lothar M.|year=2015|title=Ancient Oral Tradition Describes Volcano–Earthquake Interaction at Merapi Volcano, Indonesia|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/geoa.12099|journal=Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography|language=en|volume=97|issue=1|pages=137–166|doi=10.1111/geoa.12099|bibcode=2015GeAnA..97..137T|s2cid=129186824|issn=1468-0459|access-date=3 November 2020|archive-date=10 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510035139/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/geoa.12099|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref> This sacred axis connected the [[hyang]]s or spirits of mountain revered since ancient times—often identified as "Mbah Petruk" by Javanese people—The Sultan of Yogyakarta as the leader of the Javanese kingdom, and [[Nyi Roro Kidul]] as the queen of the Southern Ocean, the female ocean deity revered by Javanese people and also mythical consort of Javanese kings.<ref>Triyoga, Lucas Sasongko (1991) Manusia Jawa dan gunung merapi : persepsi dan kepercayaannya Yogyakarta : Gadjah Mada University Press. {{ISBN|979-420-211-8}}, see also Khairuddin, H. (1995) Filsafat Kota Yogyakarta {{ISBN|979-499-180-5}} page 58 (in Indonesian) – Gunung Merapi sebagai terminal akhir dalam proses ''Sumbu Imajiner'' diyakini pula sebagai ''Surga pangratunan'', yang berasal dari kata ''antu'', yang artinya menanti, yakni menanti sevelum roh diinjinkan masuk surga, yaitu kembali kepada Sang Pencipta.</ref>