Putri Tangguk is a character from Jambi folklore.^[1][2] According to the story, Putri Tangguk is a mother who has seven kids and lives with her husband.^[2] Her husband and her are both farmers.^[1] Although they work hard to take care of their children,^[1] Putri Tangguk realizes that she does not have much time for her children due to her tiring work.^[1] One day, Putri Tangguk tells her husband about a plan she forms,^[1] filling up their warehouse with rice and other supplies so that they will not have to work as much or as long.^[1] They do this, and on a rainy day, Putri Tangguk walks with her family to the rice field after the sky clears.^[1] Suddenly, she slips on the wet ground.^[1] She becomes angry at the road and curses it.^[2] Nonetheless, they continue on to the rice fields.^[2] On their return home, they walk along the same road.^[2] Putri Tangguk sows a rice paddy on that road so that it will not ever be slippery again.^[2] However, she quickly regrets this act after she realizes that the rice paddy is important.^[2] The lesson of the story is to be thankful for what one has.^[1]