Turi-Turin The Mandupa in the Karo Story (Turi-Turin Karo): A Psychoanalysis Study

Literature is a work of art activities related to expression and creation. Works of art that are created through creative activities, with the media of language and contain aesthetic values ​​make these creations have a function dulce et utile or fun and useful. Sapardi (1979:1) explained that literature is a social institution that uses language as a medium. Literature presents a picture of life and life itself is a social reality. This article is entitled Turi-Turin Si Mandupa in Karo Folklore (Turi-Turin Karo): Psychoanalytic Studies. The author primarily uses a qualitative descriptive research strategy to gather information about Turi-Turin and Mandupa. The purpose of the qualitative approach, as stated by Sibarani, et al. (2014: 272), namely investigating, exploring, explaining, and providing explanations about the "meaning" and "pattern" of the object of study being studied as a whole. The method used in this qualitative research is that described by Miles and Huberman (Sibarani 2014:24-27). Sources of data in this study are Karo Folk Stories (Turi-Turin Karo). Author Rev. Em. Sada Kata Ginting Suka, M.Th, et al, publishers of the Sora Mido Library, Jakarta. 2021 Published Year. Research results show that id, namely wanting to know and wanting satisfaction. In this case, the mandupa wants to know how to play the game and wants satisfaction in the form of victory in the game, while the ego of the character can be analyzed that the figure originally wanted to play and win once, but play again with curiosity and win. However, the ego of the figure of the character issued the words, namely "Why should I return it?", and superego the figure of the main character is when he attacks his son and uncle in a way that the main character's body is known to be rubber and his body is rolled around with burning weeds until it is black and the people do not recognize him. The uncle and his son were beheaded by the main character until they died. Keywords: Folklore, Karo, Batak, Legend, Psychoanalysis