Myth of Eno Karang and its Meaning in the Society Life of Aru Islands Regency Natalya Papasoka Faculty of Theology Universitas Kristen Indonesia Maluku Ambon, Indonesia natalyapapasoka@gmail.com Jafet Damamain Faculty of Theology Universitas Kristen Indonesia Maluku Ambon, Indonesia persadakalwedo@gmail.com Margaretha Maria Hendriks Faculty of Theology Universitas Kristen Indonesia Maluku Ambon, Indonesia tsadiqip@yahoo.com Henky Herzon Hetharia Faculty of Theology Universitas Kristen Indonesia Maluku Ambon, Indonesia sonny_hetharia@yahoo.com Hermien Lola Soselisa Faculty of Social and Politic Science Universitas Pattimura Ambon, Indonesia hlsoselisa@hotmail.com Ricardo Freedom Nanuru Faculty of Theology Universitas Kristen Indonesia Maluku Ambon, Indonesia ricardonanuru632@gmail.com Abstract—Based on the context of life, humans build their theology of God. If Christianity teaches humans to have a relationship with the land as humans come from the land, the Aru people are just the opposite. The sea context that surrounds and makes life possible for them creates a reflection that humans are actually created from the sea. The reflection is reflected through the myth of Eno Karang: a myth that tells about the beginning of their existence; their ancestors were created from the sea; the sea is the source of life for them; the sea ties their relationship; and the sea becomes a divine means that destroys but saves them. The myth of Eno Karang from Aru people is a myth that shows kinship between human and the sea. Myth is indeed an untrue imaginary story, but myth is a story that underlies and gives meaning to life. Myth is one of the special revelations in contextualizing theology. The reality of the various damage that occurred in Aru is unfortunate. All this destruction was caused by the Aru people having forgotten their cultural roots - their identity - their identity: marine relatives. Through renewing kinship bonding, which is by realizing the aspect of living kinship with the sea and reconsidering various behaviors that deviate from the relationship, Aru will be saved. The myth of Eno Karang invites all creation to live in a harmonious and peaceful relationship. Keywords—the myth of Eno Karang, Aru Island, Theology of the sea. I. INTRODUCTION Myths and theology are interrelated. On the one hand, myth has become a way for humans to reflect on the reality of life that is believed to have a meaning in the process of forming a human being. On the other hand, by departing from context, theology can be formulated as a result of the dialogue of various aspects of life including culture, biblical texts and church traditions so as to give meaning to the reality of human life.GOD is the center of theology, meaning that various human confessions about GOD are made based on the reality faced. This is the uniqueness about contextual theology. Through it, humans develop a reflection of life based on the real conditions they face. The human being is a creature created by God who gets the mandate for managing and utilizing the natural surroundings. The mandate does not give authority that humans are rulers who may act arbitrarily. On the contrary, humans must realize that they are God's creation and not God Himself. As fellow creatures, humans are created to be related to other God's creations. In the kinship relationship created humans are called to care for the life of God.This awareness is based on the belief that “God is Good to All Creations”. The tradition of creation asserts that God created every element of creation (physical), including human beings (social beings) with a very good honor. [1] The sea and everything in it is a creation that can provide a source of life for humans. Aru Sea contains a variety of riches. Everything there has become a special attraction for anyone.The oldest Chinese manuscript that records relations with the archipelago is “Tsien-han-shu” Han Dynasty history book covering a period of 206 years BC to 24 years AC.This note told of the sea-going from the South China Sea to a number of islands in the archipelago associated with paying tribute to Emperor Wu (140-86 BC). Chinese people sailed to the archipelago in search of pearls and precious stones. Pearls were once known only in the Aru Islands. [2] .Aru's wealth, especially marine yields, almost made Aru once referred to as a “metropolis” which was at the end of the world [3]. Unfortunately, lately there have been various natural damage to the sea in Aru due to irresponsible human actions, including fish bombing for large-scale sales to large capacity fishing vessels, mining of rocks and sand on the coast, and even coral in the sea making the Aru sea hostile. By paying attention to various environmental damage, especially the sea that occurs in Aru, this must be stopped and 193 Copyright © 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research (ASSEHR), volume 187 International Conference on Religion and Public Civilization (ICRPC 2018)