Manut saking napi sane kagugu olih para wargine, para wanara puniki inggih punika sanak-putun wanara sane dumun nujuin margi ri sedek ida dang hyang nirartha lunga ngintasin alas merbuk (wana ring bukit jembrana-buleleng).
In accordance with local belief, these monkeys are descended from monkeys who helped dang hyang nirartha when he wandered in the merbuk forest (a forest in the hill of jembrana-buleleng).