in javanese wayang shadow puppets the panakawan or panakavan phanakavhan are the clown servants of the hero there are four of them semar also known as ki lurah semar petruk gareng and bagong semar is the personification of a deity sometimes said to the be the dhanyang or guardian spirit of the island of java in javanese mythology deities can only manifest themselves as ugly or otherwise unprepossessing humans and so semar is always portrayed as short and fat with a pug nose and a dangling hernia his three companions are his adopted sons given to semar as votaries by their p 2b02cb1.jpg from sex semar roliয View Photo