A Story from Tantu Panggelaran
Today, there are increasingly fewer members of society who profess to believe in the nation's many colorful solar eclipse origin myths.
In the book of Tantu Panggelaran (Saka Year 1577), it is written that one day, the gods were in the throes of a party. Earlier, their jug, which was filled with the waters of eternal life, had been stolen by two giants. In the presence of Batara Prameswara, a deity higher in rank than even themselves, the gods celebrated, drinking deep on their recovered water.
March 1, 2016
Today, there are increasingly fewer members of society who profess to believe in the nation's many colorful solar eclipse origin myths.
In the book of Tantu Panggelaran (Saka Year 1577), it is written that one day, the gods were in the throes of a party. Earlier, their jug, which was filled with the waters of eternal life, had been stolen by two giants. In the presence of Batara Prameswara, a deity higher in rank than even themselves, the gods c
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