coriander in pho

Once upon a time, Batara Kala looked at the Moon and thinking that the Moon looks so yummy and decided to take a bite out of it.

Little did Batara Kala know, the Moon is actually a lemon and it’s really sour! Poor Batara Kala.

Read more about Batara Kala and the myth of eclipse (Javanese myth) here.

This piece is inspired by the Javanese lore and partly from my old work (Inktober 2018) — Batara Chandra (The God of the Moon) fighting against Batara Kala.