Sun Wukong, the (Handsome) Monkey King, is both an actual monkey and an actual king…and presumably handsome according to whatever standard that is judged. One of the most famous anti-heroes of Chinese literature, we start his story, and the story of the extremely famous “Journey to the West” at the beginning, with the story of the monkey’s rock mom on the Flower-Fruit mountain.
The creature this week is the ningyo, the human fish. It’s neither human nor a fish, but it is a tired introvert who just wants some me time.
Music:
“Rice” by Chad Crouch
“Peanut Shells” by Chad Crouch
“Dim” by Chad Crouch
“City Lights” by Chad Crouch
“B-Roll” by Chad Crouch
“The Gloaming” by Chad Crouch
“Lunette” by Blue Dot Sessions
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Thank you for telling this story it’s one of my favorites!!!!!!!!
Hello!
I’m wondering if I can get the transcript for this podcast? I’m an English teacher in Sweden currently making a myths and legends unit for my students. The end project is to create a podcast retelling a myth and then analyzing it for patterns and symbolism, and then lastly, its modern-day cultural relevance. We’re modelling them off of yours, although MUCH shorter of course, and this would be a great one to analyze with the class.
If this is possible, then please email me to let me know. :-)
I love your podcast, but check your pronunciation on “lichen”.
Additionally, your link here to audible includes a space after the word myths which prevents the hyperlink from working correctly.
I love the pod cast and have been following it since the beginning. I tend to prefer the stories involving traditional gods like in Greek and Norse mythology, but this one really stands out to me. I would easily call.the tale of Sun Wukong one of my favorites thus far. We’ll done, keep up the great work!