Journey of the Monkey King

#56—A Horse, a Yakṣa and a Léigōng Walk into a Bar

31^st of August 2022 • 30′51″

The pilgrims are out of the women’s country, but some resentment might be starting to set in, and the torture headband comes out again.

Credits

Episode artwork is a section of a painting of Marshal Wang depicting a Léigōng, which Caoimhe thinks is probably the type of thunder god that Wukong gets described as looking like: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/41474
“Leigong” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigong
“Pater familias” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pater_familias