Laser Monkey & Chinese Unicorn Giraffe

13th of May 2020 • 35′24″

Caoimhe & M.J. discuss the first chapter of Journey to the West and get side tracked by laser eyes and what exactly the word “unicorn” is a translation of.

Credits

“Qilin” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qilin
“Ming treasure voyages” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_treasure_voyages
“Buddhist cosmology” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buddhist_cosmology&oldid=955126741#Earthly_realms
Episode artwork is a 1666 painting of a Qilin by Kanō Tannyū, as photographed by Sailko: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Periodo_edo,_kano_tan'yu,_uccelli_volanti_e_animali_che_corrono,_1666,_02.JPG