MYTHOLOGY & FOLKLORE BLOG, SPRING 2021

  The Panda King     Long ago, a very average panda lived on an island among others like him. One day, many pandas were unable to get beyond a wall of bamboo. The very average panda approached them, and jumped through the bamboo finding a hidden passage to an uninhabited iron city. The other pandas were amazed, and inhabited this city crowning the average panda their king. The Panda King ruled for years, living in harmony with the citizens and nature. However, one day he broke down into tears thinking about death, and how he could not save those around him from death. One of those close to him, heard of a master who knew about eternal life, and the Panda King was so intrigued that he left the island in search of this master.      The Panda King found himself in The Valley of Peace, where he searched many years for answers. He found that the inhabitance only cared about worldly things, and not of th...

Main Characters: The Stone Ape/ Sun Wu Kung The Discerner/The Master Secondary Characters: Other apes The wood-chopper The master's disciples Important things to remember:  Handsome King of the Apes Mountain of Flower and Fruits, great rock, magically burst and a stone ape was hatched The stone ape was able to hop through the waterfall and found an iron bridge, and was crowned king of the apes, and he remained untroubled for 300 years The Great Sea The king of apes was saddened one day when he thought of death, so he went out in search of those who are except from deaths power - Buddha, the blessed spirits and the gods He found his way across the sea to Asia, where he stayed hoping to learn more, and acting as a human But he found all the people only cared about money and honor, not life, so he went out again to the sea after 9 years in Asia Sun Wu Kung Gets His Name The ape came upon a wood-chopper when he reached land, who was singing a divine song The ape thought he was divine b...