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

Journey of the Monkey King

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.

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Links:

• 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

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• Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie

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