193A-Monkey King: Golden Cicada

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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We return to the stories of the Monkey King and pick up at the end of his long imprisonment under a mountain, for trying to overthrow everyone and everything. Meanwhile, a messenger from heaven is on the move, looking for a pilgrim to make a dangerous journey that will bring them into contact with demons, monsters, and companions to help him along the way...who might just be more dangerous than anything on the road. Show post: https://myths.links/193a Check out the Myths and Legends store at http://www.mythpodcast.com/store -- Sponsors: Give a pair when you buy a pair, and get twenty percent off your first purchase at http://bombas.com/legends Check out Magoosh at http://magoosh.com and use the promo code myths for a 20% off discount! -- Music: “Follow Me” by Keith Anthony Holden "In Epic" by Valentina Gribanova "Lonely Drive Home" by Lance Conrad "Left on my own" by Judson Lee "A Horrible Piano" by Bobby Cole "Cracked Nut Suite" by Podington Bear "Calisson" by Blue Dot Sessions

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0:00.0	This week on Myths and Legends, we're back in the world of the Monkey King, where you'll
0:05.0	see why you shouldn't eat animals that wink at you, what monsters do on their weekly
0:09.4	game night with friends, and how you can get a great deal on a new suit from your local
0:14.1	tiger.
0:15.1	All you need is immortality and a very heavy stick.
0:18.6	The creature this week is a tall bird, who's learned a lot from humans in the very worst
0:23.5	way.
0:29.5	This is Myths and Legends, Episode 193A, Golden Sikeda.
0:39.9	This is a podcast where I tell stories from mythology and folklore.
0:43.3	Some are incredibly popular stories you'd think you know, but with surprising origins.
0:47.8	Others are stories that might be new to you, but are definitely worth listening.
0:51.9	The Monkey King, in this podcast we've had so many awesome, funny characters like Gavein,
0:57.4	Bernard, who's getting more episodes too by the way.
1:00.6	Kayaudi, but by far my favorite is the Monkey King.
1:04.0	Sun Wukong, he's a monkey who grew beyond his limits, who learned and gained supernatural
1:09.1	powers to the point where he even challenged the heavens themselves.
1:13.8	And nearly one, he's powerful, funny, but with mischievous, self-destructive streak that
1:19.7	only makes the stories more interesting.
1:22.0	Well, he's back.
1:23.6	The last time we saw the Monkey King, over a year ago, the Buddhist
1:27.2	slammed a mountain down on him, trapping him for 500 years when the Monkey King nearly
1:32.0	took over the known universe.
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