229-Monkey King: Forbidden Fruit
Myths and Legends
Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser
4.8 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2021
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
We're back in the story of the Monkey King and the Journey to the West. After picking up Sandy, the sand monster and final member of their party, the guys haven't seen a soul for two months. All that will change with a mysterious stop in the forest.
The creature is the Wilser dragon, where the only thing more dangerous than fighting it...is killing it.
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| 0:00.0 | This week, my myths and legends were diving back into the legend of the Monkey King. |
| 0:05.0 | We'll meet medieval Clippy and see that if a rest stop involves some compulsory marriage, |
| 0:10.0 | might want to keep on going down the road. |
| 0:12.0 | On the creature of the week, if your blood, spit, and body odor are all poison, |
| 0:17.0 | congrats, you are an evil mythological creature. |
| 0:26.0 | This is Myths and Legends, episode 229. |
| 0:29.0 | Forbidden Fruit. |
| 0:36.0 | This is a podcast where we tell stories from mythology and folklore. |
| 0:39.0 | Some are incredibly popular stories you might think you know, but with surprising origins. |
| 0:44.0 | Others are stories that might be new to you, but are definitely worth listen. |
| 0:48.0 | Previously on the story of The Journey to the West, Shwan Zong embarked on, well, The Journey to the West. |
| 0:54.0 | He was a monk and he was seeking the scriptures in the Thunder Clap Temple after being recruited by the body-sup Figuang Nian. |
| 1:01.0 | It was a dangerous journey that started with him being kidnapped by demons, so he got some help. |
| 1:07.0 | The first companion was the Monkey King, Sun Moukong, a shape-shifting, super-powered monkey, |
| 1:13.0 | who, to lower the amount of time he would have to serve in prison, agreed to take his supernatural rod and protect Shwan Zong. |
| 1:20.0 | Next, they met their horse, who was actually a dragon, but never leaves his horse form, so don't worry about him. |
| 1:27.0 | Then, they met Pigsy, a giant pigman, and a completely raging id who left his captive wife to earn his way back into heaven. |
| 1:35.0 | The final member of the party was Sandy, a sand monster who lived at the bottom of the river, |
| 1:40.0 | and who also offended the immortals, leading to his banishment. |
| 1:44.0 | Basically, everyone but Shwan Zong is on a redemption arc. |
| 1:47.0 | We catch up to them on the road, looking for a much-needed pit stop. |
| 2:01.0 | It had been two months since they had crossed the impossibly wide river and Sandy shaved his head, |
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