Haley Weger: Myth-Folklore

This story is part of the The Monkey King unit . Story source: "The Ape Sun Wu Kung" in The Chinese Fairy Book , ed. by R. Wilhelm and translated by Frederick H. Martens (1921). The humble Lord sat in his castle and had all of his servants at his beck and call. One of the saints came forward and cast a complaint from the Dragon-King of the Eastern Sea. Another came forward and presented the complaint of the Princes of the Dead. The Lord of Heavens looked down and saw the horrible conduct of Sun Wu Kung. He ordered one of his gods to go down to the earth and take Sun Wu Kung prisoner. What the Lord did not know was just how special and supernatural this ape was. The Evening Star came forward and told the Lord all about the ape. He told him how he had gained the purest powers of heaven and earth and sun and moon. He told the Lord about how the ape was immortal, and asked the Lord to love him as he loves others, and forgive his sin, instead of taking him prisoner. The forgiving ...

Story source: "The Ape Sun Wu Kung" in The Chinese Fairy Book , ed. by R. Wilhelm and translated by Frederick H. Martens (1921). In a far away land in the east, there is a big giant sea. In this sea is an island, with a huge mountain right in the center. The island is called "Mountain of Flowers and Fruits", and in the middle of the mountain lies a giant rock. This was no ordinary rock- but was special from the beginning of time. It had absorbed all of the powers from heaven, earth, the sun and the moon. One day, the rock burst because of all of it's supernatural powers, and an egg of stone exploded out of it. From the stone hatched an ape, who had absorbed all of the magical powers from the rock.  The ape learned to do basic tasks slowly, but then outshone his magical powers! Two beams of gold shot out from his eyes and shone all the way up to the heavens, and was so alarming that even the Lord of Heavens was scared of this supernatural ape, and his golden eye...