Chinese Mythology
Sun Wukong
the Monkey King
Sun Wukong is a Chinese hero of strength, associated with the realm of earth. Sun Wukong belongs to the hero generation of the pantheon. Symbolised by the iron cudgel.
Historical Note
Born from a stone, he stole a peach of immortality, sneaked into hell to scratch his name from the Book of the Dead, and made war on Heaven before being pinned under a mountain by the Buddha. Hero of Journey to the West.