...', a Chinese novel was written and published anonymously by Wu Cheng'en in the 16th century.
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...Xuanzang in the classic Chinese novel ''Journey to the West''. He is given the name Friar Sand or Sandy in many English versions.
...nlike his other victims whose bone sank to the river bottom, the skulls of the monks floated. This fascinated and delighted Wujing, who strung them on a r
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...y to the West''. He is called "Pigsy" or "Pig" in many English versions of the story.
...y for lusting after pretty women. He is jealous of Wukong and always tries to bring him down.
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...b|155px|right|Sun Wukong depicted in Yoshitoshi's ''One Hundred Aspects of the Moon'', 1889.]]
...ountain by the Buddha, he later accompanies the monk Xuanzang on a journey to retrieve Buddhist sutras from India.
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...were despatched by the god to snatch away (harpazô) people and things from the earth.
‘’’Harpyiae’’’ (Harpuiai), means "the swift robbers," in Greek and are, in the Homeric poems, nothing but personified storm winds. (Od. xx. 66, 77.)
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...as a giant huntsman in Greek mythology whom Zeus placed among the stars as the constellation of Orion.
...us consented and, as a memorial to the hero's death, added the Scorpion to the heavens as well.
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...(/əˈnɑːnsi/ ə-nahn-see) the trickster is the most important characters of West African and Caribbean folklore.
...He is also known as Ananse, Kwaku Ananse, Kweku Ananse, and Anancy; and in the southern United States he has evolved into Aunt Nancy. He is a spider, but
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