#gamemastersbookclub Explores the Genres! Shenmo (Chinese Gods & Devils) #Shenmo #chinese #mythology #folktales #legends #fantasy #booksky
The Bridge of Birds-Barry Hughart
Jade City-Fonda Lee
Six Crimson Cranes-Elizabeth Lim
The Ghost Bride-Yangze Choo
The Girl with the Ghost Eyes-M.H. Boroson

Spiti, Himachal Pradesh: Meet the women protecting India's snow leopards The women brave biting cold to count and conserve a predator once seen as a threat in their villages.

Time for all-#female #snowleopard #shenmo patrol

www.bbc.com/news/article... #climate #climatechange #wildlife #himalayas #conservation

The Novel's 2 Main Villains: 1) 紂王 (Zhou Wang - lit. "King Zhou") the Last King of Shang Dynasty 2) The 1,000-Year-Old 9-Tailed 狐狸精 = Huli Jing - lit. "Fox Spirit"! Also known as 蘇妲己 (Su Daji) - the Fox-Possessed Concubine of the King

姜子牙 (Jiang Ziya) or 太公望 (Taigong Wang - lit. "Grand-Duke Hope") - A Real Historical Figure from the 12th - 11th Century BC, An Old Daoist Prime Minister & (sort-of) the Main Character of the Book.

1] 韋護 - Wei Hu (also known as 韋馱 - Wei Tuo or 塞建陀 - Skanda) 2] 雷震子 - Lei Zhenzhi (lit. "Thunder Shocker") 3] 李靖 - Li Jing the Pagoda Bearer 4] 楊戩 - Yang Jian or 二郎神 - Erlang Shen (lit. "2nd-Son Deity") & his 嘯天犬 - Xian Tian Quan (lit. "Howling Heaven Hound") The 3 Lotus Princes: 1) 哪吒 - Nezha 2) 木吒 - Muzha 3) 金吒 - Jinzha Artwork by 让之 吴 on ArtStation

A Model Sheet of Several Characters from Ryu Fujisaki's Loose Manga Adaptation of the Late Ming Dynasty Novel: 1] Taiko Bo - Taigong Wang (太公望) 2] Yō Sen - Yang Jian (楊戩) [Jirō Shin - Erlang Shen (二郎神)] 3] Bun Chu - Wen Zhong (闻仲) 4] O Tenkun - Wang Tianjun (王天君) 5] Supushan - Sibuxiang (四不像) 6] Fugen Shinjin - Puxian Zhenren (普賢真人) 7] Nata or Nataku - Nezha (哪吒) 8] Ko Hiko - Huang Feihu (黃飛虎) 9] Ko Tenka - Huang Tianhua (黃天化) 10] Shin Kōhyō- Shen Gongbao (申公豹) 11] So Daki/Dakki - Su Daji (蘇妲己)

By the way, I'm taking about the 16th Century Chinese #神魔 - #ShenMo (lit. "Deities & Monsters") Novel, Investiture-Deities Romance! Aka, Fengshen Yanyi (Japanese: Hōshin Engi or Houshin Engi)! (2/2) #FSYY
#封神演義 #FengshenYanyi [ JP: #HoshinEngi / #HoushinEngi ]

孫悟空 [Sun Wukong] & Monkey Children in 花果山 [Huaguo Shan - lit. "Flower-Fruit Mountain"] playing around with 如意金箍棒 [Ruyi Jingu Bang - lit. "Comply Gold-Hoop Rod"] From: Shanghai Animation Film Studio's 大鬧天宮 Pinyin: Da Nao Tian Gong (1961/1964) [lit. "Great Uproar, Heaven Palace"]

孫悟空 [Sun Wukong]'s True 妖怪 [Yaoguai] Form in the Film From: Stephen Chow's 西遊·降魔篇 Pinyin: Xiyou: Jiang Mo Pian [lit. "West-Journey: Subdue Monsters Paper"]

[Middle) 孫悟空/孫行者 [Sun Wukong/Xingzhe] [Left) 豬八戒/豬悟能 [Zhu Bajie/Wuneng] [Right) 沙悟淨/沙僧 [Sha Wujing/Seng] From: 西遊記之再世妖王 Pinyin: Xiyouji: Zhi Zaishi Yao Wang [lit. "West-Journey-Record: The Reincarnated Yao King"]

The Opening Cutscene of the Game! From: Game Science's 黑神話: 悟空 Pinyin: Hei ShenHua: Wukong [lit. "Black Deity-Story: Awake-Void"]

#西遊記 #西游记 #Xiyouji - #SunWukong #孫悟空 #孙悟空
#JttW #JourneytotheWest [ #ShenMo #神魔 ] #Chinese
Some of My Personal Favorite Iterations of Sun Wukong!
The Yaoguai Monkey King of Mount Flower-Fruit, the Equal-Tian Great-Sage & the Unruly Trickster Xingzhe Disciple of Tang Sanzang!