earth spirits
nature_spirit earth Chinese single tradition · 1
The earth spirits are two spiritual beings arranged by the Buddha to serve as jailers and caretakers for the imprisoned Sun Wukong. They feed the Monkey King iron pellets when he is hungry and molten copper when he is thirsty during his five hundred year imprisonment.
Relationships
- serves
- Buddha
- co occurs with
- Jade Emperor, Sun Wukong
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Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“The Buddha arranges two earth spirits to feed the Monkey King iron pellets when he is hungry, and molten copper when he is thirsty.”
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