Zhu Bajie
nature_spirit earth Chinese single tradition · 4
A pig-headed major character of the novel Journey to the West.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 CE
- Attested period
- 1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Ming Dynasty.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Taiyin Xingjun, Jade Rabbit, Erlang Shen, Chang E, Minotaur, Anubis, Cynocephalus, Bastet, Daksha, Ganesha, Hayagriva, Horse-Face, Keibu Keioiba, Khnum, Maahes, Pakhet, Sekhmet, Tefnut, Nandi, Narasimha, Ox-Head, Penghou, Pratyangira, Set, Tikbalang, Tumburu, Varaha
- aspect of
- Heavenly Tumbleweed
- serves
- Guanyin, Tang Sanzang
- manifests as
- Marshal Tianpeng
- allied with
- Sun Wukong, Shā Wùjìng, Tang Sanzang
- manifested by
- Heavenly Tumbleweed, Marshal Tianpeng
Mentioned by
- Minotaur
- Anubis
- Cynocephalus
- Bastet
- Daksha
- Ganesha
- Hayagriva
- Horse-Face
- Keibu Keioiba
- Khnum
- Maahes
- Pakhet
- Sekhmet
- Tefnut
- Nandi
- Narasimha
and 9 more
Sources
Source passages
“Zhu Bajie – A pig-headed major character of the novel Journey to the West.”
#4728 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“He was reincarnated as a boar/man beast-monster, who would later be recruited by the bodhisattva, Guanyin, as a guardian for Tang Sanzang”
#18641 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“As punishment, he is reincarnated on Earth but mistakenly enters the womb of a pig, becoming the half-human, half-pig figure known as Zhu Bajie (猪八戒), also called Pigsy in some translations.”
#21472 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001