Wukong & Gilgamesh: Parallel Myths Across Time | Part 1: Kings Born of Heaven and Earth

In this quiet, meditative journey through myth, we explore how two legendary figures—Sun Wukong, the Monkey King of Chinese folklore, and Gilgamesh, the demigod king of ancient Mesopotamia—reflect surprising parallels in origin, purpose, and cosmology.

About this video:
This is Part 1 of a 3-part deep-dive comparing two of the most powerful mythological heroes ever imagined. Though separated by continents and millennia, Gilgamesh and Wukong share symbolic resonances that point to shared archetypes—or even potential cultural echoes across the Silk Road.

This episode focuses on their birth stories—a prince born of divine blood, and a monkey born of cosmic stone.

Set to mysterious, ambient soundscapes, this series invites you to not just learn… but to feel the myth.

Sources & Recommended Reading:
(Referenced or used for research in this episode)

Andrew George, The Epic of Gilgamesh (Penguin, 1999)

Anthony C. Yu, Journey to the West (University of Chicago Press, 1977)

Glen Dudbridge, The Hsi-yu chi: A Study of Antecedents to the Xiyouji (Cambridge, 1970)

Tzvi Abusch, “The Development and Meaning of the Epic of Gilgamesh,” JAOS 121.4 (2001)

Susan Whitfield, Life Along the Silk Road (California, 1999)

Meir Shahar, The Shaolin Monastery (Hawai‘i Press, 2008)

Walter Burkert, The Orientalizing Revolution (Harvard, 1992)

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