无支祁

无支祁 is discussed in 43.西游记：咄！你是什么妖精！ as a Chinese water-monster or water-deity layer behind [[SunWukong|孙悟空]]. The episode connects the figure to Huai River lore, an ape-like image, Yu the Great’s flood-control stories, and the motif of being suppressed under a mountain.

The source does not treat 无支祁 as the whole origin of Sun Wukong. Instead, 无支祁 becomes part of Mythic Source Layering alongside [[Hanuman|哈努曼]], monkey-demon tales, pilgrimage companions, and Daoist terminology. The point is that [[JourneyToTheWest|《西游记》]] preserves multiple older narrative energies inside one highly familiar character.

Connections

• [[SunWukong|孙悟空]] - received character whose source history the episode explores.
• [[Hanuman|哈努曼]] - Indian comparative layer discussed beside 无支祁.
• [[JourneyToTheWest|《西游记》]] - central text.
• Mythic Source Layering - concept for composite religious and folkloric formation.