《西游妖物志》

《西游妖物志》 is recommended in 43.西游记：咄！你是什么妖精！ as a light but useful guide to the source histories of [[JourneyToTheWest|《西游记》]] characters and monsters. The episode uses it especially for [[ZhuBajie|猪八戒]], whose appearance in the取经 tradition is treated as later and more layered than popular memory suggests.

In the wiki, the book functions as a secondary-source signal for Mythic Source Layering. It helps the episode move from television familiarity toward older images, zaju, religious iconography, folk motifs, and monster genealogies without pretending that every connection is final proof.

Connections

• [[JourneyToTheWest|《西游记》]] - main classic whose monsters and characters the book discusses.
• [[ZhuBajie|猪八戒]] and [[SunWukong|孙悟空]] - source-lineage cases named in the episode.
• Mythic Source Layering - concept the book helps make visible.
• Classic Reading Complexity - broader reading frame for returning to a familiar classic through textual and mythic history.