christophercyounie

The twenty-seventh chapter of Journey to the West (Xiyouji, 西遊記, 1592) features a mountain spirit who resorts to magic disguises in an attempt to eat Tripitaka. Commonly referred to as the "White Bone Spirit" (Baigujing, 白骨精), she is one of a family of ghouls active in White Tiger Mountain (Baihu ling, 白虎嶺) who have long told legends of the monk's immortality-bestowing flesh. She resorts to subterfuge because alone she is not powerful enough to contend with the holy man's present disciples, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing. The spirit first disguises herself as a peerless beauty describe