“ I am the Shrimp Dumpling King of the West! My breath becomes the wind and blows away all evil spirits! „
Shrimp Dumpling King (Korean: 새우만두 사천왕, saumandu sacheon-wang, "Shrimp Dumpling Heavenly King"), also known as the Shrimp Dumpling King of the West, is an NPC who appears in the first part of the The Awakening of White Apathy update (v5.5) in Episode 3 of World Exploration: Beast-Yeast, The Awakening of White Apathy.
Shrimp Dumpling King is one of the four Dumpling Kings who uphold 
Mystic Flour Cookie's worldview.
Character Inspiration[]
Mystic Flour Cookie's empire is based upon Han Buddhism.All four of the Dumpling Kings are based directly on the Four Heavenly Kings (Sanskrit/Pali: चतुर्महाराज, Chaturmahārāja; Simplified Chinese: 四天王, Sìtiānwáng) of Buddhism. Like the Dumpling Kings, the Four Heavenly Kings are devas (Sanskrit/Pali: देव), or celestial beings, who watch over aspects of the natural world while heralding over the four cardinal directions. The latter portion of each of the Dumpling Kings' original Korean names (사천왕, sacheon-wang) is the same term used to refer to the Four Heavenly Kings of Buddhism in Korean.
Based on the cardinal direction which they protect, Shrimp Dumpling King would be inspired by Virūpākṣa (Sanskrit: विरूपाक्ष; Pali: Virūpakkha; Simplified Chinese: 广目天王, Guăngmù Tiānwáng), the King of the West. While Virūpākṣa does ward off threats to the Buddhist dharma like how Shrimp Dumpling King "blows away evil spirits[1]," other similarities between the two are scant. Virūpākṣa is the King known to be red in color, clad in impenetrable armor, and often holding a pearl—all traits seen instead in Spicy Dumpling King[1][2]. Meanwhile, Shrimp Dumpling King's held sword and control over wind aligns suggests a connection to with the King of the South, Virūḍhaka (Sanskrit: विरूढक; Pali: Virūlhaka; Simplified Chinese: 增长天王, Zēngzhǎng Tiānwáng), who features these traits as well[1][3].
Trivia[]
- Shrimp Dumpling King resembles Cantonese shumai (燒賣).
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Watchers of the World: the Four Heavenly Kings in Buddhism, Their Mantras and Practice — Buddha Weekly
- ↑ A dictionary of Chinese Buddhist terms : with Sanskrit and English equivalents and a Sanskrit-Pali index. Lewis Hodous, William Edward Soothill. London: RoutledgeCurzon. 2004. ISBN 0-203-64186-8. OCLC 275253538.
- ↑ Four Heavenly Kings — Enlightenment Thangka
