“ I am the Spicy Dumpling King of the South! My armor is impenetrable, and I bring all things to life! „
Spicy Dumpling King (Korean: 매운만두 사천왕, maunmandu sacheon-wang, "Spicy Dumpling Heavenly King"), also known as the Spicy Dumpling King of the South, 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.
Spicy 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, Spicy Dumpling King would be inspired by Virūḍhaka (Sanskrit: विरूढक; Pali: Virūlhaka; Simplified Chinese: 增长天王, Zēngzhǎng Tiānwáng), the King of the South. Virūḍhaka is responsible for fostering growth in individuals and by extension in the earth, also being linked to agricultural fertility due to his association with rain; such lines up with Spicy Dumpling King being purported to "bring all things to life." However, the similarities between Virūḍhaka and Spicy Dumpling King end here. Virūḍhaka is the King known to carry a sword[1][2], which more closely matches Shrimp Dumpling King. Meanwhile, Spicy Dumpling King's thick armor, red color, and held pearl all align more with the King of the West, Virūpākṣa (Sanskrit: विरूपाक्ष; Pali: Virūpakkha; Simplified Chinese: 广目天王, Guăngmù Tiānwáng), who displays these features as well[3][4].
References[]
- ↑ Buddhist Protector: Four Guardian Kings — Himalayan Art Source
- ↑ The Four Heavenly Kings — Weekly Wisdom Blog
- ↑ 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.
