Golden Winged Great Peng

The Golden Winged Great Peng (金翅大鵬雕) is an antagonist of the classic novel Journey to the West. He is a demonic eagle who was spawned from the primodial Phoenix.

Past
During the primodial times, the original Phoenix, the leader of flying beings, gave birth to the Peacock Mahamayuri and the Eagle. The Peacock once consumed the Buddha, who however managed to escape via cut her stomach. The Buddha intended to kill the Peacock, however the Deities told him to stop, thus the Buddha promoted her to be his godmother, therefore the Eagle would be his uncle. This gave the Eagle a high position on Heaven and unfortunately only serves to fuel his big ego.

For unknown reason, the Eagle transformed himself into the Golden Winged Great Peng, and ate all the residents of an old kingdom and ruled it for 500 years.

Role in the story
The Eagle, like most of other demons in the story, attempted to eat Xuanzang.