Yellow Toothed Elephant Demon (in Chinese: 黃牙老象) is one of the antagonists of the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West. He is actually the white elephant that the bodhisattva Samantabhadra rides on, but then became a demon king in the Lion Camel Ridge, alongside the Azure Lion Demon and the Golden Winged Great Peng. He appears as a giant with an elephant-like face.
In the 1986 classic adaptation series, he was portrayed by Wang Weiguo.
Biography[]
Origins[]
The Yellow Toothed Elephant, along with the Azure Lion and the Golden Winged Great Peng, and their army in the novel.
The Yellow Toothed Elephant is originally the white elephant of the bodhisattva Samantabhadra. At one point, he somehow escaped to the mortal realm and became a demon in the Lion Camel Ridge, ruled it alongside the Azure Lion Demon and the Golden Winged Great Peng. Any human who was passing by the mountain would be captured and eaten by them.
Role[]
The Yellow Toothed Elephant along with his fellow demon kings in the classic 1986 adaptation series.
Upon learning of Tang Sanzang's arrival, the three demon kings planned to capture him, as eating Sanzang would grant one immortality. However, Sun Wukong killed one of their messengers and disguised as him, only for the Golden Winged Great Peng to blow his cover. Fortunately, Wukong escaped imprisonment and, along with Zhu Bajie, went to fight the demons, only for Wukong to be consumed by the Azure Lion, though Wukong managed to escape and force the demon kings to bring them pass by the mountain.
The Elephant, however, still not accepted this, went out to defeat Wukong. While fighting with Zhu Bajie, he uses his nose to wrap around him and capture him. Wukong later sneaked into the demons cave and released Zhu Bajie , but not after scaring him by pretending to be the white impermanence a servant of Yan Luo wang who is tasked with bringing Dead people’s souls to the Chinese underworld. After escaping , the elephant came after the two again . However , Wukong defeated him after Shoving his staff up the elephants nose , causing him tremendous amounts of pains , after the Elephant was defeated all three demon kings were forced by wukong to bring Sanzang's group pass the mountain , which they forcibly accepted. Unfortunately, the Golden Winged Great Peng, the most intelligent of the three demon kings, set up a plan to capture Sanzang's group, which he succeeded. Despite numberous attempt to rescue the group, Wukong failed and eventually resorted to the help from the deities. Ultimately, the Yellow Toothed Elephant is eventually subdued and taken back by Samantabhadra, and the Azure Lion and Peng were defeated as well.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Fighting weapon: The Yellow Toothed Elephant Demon is armed with a spear.
- Long nose: He has a long nose capable of trapping enemies and crushing them.
- Intelligence: He is the second most intelligent of the three demon kings, only behind the Golden Winged Great Peng.
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Trivia[]
- The Yellow Toothed Elephant and the Azure Lion Demon resides in the Lion Camel Cave for long-term, while the Golden Winged Great Peng resides in the Lion Camel City, as he devoured all the people in the city 500 years ago.