Baigujing

Baigujing (Chinese: 白骨精; pinyin: Báigǔjīng) is a demon from the 16th-century novel Journey to the West. The name is translated into English as White Bone Spirit in the William John Francis Jenner translation. Baigujing is a shapeshifting demoness, and in her true form she is depicted as a skeleton. Baigujing was a demon who desired to eat the flesh of Tang Sanzang. It disguised itself as a village girl and offered Tang Sanzang and his disciples poisonous fruits. Due to Baigujing's strong powers, only Sun Wukong could detect that she was a demon. He hit her with his staff, seemingly killing her. Tang Sanzang is angered at Sun Wukong and performs the Band-tightening spell, but Sha Wujing placates the situation. Sun Wukong tried to explain that the 'village girl' was a demon, but they didn't believe him. Tang Sanzang believed she was an innocent and buried her. Having survived the attack, Baigujing dug underground to recover. After some time, Baigujing returned disguised as an elderly woman, lying to the group that the village girl from earlier was her daughter. Sun Wukong sees through Baigujing's disguise once again and kills her. Angered, Tang Sanzang performs the Band-tightening spell again, but Sha Wujing placates the situation. The group continues to not believe Sun. When Baigujing returns a third time as an elderly man asking about his daughter and wife, the group immediately feels guilty, as they believe they were the two women Sun Wukong had slain. Baigujing taunts Sun Wukong with its powers, which only Sun could hear, provoking him into attacking it. Provoked, Sun finally beats Baigujing with his staff and kills the demon, revealing that it was just a skeleton spirit. Sun Wukong shows this to Tang Sanzang, who initially believes him, but Zhu Bajie convinces Tang Sanzang that Sun...