Wikipedia Trails: From Hanuman to Six Eared Macaque

Hanuman
Hanuman is a very well known character in the Ramayana, to the point that he has bled over into many of the cultures surrounding India, and even to the Western world. Many iterations and versions of Hanuman have been created, and his influence can even be seen in many of today's stories. Hanuman has a huge influence in Thailand, where I'm from, so I wanted to find out more about him.

(painting of protagonists in Journey to the West; photo by Rolf Müller, taken from Wikipedia)


Journey to the West
One of the major stories that feature a monkey is, of course, Journey to the West. I think there's even been a movie adaptation of this? (And a sequel!) I don't know much about it, except that Sun Wukong (the monkey) is prominently featured in many Asian-related movies.
Sun Wukong
I dabble in reading some Chinese light novels/Korean manhwas, and Sun Wukong is commonly seen as a spirit able to be invoked for power. A character from the manga Naruto can summon the Monkey King Enma - an obvious call to Sun Wukong.
Six Eared Macaque 
I clicked on this because I was just curious as to why a macaque would need six ears. Unfortunately, I still do not have an answer for this.

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