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Ruyi Jingu Bang

By Elizabeth Stein for Mythos Atlas. About the author. Editorial notes are grounded in the site's cited sources and can be challenged through the contact page.

Wielded By

Sun Wukong

Description

The magical golden-hooped staff of the Monkey King, Sun Wukong. It can change size from a massive pillar to a needle small enough to hide behind an ear, weighing 17,550 pounds.

Powers & Abilities

Size ManipulationInfinite WeightIndestructibilityOwner Recognition

Origin

"Originally a pillar used by Yu the Great to measure the depths of the ocean during his legendary flood control efforts."