Hung Mung

Hung Mung

Hung Mung is a Discordian Five Star Saint, one of the Five Apostles of Eris. He is the Patron Saint of the Discordian Season of Chaos. His Holyday " [sic] " is Mungday.

From the "Principia Discordia", page 00039, "The Five Apostles of Eris & Who They Be":
#Hung Mung:A Sage of ancient China and Official Discordian Missionary to the Heathen Chinee " [sic] "'. He who originally devised THE SACRED CHAO. Patron of the Season of Chaos. Holyday: Jan 5.

Hung Mung predates modern discordianism by over two thousand years, being a character in the ancient Chinese book, "The Writings of Chuang Tzu". A quote from this work is referenced in the "Principia Discordia" as being part of Kerry Wendell Thornley's "The Honest Book of Truth". Hung Mung's name in Chinese is 鸿蒙 (unsimplified: 鴻蒙) and can be translated as "foolish goose".


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Discordian calendar — The Discordian or Erisian calendar is an alternative calendar used by some adherents of Discordianism. It is specified on page 00034 of the Principia Discordia.[1] The Discordian year 1 YOLD is 1166 BC. (Elsewhere in the Principia Discordia, it… …   Wikipedia

  • Discordianism — Sacred Chao redirects here. For the German thrash metal band, see Sacred Chao (band). Our lady Eris, goddess of discord Discordianism is a religion based on the worship of Eris (also known as Discordia), the Greco Roman goddess of strife. It w …   Wikipedia

  • Eris (mythology) — This article is about the Greek goddess of chaos. For the god of love, see Eros. Discordia redirects here. For other uses, see Discordia (disambiguation). Eris Eris on an Attic plate, ca. 575 525 BC …   Wikipedia

  • Robert Anton Wilson — For other people named Robert Wilson, see Robert Wilson (disambiguation). Robert Anton Wilson At the National Theatre, London, for the 10 hour stage version of Illuminatus! in 1977 Born Robert Edward Wilson January 18, 1932(1932 01 18) Brooklyn,… …   Wikipedia

  • Kerry Wendell Thornley — Kerry Thornley From Open City, ca. 1970 Born April 17, 1938(1938 04 17) California Died November 28, 1998( …   Wikipedia

  • Operation Mindfuck — or OM is an important practice in the Discordian religion. The concept was developed by Kerry Thornley and Robert Anton Wilson in 1968[1] and given its name by Wilson and Robert Shea in The Illuminatus! Trilogy.[2] It is most often manifested as… …   Wikipedia

  • Rub-a-dub-dub — is a nursery rhyme. Lyrics The oldest known printed version from the 14th century goes::Hey! Rub a dub dub! Ho! Rub a dub dub! Three maids in a tub,:And who do you think were there?:The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker,:And all of them… …   Wikipedia

  • Malaclypse the Younger — For the Mal Waldron album, see Mal 2 (album). Gregory Hill Born 21 May 1941(1941 05 21) Died 20 July 2000 …   Wikipedia

  • Principia Discordia — The Loompanics Yellow Cover combined 4th 5th Edition Principia Discordia, (1979). In print until the company went out of business in 2006. Principia Discordia is a Discordian religious text written by Greg Hill (Malaclypse The Younger) and Kerry… …   Wikipedia

  • Aneristisch — Dieser Artikel oder Abschnitt ist nicht hinreichend mit Belegen (Literatur, Webseiten oder Einzelnachweisen) versehen. Die fraglichen Angaben werden daher möglicherweise demnächst gelöscht. Hilf Wikipedia, indem du die Angaben recherchierst und… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”