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I’ve always thought of monkeys as mischievous. And looking at folklore, it seems that I’m right.
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Ronel the Mythmaker 
I had no idea how frequently monkeys appear in different cultures, this was very informative and entertaining.
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I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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Ah, I know that story about the monkey and the turtle. I think we were told the story as children. 🙂
I have never considered monkeys in stories but I was always writing (though not finishing) romance. For now, I’ll stick to trying out the new, being magical creatures like fairies and other gods and goddesses. 🙂
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I didn’t intentionally go out to write a story with a monkey in it – it was part of a prompt – but I did enjoy looking into the folklore of monkeys 🙂
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It could make for a good twist to make the monkeys like a good god in a myth because they’re too mischievous. 🙂
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Hi! As always, very thorough and wide-ranging research on the topic! I decided to comment on your question about monkeys. I don’t particularly like monkeys (or apes). It’s not like I dislike them, either, just that I’m not drawn to them or anything. Sometimes when I’ve watched an old movie (like from the ’20s through the ’50s or so) I’ll notice they’ll have exploited a monkey (before they knew better), and it makes me sad to think of how often humans have taken advantage of primates’ intelligence – for our own purposes. That said, I read an article today that indicated feral monkeys are making life difficult in some parts of India. Aurgh! 🙂
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Yeah, I’m not keen on movies where they’ve exploited animals either. Humans interfere too much in animal habitats, though Nature will retaliate in one way or another…
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Monkeys are too naughty. Haha! They steal food. I think we have too many of them where we go. Even hubby’s wallet disappeared from the golf cart in San Lameer, while we were playing golf. They raided our hosts’ kitchen in Kaaimans. They’re everywhere in Livingstone. There are even some in Sun City. I might included them as the naughty buggers. 🙂
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I have heard this! -monkeys as pests. Too bad, but a real problem, it sounds like.
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They are 😐 Maybe too many of them and not enough food.
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Hi Ronel – I’m afraid I haven’t read the post … but you’ve certainly given us lots of information here. I’m not the greatest lover of monkeys … but they show us amazing evolutionary traits … well done … cheers Hilary
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My favourite part of writing this post was finding out where the saying “hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil” paired with monkeys came from.
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