Seems like Journey to the West is referenced and copied so much in Eastern cultures without any fear of it getting old or going stale.
Is there something similar for Westerners? Is there some Shakespearean story we keep re-imagining again and again without shame?
Over Jason and the Argonauts, or Tale of Perseus?
I guess they’re less famous, and maybe I’m just being nit-picky. I’d rather just put them all as one level below ur-journey tale.