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A goddess of these places used her martial arts skills to defeat the demons Qianliyan (“ch’YEN-lee-yen”) and Shunfeng’er (“shoon-FUNG-ar”), making them the guardians of her temple. After Fujiwara no Hidesato uses his saliva to kill a giant centipede, an attendant of a god of these places gives him a bottomless bag of rice. After failing to procure a monkey’s liver, a creature (-5[1])living in one (10[1])of these places (10[1])has its bones crushed. A god (10[1])of these places, whose palace has a garden (10[1])with sections (10[1])for each season, was visited by the grandfather of Japan’s (10[1])first emperor. After saving the daughter of that god of these places, (10[1])Urashima Tarō is given (10[1])a box (10[1])that prevents him from aging. In Journey to the West, (10[1])Ao Guang (10[1])is one of four Dragon Kings who rule (10[1])over these places. (10[2]-5[2])For 10 points, Ryūjin uses a pair of jewels to control the tides of what (10[2])places? (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

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