In a popular folk tale, one of these people cuts a bolt of cloth in half after a boy admits he was not devoted to his studies. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this type of person. A figure who cultivates the Peaches of Immortality in her palace on Kūnlún Mountain is called the “Queen [one of these people] of the West.”
ANSWER: mother [accept moms or mother goddesses; or mǔ; accept the Queen Mother of the West or Xī Wángmǔ; prompt on women or girls or females; prompt on parents] (The lead-in refers to Mencius’s mother.)
[10m] In another story, the mother goddess Nüwa used the legs of Áo to replace four of these objects separating the earth from the sky. Sūn Wùkōng is given one of these objects that he uses as a staff.
ANSWER: pillar [or column; prompt on pole or cudgel or club or Rúyì Jīngū Bàng with “what object is turned into his weapon?”]
[10e] In Shǎnxī, the Third Mother Goddess owns a magic one of these objects shaped like a lotus that scared away demons. On the first full moon of the lunar year, paper examples of these objects are lit and floated in the air.
ANSWER: lanterns [or sky lanterns or tiāndēng or dēnglóng; accept the Lotus Lantern or Bǎolián Dēng; prompt on lights or fires or candles]
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