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In a Wabanaki tale, a huge one of these animals named Bootup serves as Glooscap’s mount. One of these non-flying animals fights a battle that uproots thousands of trees in a Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw (“QUOCK-wock-ya-WOCK-wuh”) tale. In a third tradition, these descendants of Tangaroa (“tahn-gah-ROH-ah”) guide various iwi to new places to settle. In Pacific Northwest tales, these animals war with thunderbirds. (10[1])Their scientific (10[1])name is identical to the name of the monster that attacked Andromeda. (10[1]-5[1])Part of these animals (10[1])names the stage in which the hero (10[1])is reborn in a journey described by Joseph Campbell. A man leaving the port of Jaffa chooses to sail for Tarshish, but then loses a drawing of lots and encounters one of these animals for three days, after which he obeys God and goes to Nineveh. (10[1])For 10 points, what sort of animal swallowed (10[1])Jonah? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: whales [accept big fish or giant fish or great fish or dag gadol; accept kētos megalos or Cetus or Cetaceans; accept killer whales or orcas; prompt on fish or sea monsters] (Editor’s note: Some of the accepts and prompts aren’t taxonomically correct, but are correct in translation for several of the answers. Most pre-modern peoples did not define the word “fish” cladistically.)
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