In a Korean tale exemplifying filial piety, Sim Cheong is taken to the palace of one of these creatures to save her from being sacrificed by merchants. One god dismembers himself to protect his community from one of these creatures, simultaneously repaying his filial debt. That god is born after a three-year pregnancy from a ball of flesh and is named Nézhā (“nuh-jah”). Urashima (10[1])Tarō visits a god with this form who controls his domain (10[1])using two jewels. A rain deity who rules the East Sea, Áo Guāng, (10[1])is associated with an azure-coloured (10[1])one of these creatures. (10[2]-5[1])After getting it drunk on eight barrels of sake, Susanoo (“su-sa-no-wo”) discovers the sword Kusanagi (10[1])in the tail of an eight-headed one of these creatures named Orochi. For 10 points, in the Chinese zodiac, 2024 is the year of what serpent-like (0[1])beings? ■END■