Question

In a folktale, one of these animals tricks a tiger into eating a burning stone the tiger thought was a rice cake to avoid being eaten itself. One of these animals escaped an eagle by promising a magic food pouch and escaped a hunter by pretending to be maggot-infested. In that story, a sea turtle is sent to find one of these animals and bring it back alive to the sick Dragon King, who needs the liver of a live one of these animals to become healthy again. In the (*) Kojiki, one of these animals from Inaba tricks a family (10[1])of sharks into lining up for this animal to use as a land bridge before being helped by Ōkuninushi. This animal is the fourth to finish in the Great Race that determined the Chinese zodiac. For 10 points, name this animal that makes either rice cakes or the elixir of immortality on the moon. ■END■

ANSWER: rabbit [accept hare; accept bunny; accept lagomorph; accept Jade Rabbit; accept tokki; accept usagi; accept tù zi or tou zi]
<Jay Kim, Mythology>
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2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y3100%0%67%140.33
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