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A sorcerer of this country clapped his hands to defeat a magical wooden head that killed anyone who looked upon it. On a journey to this country, a kidnapped priest held a cord tied to his wife’s hair in a failed bid to prevent adultery. A harbor in this country is named for its discoverer’s declaration that “I shall never return.” That figure threw his son into a spring to become a taniwha spirit that would protect this country. In the myths of this country, a hero ascended on vines to the sky with the help of his grandmother, a (*) cannibalistic thunder goddess. Indigenous people of this country, which was discovered following the pursuit of a monstrous octopus, carve humanoid (-5[1])pendants named for the first man from greenstone. (10[1])The story of (10[1])Paikea’s arrival (10[1])at this country is retold in Whale Rider. For 10 points, Kuramārōtini spotted white clouds over what country, which she and her husband Kupe named Aotearoa? ■END■ (10[1])

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