Question

A dwarf deity gifted at brewing liquor bit the ruler of this province after arriving in a bark boat. A deity killed a messenger pheasant after settling in this province, causing a heavenly (15[1])arrow to kill him in his sleep as punishment. In exchange for a splendid palace, a deity agreed to withdraw from this province to the confusingly-translated “less-than-one-hundred eighty-road-bendings.” During October, or a “month with gods,” all the deities of one country gather in this province. During a “Transfer of Land,” one deity’s arm turned into a sword and an (*) icicle to win an athletic contest for control of this province. By a river in this province, another deity encountered a weeping couple of earthly deities, whom he instructed to set out eight vats of liquor. For 10 points, after his expulsion from Heaven, Susanoo adventured in what province, where the oldest Shinto shrine in Japan honors its former ruler Okuninushi? (10[1]0[2])■END■

ANSWER: Izumo [accept Izumo Taisha or the Izumo Grand Shrine; prompt on Shimane Prefecture with “what is the name of the old province in the east of Shimane?”] (The first sentence refers to Okuninushi’s friend Sukunabikona.)
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