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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 (15[1])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, (10[1])carve humanoid (10[1])pendants named for the first man from greenstone. The story of Paikea’s arrival 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■

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