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Note to moderators: read the answerline carefully. Note to players: Description acceptable. Wizards called the Solomonari controlled the weather and performed this associated practice after training underground for 7 years in Romanian mythology. In Journey to the West, Tang Sanzeng is technically performing this practice together with a prince who is being punished for breaking a pearl. Mesopotamian deities like Tishpak, Ningishzida, and a stylus-wielding Nabu were sometimes depicted performing this action with their sacred creature. This practice is used against the Thread in a fantasy series set on (*) Pern, which pioneered the modern mytheme of this practice. This practice became common after Du Fyrn Skulblaka, a conflict with elves, in another series and originated through the magic of a people who worshiped Syrax in a third series. For 10 points, in opposition to “slaying” motifs like Sigurd, fantasy novels feature what practice performed by Eragon and the Targaryen Dynasty? ■END■
ANSWER: dragon riding [accept word forms; accept taming dragons or bonding with dragons; accept hatching or raising dragons; accept standing on top a dragon; accept mushussu in place of “dragon”; prompt on horseback riding with “what is the horse’s true form?”; prompt on coexisting with dragons; prompt on serpent or snake for “dragon”]
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