Question

For 10 points each, answer the following about almost indistinguishable copies in Asian mythology:
[10e] The Six-Eared Macaque’s impersonation of this figure is so convincing that it includes pain in response to the headband-tightening mantra recited by Táng Sāngzàng.
ANSWER: Sūn Wùkōng [accept the Monkey King]
[10m] Sudhana must distinguish his wife Manohara, who is half human and half one of these animals, from a thousand other kinnarīs in a popular Jātaka tale. The Inmyeonjo is a human-faced one of these animals seen in Goguryeo tomb paintings.
ANSWER: birds [or avians or Aves; accept specific types of birds]
[10h] This Joseon-era hero, whose name is used generically akin to “John Doe,” creates eight identical copies of himself from straw to simultaneously lead his bandit armies when the king demands his arrest.
ANSWER: Hong Gil-dong
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