A super-powered monkey from Chinese folklore meets more than he bargained for: a sloshing hollow gourd full of pus.
The creature is the Mikaribaba (箕借り婆) from Japanese folklore, a great reason not to shower (because she will literally gouge out your eyes).
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193A-Monkey King: Golden Cicada
192-Grimm: Brave Traveler
191-Norse Legends: See How they Fly
190-Chinese Folklore: Fierce
189C-Nibelungenlied: I Know It Was You
189B-Nibelungenlied: Heinous
189A-Medieval Legends: Cheater Cheater
188-The Flea: Forever Home
187-Greek Myths: The End to All Our Pain
186-Grimm: Don't Be Weird
185-Queen of Serpents: With This Hiss I Thee Wed
184-Robin Hood: Check, Please!
183-Indian folklore: Revenant
182-Slavic folklore: The Brave Companions
181B-Mabinogion: With Friends Like These
181A-Welsh Legends: Otherworld
180-Azorean Folklore: Power
179-Slavic legends: Grateful Dead
178-Tanuki: Changes
177D-Trojan War: Horsin' Around
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