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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214-Japanese Folklore: Take Your Lumps
213-Reynard: What Does the Fox Say?
212-Armenian Folklore: Witchy Woman
211-Aeneid: Troy Story
210-Russian Legends: Dragons, Dragons Everywhere
209C-Viking Legends: Black Widow
209B-Viking Legends: Time and Tide
209A-Viking Legends: Bloodlines
208-Maui: Big Tuna
207-Monkey King: Girls Before Swine
206-Mabinogion: The Blip
205B-Odyssey: The Widening Gyre
205A-Odyssey: Man of Constant Sorrow
204-Russian Folklore: Get in the Bag
203-Grimm: Out of the Woods
202-Greek Myths: Dead Poets Society
201-1001 Nights: In the Wind
200-Irish Legends: The Things We Do for Love
199-Japanese folklore: Moonlight
198-Robin Hood: On the Road Again
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