Round 4: Tossup 16

A deer and one of these animals accompany the Old Man of the South Pole. Lǚ Dòngbīn drew one of these animals that came alive and danced on a tavern wall, and ascended to heaven at a tower named for these animals at Snake Hill. After opening a jewelled box, Urashima Taro ages or turns into (-5[1])one of these animals. One of these animals gives an always-full sack of rice to a man who saves her from hunters, but abandons him after he peeks on her weaving a beautiful cloth (15[1])made from her body, slowly killing herself. One of these animals stands on a (*) tortoise in a longevity motif. The supposed thousand-year lifespan of these animals is the basis of a legend popularized by Sasaki Sadako, who contracted leukemia from the Hiroshima bombing. For 10 points, a wish is the reward for folding one thousand origami of what animals? ■END■ (10[1])

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