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In Japanese legend, the giant centipede was a monstrous insect which lived upon cattle and humans in the northern mountains. The people of that locality sent messengers to help rid them of its terrible depredations. The hero Hidesato hunted it, successfully shooting an arrow through the centipede’s head. In return for his services, the Dragon King of Lake Biwa gave him an eternally-renewing bag of rice.