Description acceptable. The title figure of the Mwindo epic punishes Kasiyembe for setting up traps to ruin a dance contest by performing this action to him. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this occurrence that, in the Aeneid, is seen as an omen of better days to come when it afflicts both Ascanius and Lavinia. Servius Tullius resists this occurrence, which was seen as a portent for his future kingship.
ANSWER: hair set on fire [accept descriptions that indicate one’s hair being lit on fire or burning; accept answers that indicate a ring or tongue of fire on one’s hair; accept head in place of “hair”; prompt on being set on fire by asking “what body part is on fire?”]
[10h] In his quest for revenge against his father, Mwindo is forced to grow a banana forest and harvest honey from an unyielding tree for this god of death, who repeatedly sends a cowrie shell belt that fails to strangle Mwindo.
ANSWER: Muisa
[10e] The last deity to protect Mwindo’s father is a god of this domain who loses a gambling contest for his kingdom. This domain is ruled by Olorun and Nyame, who gives the stories of the world to Anansi.
ANSWER: sky [or the heavens; accept Sky God]
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