Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi - 2024 ACF Fall

Question

Yamato-Takeru escaped a burning field by using this specific object to control the wind. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this specific object found by Susano’o in the fourth tail of the dragon Yamata no Orochi. Along with a sacred mirror and jewel, this specific weapon is part of the Imperial Regalia of Japan.

ANSWER: Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi [or Grass-Cutting Sword or Grass-Cutter; accept Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi or Heavenly Sword of Gathering Clouds; prompt on sword or tsurugi]

[10e] Kusanagi is an artifact of this religion of Japan that venerates kami.

ANSWER: Shinto [or Shintoism]

[10m] Susano’o gave Kusanagi as an apology gift to this goddess, his sister, after scaring her with a flayed horse. This deity gave Kusanagi to her descendant Jimmu, the first Japanese emperor.

ANSWER: Amaterasu

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	9	21.11	100%	89%	22%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	7	24.29	100%	71%	71%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	12	20.00	100%	75%	25%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	10	20.00	100%	60%	40%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	21.25	100%	63%	50%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	23.33	100%	89%	44%

Data


Cornell C	Cornell D	10	10	10	30
Michigan C	CWRU B (DII)	0	10	10	20
Michigan A (UG)	Jefferson County Scholars (DII)	10	10	10	30
Ohio State B (DII)	Michigan D (UG)	0	10	10	20
Michigan B (UG)	Michigan State A	0	10	10	20
West Virginia B (UG)	Michigan State B	0	10	0	10
CWRU A (UG)	Ohio State A (UG)	0	10	10	20
Ohio State C (DII)	Miami C (DII)	0	10	10	20
Arizona State B	Alberta	10	10	10	30
UBC A	UW Pride	10	10	10	30
UBC B	UW Gluttony	10	10	10	30
Arizona State A	UW Chastity	10	10	10	30
UW Envy	Boise State	10	10	10	30
UW Sloth	UW Lust	0	10	0	10
UW Greed	UW Wrath	0	10	0	10
Auburn A	Georgia Tech A	0	10	10	20
Furman	Auburn B	0	10	0	10
Clemson A	Belmont	0	10	10	20
Clemson B	Alabama A	0	10	0	10
Emory A	South Carolina B	10	10	10	30
Georgia A	Georgia Tech C	0	10	0	10
Emory Oxford	Georgia Tech B	0	10	10	20
Tennessee A	Georgia Tech E	10	10	10	30
South Carolina A	Georgia Tech D	10	10	10	30
Auburn C	Southern	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Mississippi State A	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt B	Tennessee B	0	10	10	20
Tusculum	Appalachian State A	0	10	0	10
Appalachian State B	UNC D	10	10	10	30
Duke A	Duke B	10	10	10	30
James Madison A	Virginia	0	10	10	20
James Madison B	Liberty C	0	10	0	10
NC State	VCU	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech A	UNC A	10	10	10	30
UNC B	Liberty B	0	10	0	10
Liberty A	UNC C	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech B	William & Mary	0	10	0	10
Lehigh B (DII)	Bard A (UG)	0	10	0	10
Columbia A (UG)	Maryland A (DII)	10	10	10	30
Fordham A	NYU A (UG)	10	10	10	30
NYU B	Lehigh A (UG)	0	10	0	10
Rutgers B	Maryland B (DII)	0	10	10	20
Penn B (DII)	Columbia J (DII)	10	10	10	30
Princeton A (UG)	Rowan A (DII)	0	10	0	10
Penn A (DII)	Rutgers A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Chicago B	Indiana	0	10	10	20
Illinois A	Illinois B	0	10	10	20
SIUE	Illinois C	10	10	10	30
Notre Dame B	Iowa A	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame A	Iowa B	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame C	Northwestern A	0	10	10	20
Purdue A	Northwestern B	10	10	10	30
Purdue B	WashU B	10	10	10	30
Chicago A	Purdue C	10	10	10	30
West Virginia A (UG)	CWRU C (UG)	0	10	10	20
Miami B (UG)	Miami A (UG)	10	10	10	30