Answer the following about the mythology and folklore of onions, for 10 points each.
[10e] In a myth of the Mono people, a group of onion-loving wives leave their husbands after being berated for their bad breath and turn into these stars. In Kiowa (“KYE-oh-wuh”) myth, seven maidens fleeing bears turned into these stars.
ANSWER: Pleiades [prompt on Seven Sisters]
[10h] This author’s work claims that a sick man who dreamt that he ate a lot of onions will get better, but one who dreamt he ate only a few will die. This Ephesian diviner compiled his dream interpretations in the Oneirocritica.
ANSWER: Artemidorus [or Artemidorus Daldianus; prompt on Ephesius]
[10m] Sticking an onion with pins and placing it under your pillow on St. Thomas’s Eve is said to reveal this figure. A Romanian tradition holds that bringing a candle to a fountain at midnight on St. Andrew’s Eve lets you see this figure.
ANSWER: one’s future husband [or one’s future bridegroom or spouse; prompt on synonyms of one’s beloved or lover]
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