Mjölnir - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

Text inscribed on the Kvinneby amulet seeks a deity’s protection with this object that it claims “came from out of the sea” in reference to a fishing trip. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this legendary object. A deity in the form of a fly interrupted two dwarves’ creation of this object, leading it to only be usable alongside special gloves and a belt.

ANSWER: Mjölnir (“m’YOLE-neer”) [prompt on Thor’s hammer]

[10e] A wedding from the Thrymskvitha in one of these texts may be referenced by the bronze Eyrarland statue of a seated Thor holding Mjölnir. Snorri Sturluson compiled the “Poetic” and “Prose” examples of these Norse mythological texts.

ANSWER: Eddas [accept Poetic Edda or Prose Edda]

[10h] The Mjölnir amulet is considered a counterpart to “hatchet amulets” referred to as “Axes” of this deity. Veles steals the cattle of this storm god who wields stone lightning bolts.

ANSWER: Perun [or Perkunas]

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Summary


California	Main	Y	5	22.00	100%	100%	20%
Canada	Main	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
Florida	Main	Y	13	18.46	92%	77%	15%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	6	16.67	83%	83%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	20.00	86%	71%	43%
Midwest	Main	Y	10	19.00	80%	90%	20%
North	Main	Y	10	20.00	90%	70%	40%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	18.00	80%	60%	40%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	12	18.33	83%	75%	25%
South Central	Main	Y	5	20.00	80%	100%	20%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	20.00	92%	75%	33%
UK	Main	Y	4	22.50	100%	100%	25%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	22.50	88%	88%	50%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	22.50	100%	88%	38%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	20.71	93%	86%	29%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	20.00	75%	75%	50%

Data


Berkeley B	Stanford C	10	10	10	30
Berkeley C	UCSC	10	10	0	20
Stanford A	Berkeley D	10	10	0	20
Stanford B	Berkeley E	10	10	0	20
Berkeley F	Berkeley A	10	10	0	20
UCLA D	UCLA A	10	10	10	30
Guelph B	Queen's B	10	0	0	10
McGill C	McGill B	10	10	0	20
McMaster A	Guelph A	10	10	0	20
Toronto E	McMaster B	0	10	0	10
McMaster C	Toronto H	10	10	0	20
Carleton	Queen's A	10	10	10	30
Toronto A	Toronto D	10	10	10	30
Ottawa	Toronto B	0	10	0	10
McGill A	Toronto C	10	10	0	20
Toronto F	Toronto J	10	10	0	20
Toronto I	Toronto K	0	10	0	10
Toronto G	Toronto Metropolitan	10	10	0	20
Western Ontario	Waterloo	10	10	0	20
Melbourne B	ERAU B	10	0	0	10
FIU	UCF B	10	10	0	20
UF B	FSU	10	10	0	20
UF C	Melbourne A	10	10	0	20
UCF A	UF D	0	10	0	10
USF	ERAU A	10	10	0	20
CWRU B	CWRU D	10	10	10	30
Pitt C	CWRU C	0	10	0	10
Kenyon A	MSU A	0	0	0	0
CWRU A	OSU A	10	10	0	20
OSU B	Kenyon B	10	10	10	30
Pitt B	OSU C	10	10	0	20
Pitt A	OSU D	10	10	10	30
Clemson A	North Carolina B	10	10	0	20
Clemson B	NC State	10	0	0	10
James Madison	North Carolina C	10	0	0	10
North Carolina A	Tusculum	10	10	0	20
Liberty C	Roanoke	0	10	0	10
South Carolina B	Liberty B	10	10	10	30
Tennessee A	Virginia Tech B	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech A	Tennessee B	10	10	0	20
Virginia A	South Carolina A	10	10	0	20
Liberty A	Virginia B	10	10	0	20
George Mason A	Notre Dame E	10	10	0	20
Catholic University	George Mason B	10	10	0	20
George Washington B	George Mason C	0	10	0	10
Georgetown A	George Washington A	10	10	10	30
Georgetown B	Johns Hopkins A	0	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins B	Johns Hopkins C	0	0	0	0
Maryland C	Maryland A	10	10	10	30
UMBC A	Maryland D	10	10	10	30
NYU A	VCU A	10	10	10	30
NYU B	Penn A	10	10	0	20
Columbia A	Swarthmore A	10	10	10	30
Columbia B	Rutgers C	0	10	0	10
Columbia C	Rutgers B	10	0	0	10
Princeton A	Rowan A	10	10	10	30
Vassar A	Lehigh B	0	10	0	10
Missouri B	SIUE	10	10	0	20
WashU A	WashU C	10	10	10	30
William Woods	Missouri A	10	10	0	20
Truman State	WashU D	10	10	10	30
Chicago B	Chicago C	10	10	0	20
Illinois B	Chicago D	10	10	10	30
Illinois A	UIC	10	10	10	30
Michigan B	Indiana A	10	10	10	30
Illinois C	Kentucky	0	10	0	10
Michigan C	Indiana B	10	0	0	10
Notre Dame A	Chicago A	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame C	Notre Dame B	10	10	0	20
Louisville A	Notre Dame D	10	10	0	20
Purdue A	Michigan A	10	10	0	20
Michigan D	Purdue B	0	10	0	10
Purdue C	Louisville B	10	0	0	10
Carleton	Iowa State	10	10	0	20
Macalester B	Minnesota B	10	10	0	20
Minnesota C	St. Thomas	10	0	0	10
Minnesota A	Nebraska	10	10	10	30
Wisconsin	Macalester A	10	10	0	20
Amherst B	BC A	0	0	0	0
Amherst A	BC B	10	10	10	30
BU	MIT A	10	10	0	20
Brown C	Bowdoin A	0	10	0	10
Brandeis Clemenceau	Tufts A	0	10	0	10
Brandeis Orlando	Bowdoin B	10	10	0	20
Dartmouth	Brandeis Wilson	10	10	0	20
Brown A	Yale A	10	10	10	30
Cornell-UG	Brown B	10	10	10	30
Tufts B	Harvard	10	10	0	20
Williams	Brandeis Lloyd George	10	10	0	20
MIT B	Yale B	10	10	10	30
Alberta	British Columbia C	10	10	10	30
Simon Fraser	British Columbia D	10	10	0	20
Washington A	British Columbia A	10	10	0	20
British Columbia B	Washington B	10	10	0	20
Alberta B	Northwestern B	10	10	10	30
McGill D	Rose State	10	10	10	30
Northwestern A	Texas A	10	10	10	30
Texas B	Tulsa	10	10	0	20
UCO	Iowa	10	10	0	20
Huntsville B	Alabama A	10	10	0	20
Huntsville A	Auburn A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Auburn B	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech B	10	10	0	20
Vanderbilt A	Mississippi State A	10	10	10	30
Alabama B	Sewanee A	10	10	0	20
UAB A	Georgia Tech A	10	10	0	20
Vanderbilt B	Bruin A	10	10	10	30
Arizona State A	Northwestern C	10	10	10	30
Ohio	UTD A	0	10	0	10
Arizona State B	UTD B	10	0	0	10
Warwick A	Birmingham A	10	10	0	20
Bristol A	Oxford A	10	10	10	30
Bristol B	City St George's A	10	10	0	20
Cambridge B	Oxford B	10	10	0	20
Warwick B	Durham A	0	10	0	10
Sheffield C	Durham B	10	0	0	10
Cambridge C	Edinburgh A	10	10	0	20
Sheffield B	Edinburgh B	10	10	0	20
Imperial A	LSE A	10	10	10	30
Imperial B	Imperial C	10	10	10	30
Sheffield A	Manchester A	10	10	0	20
Cambridge D	Manchester B	0	10	0	10
Cambridge A	Southampton A	10	10	10	30
Southampton B	LSE B	10	10	0	20
Binghamton B	Binghamton A	0	0	0	0
Cornell-DII	Syracuse	10	10	10	30
RIT A	ESF	10	10	10	30
Rochester	RIT B	10	10	0	20