Veles - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

A work named for this deity was written on wooden planks and uncovered by a White Russian lieutenant in a looted Ukrainian mansion. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this Slavic god of the underworld who opposes the thunder god Perun. This deity also names a 20th-century forged text that describes a legendary Slavic migration through Syria.

ANSWER: Veles [accept the Book of Veles]

[10e] In spite of its forged status, the book of Veles is seen as scripture by some followers of Rodnovery, a Slavic religion of this type. Other faiths classified under this designation include Hellenism and Wicca.

ANSWER: neopagan [or modern paganism or contemporary paganism; prompt on pagan; prompt on NRM or new religious movements]

[10h] Some Rodnovery faithful use the Book of Veles to formalize this concept, which consists of Prav, Yav, and Nav. The panther, condor, and snake symbolize the Incan pachas that make up this concept, which is represented by a Dikenga cross in Kongo religion.

ANSWER: the cosmos [or the universe or the world; accept answers mentioning the heavens or the sky, the earth, and the underworld together; accept cosmogram]

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Summary


California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
California (South)	Main Site	Y	4	7.50	75%	0%	0%
Canada	Main Site	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Florida	Main Site	Y	3	3.33	33%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	5	18.00	80%	60%	40%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	9	13.33	67%	44%	22%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	8	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	5	8.00	60%	20%	0%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	4	7.50	50%	0%	25%
South Central	Main Site	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	7	8.57	57%	29%	0%
UK	Main Site	Y	12	10.83	75%	33%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	13.75	63%	50%	25%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	4	7.50	50%	25%	0%

Data


Berkeley B	Stanford B	10	10	0	20
Stanford A	Berkeley C	10	10	0	20
Berkeley A	Berkeley D	0	10	0	10
UCLA B	UC Irvine	0	10	0	10
UCLA A	UCSD C	0	10	0	10
UCSD A	UC Santa Barbara	0	10	0	10
UCSD B	Arizona State	0	0	0	0
UBC B	Brock	0	10	0	10
Central Florida B	Florida C	0	0	0	0
Central Florida A	Florida A	0	10	0	10
Central Florida C	Florida B	0	0	0	0
CWRU A	Michigan State	0	10	0	10
Ohio State A	Michigan A	0	10	10	20
Michigan B	Ohio State C	10	0	0	10
Pittsburgh	Michigan C	10	10	0	20
Ohio State B	CWRU B	10	10	10	30
William and Mary	James Madison B	10	10	10	30
Liberty A	James Madison A	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech A	NC State A	10	10	0	20
NC State B	Liberty C	0	0	0	0
North Carolina C	Liberty B	0	0	0	0
North Carolina B	South Carolina A	10	10	10	30
North Carolina A	South Carolina B	0	10	0	10
Duke	VCU	0	0	0	0
Virginia	Wake Forest	10	10	0	20
Chicago B	Northwestern D	0	10	0	10
Chicago C	Chicago E	0	10	0	10
Illinois A	Notre Dame B	10	10	0	20
Illinois B	Indiana C	10	10	0	20
Illinois C	Purdue A	10	10	0	20
Purdue B	Indiana B	0	10	0	10
Northwestern B	Northwestern C	0	10	0	10
Indiana A	Notre Dame A	10	10	0	20
Yale	Bowdoin A	0	10	0	10
Harvard A	Brown	10	10	0	20
Dartmouth B	Dartmouth A	0	0	0	0
Bowdoin B	Harvard B	0	0	0	0
Southern Connecticut State	Brandeis A	0	10	0	10
Claremont	Minnesota A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Missouri A	0	0	0	0
Missouri B	Carleton College	0	0	10	10
Iowa State	Washington A	0	10	0	10
Murray State A	Texas A&M A	0	10	0	10
Texas A	Texas B	0	10	0	10
Alabama A	WashU B	10	10	0	20
WashU A	Kentucky	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech B	Louisville A	10	10	0	20
Louisville B	Vanderbilt B	0	0	0	0
Montpellier	Birmingham	0	10	0	10
Cambridge B	Bristol	0	10	0	10
Warwick A	Cambridge A	10	10	0	20
Cambridge C	City St. George's	0	0	0	0
Cardiff	Southampton B	0	10	0	10
Durham	Edinburgh B	0	10	0	10
Oxford A	Imperial A	0	10	0	10
Imperial B	Southampton A	10	10	0	20
Imperial C	Oxford B	10	0	0	10
LSE	UCL	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh A	Manchester	10	10	0	20
Oxford C	Warwick B	0	0	0	0
Catholic	Johns Hopkins B	0	10	10	20
Columbia A	Maryland C	10	0	0	10
Columbia B	Maryland B	0	10	0	10
John Jay	NYU C	0	0	0	0
Rutgers A	Maryland A	10	10	0	20
Georgetown	Rutgers B	10	10	0	20
Swarthmore	Columbia C	10	10	10	30
Vassar	NYU B	0	0	0	0
Georgia Tech D	Mississipi State	0	0	0	0
Penn State	Cornell C	10	10	0	20
Binghamton B	Cornell B	0	0	0	0
Alabama B	Sewanee	0	0	0	0
RIT	Cornell A	0	10	0	10
Binghamton A	Rochester	0	0	0	0
Georgia Tech C	Tennessee A	0	10	0	10