Question

A passage describing this character riding his horse mentions two ruby-bedecked greyhounds who crisscross in front of him shortly (-5[1])before he hears about a porter who “goes upon his head rather than his feet.” (-5[1])This character’s father is told by his sick wife not to remarry until he sees a briar with two blossoms (10[1])grow on her grave; that woman gives birth to this character upon being frightened by some pigs. This character is able to complete one of his quests after a salmon tells his crew about a water-logged prison housing the hound-tamer Mabon. After being cursed by his stepmother, (-5[1])this character and his cousin Arthur procure a comb and scissors from (10[1])between the ears (10[1])of the boar Twrch (-5[1])Trwyth (10[1])(“toork truh-ith”) to cut the hair of his lover’s father, the giant (10[1])Ysbaddaden (“EES-buh-DA-den”). For 10 points, a series of impossible tasks are carried out on behalf (-5[1])of what character who, in a namesake tale in the Mabinogion (“mah-bih-NOG-yun”), seeks to marry Olwen? (10[2])■END■ (10[6]0[9])

ANSWER: Culhwch (“cool-HOOK”) [or Kilhwch] (The tale is called Culhwch and Olwen.)
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2065%0%25%139.08

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Kevin ParkClaremont ACornell B18-5
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Annabelle YangWUSTL AFlorida A5310
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordPenn ARutgers A100-5
Matt JacksonChicago AMaryland A11210
Brad MacLaineTexas AColumbia A11510
Chris RayOhio State AUC Berkeley B119-5
Amogh KulkarniChicago BImperial A12010
Collin AceRutgers BYale A13010
Andrew SalijNorthwestern AGeorgia Tech B144-5
Conor ThompsonIowa State AJohns Hopkins A15910
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AVirginia A15910
Sarod NoriCornell BClaremont A1600
Julian GatchSouth Carolina AIndiana A16010
Kevin YeUC Berkeley BOhio State A1600
Ethan AshbrookMinnesota AVanderbilt A16010
Jason HongBrown ANYU A16010
Ashish SubramanianDuke APenn State A1600
Alex SchmidtPenn State ADuke A1600
Mitch McCullarIllinois AFlorida B16010
Qingyu ZhangFlorida BIllinois A1600
James StevensonMichigan AGeorgia Tech A1600
Hari ParameswaranGeorgia Tech AMichigan A1600
Tim MorrisonStanford AMinnesota B16010
Sky LiToronto AYale B1600
Matthew SiffYale BToronto A1600
Jim FanNorth Carolina ACornell A16010