Question
While gathering water from the well Byrgir using the pole Simul and the pail Saeg, the brother and sister Hjúki (H'YOO-kee) and Bil were abducted by this figure, and now follow him. For 10 points each:
[10m] At the beginning of Ragnarök, the varg Hati will catch and swallow what son of Mundilfari, the brother of Sól?
ANSWER: Máni [prompt on, but DO NOT OTHERWISE MENTION, “the moon” or equivalents]
[10e] Máni is the Norse personification of this object. A Germanic myth holds that a woodcutter who was punished for gathering sticks on the Sabbath became the pareidolic (PAIR-ih-DOH-lik) “man in” this object.
ANSWER: the Moon [accept Luna; accept the Man in the Moon]
[10h] Sophus Bugge’s etymological study of these texts insisted that the otherwise unattested Sinthgunt, a goddess paired with “Sunna,” was a Germanic moon goddess. In these texts, Phol’s horse sprains its foot and is healed by Wodan.
ANSWER: the Merseburg Incantations [or Merseburg Charms; accept answers that also specify the second of them]
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Summary
| 2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 6 | 11.67 | 100% | 0% | 17% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 6.67 | 67% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| [Insert Lawyer Joke Here] | Berkeley B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Berkeley A | It's Joever | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Stanford A | Stanford B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |