Question

Archaeologist Karl Taube (TAU-buh) argued that this animal is the main attribute of the Great Goddess mural at Teotihuacan due to the many examples of them that surround her. Taube posited that that Goddess is historically linked to a character with attributes of this animal from Pueblo myth, who in a Hopi story guides humans through the (-5[1])destruction of the first three worlds before arriving in the fourth one they inhabit (-5[1])now. In Ojibwe (15[1])tradition, Nokomis stopped her grandson from killing one of these animals, who gave her a device to prevent (*) nightmares as thanks. A rock in Canyon de (-5[1])Chelly (deh SHAY) is said to be the home of a Navajo grandmother figure named for this animal, whose form is also adopted by the Lakota trickster Iktómi. For 10 points, the dreamcatcher mimics the webs spun by (10[2])what animal? ■END■

ANSWER: spiders [accept Araneae; prompt on arachnids]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kevin Wangmeet the new weird, same as the old weirdWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again56-5
Walter ZhangUG Championship Players (and Mazin)Columbia B70-5
Arthur Delot-VilainWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Againmeet the new weird, same as the old weird7315
Victor Pavaonats is supposed to mean you all have gone softOlmo (Bonus) Bagelry99-5
John John GrogerColumbia BUG Championship Players (and Mazin)13710
Isaac Kirk-DavidoffOlmo (Bonus) Bagelrynats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft13710

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