Question

During the seventh month of the Aztec calendar, a person dressed as Huixtocihuatl (“HWEEKS-tohk-ee-hwatl”), a deity associated with this substance, (-5[1])was sacrificed with a swordfish snout. The giantesses Fenji and Menji use Grótti to create enough of this substance to sink king (-5[1])Mysing’s fleet. Amphitrite’s (-5[1])Roman counterpart was named for this substance. Búri was freed from this substance after the cow (-5[1])Auðumbla (“au-THOOM-bla”) spent three days (-5[1])(*) licking (10[1])it (-5[1])away. (-5[1])In the Kalevala, the Sampo produces gold, flour, and this substance. (-5[1])The domains of the Nereids and Naiads are differentiated by this substance. (10[1])To avoid fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus feigns insanity by sowing his fields with this substance. (10[1])For 10 points, after looking towards Sodom, Lot’s wife transformed into a pillar of what substance? ■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: salt [accept saltwater; prompt on seas, seawater, or oceans; prompt on ice or rime by asking, “mixed with what substance?”]
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Davis JohnsonPurdue CSIUE A18-5
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Dennis ReppenChicago BChicago C63-5
Owen ArnesonMissouriOhio State B6410
Bryan WanPurdue BChicago D65-5
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