Question
“The people” are able to do this action according to the title of a collection of “American Black Folktales” published by Virginia Hamilton. For 10 points each:
[10h] Give this action that Jamaicans could no longer do after consuming salt according to a folk tale collected in Tell My Horse. In Gullah lore, this action, rather than suicide, took place en masse at Igbo Landing.
ANSWER: flying [or hovering or levitating; accept The People Could Fly; accept flying home; prompt on going home or going to Africa by asking “using what method?”]
[10m] According to Anand Prahlad, Gullah tales of flying back to Africa are linked to stories about tools made of this material working by themselves, a belief that may come from this material’s importance to Yoruba deity Ogun.
ANSWER: iron [prompt on metals]
[10e] The story of flying to Africa first appeared in text in a story from Drums and Shadows called “All [this figure’s] Chillun Had Wings.” The speaker says “We've no less days to sing [this figure’s] praise” in “Amazing Grace.”
ANSWER: God [accept “All God’s Chillun Had Wings”; accept the Christian God; reject “Jesus Christ”]
<Taylor Harvey, Mythology>
Summary
| 2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal) | 10/28/2023 | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Data
| Berkeley A | Stanford | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |