Question
A Major Arcana tarot card depicting an upside-down man performing this action embodies the Renaissance motif of mundus inversus. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this action performed by a one-eyed god for nine nights in order to learn the runes.
ANSWER: hanging [accept word forms such as being hung or to hang; accept hanging on or hanging from the foot; accept The Hanged Man; prompt on synonyms such as dangling or clinging on]
[10e] The Hanged Man card is often compared to this chief Norse god who hanged from Yggdrasil.
ANSWER: Odin [or Odhinn or Wodan or Wotan]
[10h] Instead of tarot cards, Norse people “tossed” runes for divination, such as fehu, wunjo, and others connected to this deity. This resident of Alfheim owns the ship Skidbladnir, which can be folded and put into his pocket.
ANSWER: Freyr [or Frey; reject “Freya” or “Frigg” or “Frigga”]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Data
| Purdue A | Notre Dame A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |