Question

Marcel Griaule claimed Mali’s Dogon people used information passed down from fishlike spirits called Nommo to correctly assert that this star was binary without modern scientific tools. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this “Dog Star” which commonly features in myth systems since it is the brightest in the night sky.
ANSWER: Sirius [or Alpha Canis Majoris; prompt on Canis Majoris]
[10m] In Tswana folklore, this constellation resembles three dogs chasing after three pigs. This Greek constellation was added to the heavens after its namesake was killed by Scorpius.
ANSWER: Orion
[10h] The stars were under the domain of this sky god who was the chief of the Akan pantheon. Anansi makes a bargain to obtain the world’s stories from this god after capturing creatures like hornets and a leopard.
ANSWER: Nyame [or Gye Nyame; accept Nyankapon-Nyame-Odomankoma or Odomankoma]
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Cornell ABinghamton A010010
RIT ABinghamton B1010020
Cornell DESF10101030
RIT BCornell F1010020
RIT CCornell G100010
Penn StateBinghamton C010010
Cornell ESyracuse0000
Cornell CU of Rochester B10101030