Question
Yamato-Takeru escaped a burning field by using this specific object to control the wind. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this specific object found by Susano’o in the fourth tail of the dragon Yamata no Orochi. Along with a sacred mirror and jewel, this specific weapon is part of the Imperial Regalia of Japan.
ANSWER: Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi [or Grass-Cutting Sword or Grass-Cutter; accept Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi or Heavenly Sword of Gathering Clouds; prompt on sword or tsurugi]
[10e] Kusanagi is an artifact of this religion of Japan that venerates kami.
ANSWER: Shinto [or Shintoism]
[10m] Susano’o gave Kusanagi as an apology gift to this goddess, his sister, after scaring her with a flayed horse. This deity gave Kusanagi to her descendant Jimmu, the first Japanese emperor.
ANSWER: Amaterasu
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 9 | 21.11 | 100% | 89% | 22% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 7 | 24.29 | 100% | 71% | 71% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 12 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 10 | 20.00 | 100% | 60% | 40% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 21.25 | 100% | 63% | 50% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 23.33 | 100% | 89% | 44% |
Data
| Cornell C | Cornell D | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |