Question
In variants of the Melusine tale, she is cursed to either have the lower body of a fish, like conventional mermaids, or the lower body of one of these animals. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these animals. The naginis and nagas of Hindu mythology also are part-human, part this animal.
ANSWER: snakes [or serpents]
[10m] The yure-onna is one of these beings with a woman’s head and snake’s body who lures victims with a bundle that looks like a baby. This class of Japanese supernatural beings includes the yuki-onna and kappa.
ANSWER: yōkai [prompt on spirits or strange apparitions]
[10h] This spirit from African and African diaspora mythologies is variously depicted as a woman with a snake coiled around her, or as a more conventional mermaid. She kidnaps sailors to her idyllic underwater realm.
ANSWER: Mami Wata [or Mamba Muntu; or Water Mother; or La Sirene]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 60% | 20% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ MIT | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| Yale A | Brandeis A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |