Question

Sacrificing one of these animals allows its divine spirit to return home to find gifts from humanity. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these animals that were traditionally sacrificed by being shot with arrows in the Iomante (“ee-oh-mahn-tay”) “send off” ceremony.
ANSWER: brown bears [or kuma or kamuy; accept kumaokuri or kumamatsuri]
[10m] The Iomante ceremony is practiced by this Asian ethnic group, who traditionally worship divine beings known as kamuy.
ANSWER: Ainu [or Utari]
[10e] In a creation myth from this region, the bear Ungnyeo (“OONG-nyuh”) turns into a human after staying out of the sun for 100 days. Her son Dangun (“DAHN-goon”) legendarily founded this peninsula’s ancient Joseon (“JO-sun”) dynasty.
ANSWER: Korean peninsula [or Hanguk or Chosŏn or Chosŏnbando or Hanbando]
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Boston University BAmherst A001010
Clark ABoston University A0101020
Yale BBowdoin B0101020
Brown ATufts A001010
Yale CCarabrandeis0101020
Diamond BrandeisBowdoin A001010
Tufts BHarvard A10101030
Brandeises BrewMIT A10101030
Yale ANortheastern A0101020