Question
Modern scholars have disputed the traditional assumption that this goddess represented a continental form of the Welsh mythological figure Rhiannon. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this fertility goddess who was strongly associated with horses and was later adopted by the Romans as the patroness of Roman cavalry.
ANSWER: Epona
[10m] Epona originated as a fertility goddess of these ancient people. One ancient text describes how these people supposedly sacrificed humans by burning them alive inside a large wicker man.
ANSWER: Celts [or Celtic peoples; accept Gauls or Galli or Galatai or Gallo-Roman religion; accept Commentarii de Bello Gallico or Bellum Gallicum or Commentaries on the Gallic War; prompt on druids]
[10e] The Gallo-Roman god Sucellus was often depicted holding one of these objects, which he may have used to build fences between fields. The Roman god Vulcan was often depicted using one of these objects at his forge.
ANSWER: hammers [or mallet; accept blacksmith’s hammer]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Clemson | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 15.71 | 100% | 57% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern | 2024-11-16 | Y | 10 | 21.00 | 90% | 80% | 40% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 12.86 | 0% | 100% | 29% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 14.29 | 86% | 57% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Online | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 63% | 13% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at UBC | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida | 2024-11-16 | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 80% | 20% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Oxford | 2024-11-16 | Y | 10 | 19.00 | 100% | 70% | 20% |
Data
| Georgia Tech C | Alabama A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Auburn A | Georgia Tech E | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Clemson A | Georgia A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech F | Emory B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Emory A | Georgia Tech A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech D | Georgia Tech B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Auburn B | Tusculum A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |