Question
Answer some questions about European myths of national leaders asleep under mountains. For 10 points each:
[10m] Three men named for imitating this figure, who may have sworn the Rütli (“REET-lee”) oath, are believed to be sleeping in a cavern near Waldstätter (“VAHLD-shteht-uh”). This legendary figure refused to bow to a hat on a pole.
ANSWER: William Tell [accept the Three Tells or Die drei Tellen]
[10h] This American author of the Motif-index of Folk-Literature referred to folktales of kings asleep under mountains as D 1960.2, or Kyffhäuser (“kiff-HOY-zuh”), in his adaptation of a 1910 classification system.
ANSWER: Stith Thompson [accept Aarne-Thompson index]
[10e] King Arthur is sometimes said to be sleeping in a cave or on a hill in this mythical land, from where he will return as the “once and future king.”
ANSWER: Avalon
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, Mythology>
Summary
| 2024 Penn Bowl CWRU | 11/02/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl UNC | 10/26/2024 | Y | 3 | 6.67 | 33% | 0% | 33% |
Data
| Pittsburgh | Carnegie Mellon | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |