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Question

Folk Christianity in this country has syncretized Catholic saints with deities like Tonāntzin. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this country where Juan Diego, the first Catholic saint indigenous to the Americas, saw the Marian apparition of Guadalupe on Tepeyac Hill.

ANSWER: Mexico [or México; or United States of Mexico; or Estados Unidos de México; reject “United States”]

[10m] LGBTQ ethnic Mexicans may invoke this figure in weddings, despite condemnation of her veneration by the Catholic Church as a possible reflex of the Aztec underworld deity Mictēcacīhuatl (“meek-TAY-ka-SEE-wattle”). This figure also venerated by drug traffickers is often depicted as a scythe-wielding skeletal woman.

ANSWER: Santa Muerte [or Nuestra Señora de la Santa Muerte; or Santísima Muerte; prompt on la Muerte; prompt on Saint Death or Holy Death; reject “San La Muerte”]

[10h] This type of bird is associated with Santa Muerte, while in the Bible, they are associated with Lilithic demons. Job describes himself as “a brother of jackals and companion of” these birds during his torments at the hands of the Sāṭān (“sah-TAHN”).

ANSWER: owls [or búhos; or screech owls; accept ostriches]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	6	10.00	83%	0%	17%
Eastern Canada	Main	Y	13	10.77	77%	23%	8%
Florida	Main	Y	6	11.67	100%	17%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	7	15.71	86%	43%	29%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	10	17.00	90%	50%	30%
Upper Mid-Atlantic (1)	Main	Y	11	13.64	91%	18%	27%
Upper Mid-Atlantic (2)	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	20%	20%
Lower Midwest	Main	Y	4	7.50	75%	0%	0%
Upper Midwest	Main	Y	12	12.50	92%	25%	8%
North	Main	Y	5	12.00	80%	40%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	10.83	92%	8%	8%
South Central	Main	Y	8	12.50	100%	13%	13%
UK	Main	Y	14	12.14	79%	36%	7%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%

Data


FIU	ERAU A	10	10	20
UF D	ERAU B	10	0	10
UCF A	FSU	10	0	10
UCF B	Melbourne A	10	0	10
UF A	UF C	10	0	10
UF B	UF E	10	0	10