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A disputed theory about this poem claims that its title entities represent the characters of a different region’s Ogham alphabet. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this poem that Gerald Massey argued reflects Egyptian religion in his Book of Beginnings. This poem’s central conflict begins after the plowman Amaethon (“ah-MAY-thon”) steals a dog, a lapwing, and a roebuck.
ANSWER: The Battle of the Trees [or Cad Goddeu]
[10m] This book theorizes that the trees in Cad Goddeu (“GO-die”) represent letters. Some neopagans worship Druantia, a Gallic tree deity discussed in this book among other triadic figures
ANSWER: The White Goddess [or The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth; prompt on The Roebuck in the Thicket or The Three-Fold Muse] (By Robert Graves.)
[10e] In Cad Goddeu, the trees are summoned by Gwydion (“GWID-yahn”), whose other hijinks include stealing pigs from Pryderi in this collection of Welsh myth.
ANSWER: Mabinogion [accept the Mabinogi or Four Branches of the Mabinogi or Pedair Cainc Y Mabinogi]
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Arizona StateBritish Columbia001010E
Chicago AIndiana001010E
Chicago BVirginia Tech001010E
Columbia AToronto A001010E
Cornell BVanderbilt001010E
FloridaWUSTL B001010E
HarvardIowa State0101020ME
Illinois AWaterloo A10101030HME
MichiganIllinois B001010E
MinnesotaMIT0101020ME
NYUOttawa001010E
North Carolina AWUSTL A001010E
Ohio StateColumbia B001010E
Penn StateGeorgia State0101020ME
RITMaryland0000
RutgersNorthwestern0101020ME
StanfordUC Berkeley A0101020ME
TexasJohns Hopkins001010E
Toronto BGeorgia Tech0101020ME
Toronto CCornell A001010E
VirginiaUCF001010E
Waterloo BUC Berkeley B001010E
Winona StateNorth Carolina B0101020ME
YaleLSE0000

Summary

TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2412.9292%33%4%