Packet 6: Tossup 5

A person with a remarkable one of these objects shoots Thorvald Eiriksson in the stomach, who exclaims “fat paunch that was” off the coast of northern Vinland in Eirik the Red’s Saga. In the Mabinogion, Arianrhod (“ARR-yahn-rod”) is tested as the “holder” of these objects since King Math would die if a virgin (15[1])did not grasp them. Geographers like John Mandeville described humanoids who shaded themselves under single, giant examples of these objects (-5[1])given the prefixes (*) “skia-” (-5[1])or “mono.” A boy was named for these “swollen” objects after he was abandoned to avert a prophecy that he would kill and marry (-5[1])his parents. Two women mutilate (-5[1])these body parts in a fairy tale the Brothers Grimm rendered as “The Little Ash Girl.” For 10 points, Cinderella’s step-sisters violently shorten what body parts to fit an object found by Prince Charming? ■END■ (10[4])

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