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 (-5[1])since King Math would die if a virgin did not grasp them. (15[4])Geographers (-5[1])like (-5[1])John Mandeville (15[1]-5[1])described (-5[1])humanoids who (15[1])shaded themselves (15[1])under single, (15[1])giant (15[2])examples (15[6])of (15[1])these (15[1])objects given the prefixes (*) “skia-” or “mono.” (10[1])A boy (10[1])was named for these “swollen” objects after he was abandoned (-5[1])to avert (10[1])a prophecy (10[1])that he would kill (10[1])and marry (10[1])his parents. (10[2])Two women mutilate (10[1])these (10[1])body parts (10[1])in a (-5[1])fairy tale (10[1])the Brothers Grimm rendered as “The Little Ash Girl.” For 10 points, Cinderella’s step-sisters violently (10[1])shorten what body parts (10[1])to fit an object (10[1])found by Prince Charming? ■END■ (10[5])

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