batch.motif.norse-poetic-edda-bellows-gutenberg-l67-l103

batch.motif.norse-poetic-edda-bellows-gutenberg-l67-l103

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record_id: batch.motif.norse-poetic-edda-bellows-gutenberg-l67-l103
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/poetic-edda-bellows.md
passage_locator:
  label: The Poetic Edda / TWO VOLUMES IN ONE; lines 67-103
  start: '67'
  end: '103'
  translation: The Poetic Edda
  notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-27-corpus; human
    review required.
canonical_text:
  quote: ''
  summary: Front matter identifying the work (The Poetic Edda), translator (Henry
    Adams Bellows), publication information (New York/London, 1923), the Scandinavian
    Classics series (volumes XXI and XXII), a series mission statement by The American-Scandinavian
    Foundation, and a dedication to George Lyman Kittredge.
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: The text presents the title 'The Poetic Edda' and notes it is translated from
    Icelandic by Henry Adams Bellows.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: The front matter lists publication and institutional information, including
    The American-Scandinavian Foundation and Oxford University Press (Humphrey Milford,
    London), with the date 1923.
  category: other
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:3
  text: A series statement says Scandinavian Classics are published to promote familiarity
    with northern literary monuments and thereby help Americans understand Scandinavians
    and stimulate sympathetic cooperation.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:4
  text: There is a dedication to George Lyman Kittredge and a note that the series
    includes volumes XXI and XXII.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: Henry Adams Bellows
  description: Named as the translator of the work from Icelandic.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: The American-Scandinavian Foundation
  description: Named as publisher of the Scandinavian Classics series and associated
    with the stated publication purpose.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: George Lyman Kittredge
  description: Named in the dedication.
  role_refs:
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: translator
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: Bellows is identified as the translator from Icelandic.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:2
  label: publisher / series sponsor
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: The foundation is named as the publisher of the series and provides the series
    rationale.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
- id: role:3
  label: dedicatee
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: The front matter includes a dedication 'To George Lyman Kittredge'.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
symbols: []
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Title-page and series statement
  summary: The front matter identifies the work and translator, provides publication
    details, states the purpose of the Scandinavian Classics series, and includes
    a dedication.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  symbol_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
candidate_motifs: []
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: 67-103
  quote_or_summary: Front-matter/title-page material naming the work (The Poetic Edda),
    the translator (Henry Adams Bellows), and publication information including New
    York, The American-Scandinavian Foundation, London (Humphrey Milford), Oxford
    University Press, and the date 1923.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/poetic-edda-bellows.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
  type: summary
  locator: 67-103
  quote_or_summary: 'Series statement: the Scandinavian Classics are published to
    increase familiarity with northern literary monuments to help Americans better
    understand Scandinavians and stimulate sympathetic cooperation.'
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/poetic-edda-bellows.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
  type: summary
  locator: 67-103
  quote_or_summary: Dedication 'To George Lyman Kittredge' and identification of the
    series as 'Scandinavian Classics' volumes XXI and XXII.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/poetic-edda-bellows.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: high
  comparison_claims: high
  notes: This excerpt is bibliographic/series front matter and contains no mythic
    narrative elements; therefore no symbols or motifs are extracted.
reviewer_status:
  status: needs_review
  reviewer: ''
  reviewed_at: ''
  notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.2
extracted_at: '2026-04-27'
notes: |-
  No comparative mythology motifs or traditional symbols are present in the provided passage.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-27-corpus
  custom_id=motif_extract:norse-poetic-edda-bellows-gutenberg__l67-l103
  passage_sha256=eb5f6c96fee0fc3b4f760d35dd66d0d36e92a9a799aa208eaa4858e63390ff1e