batch.motif.ainu-folk-tales-chamberlain-gutenberg-l1299-l1389
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record_id: batch.motif.ainu-folk-tales-chamberlain-gutenberg-l1299-l1389
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/ainu/project-gutenberg/aino-folk-tales-chamberlain.md
passage_locator:
label: INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF
PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES.; lines 1299-1389
start: '1299'
end: '1389'
translation: Aino Folk-Tales
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: The passage contains a variant about an angered discarded bird-shaped doll
causing repeated child deaths until honored; a moral tale in which a malicious
wizard's false advice is made safe for a good man by a mountain god but kills
the wizard when he imitates it; a tale of a crow disguised as a black-robed man
who defiles a household after receiving rice-beer, with another version involving
exclusion from a feast; and the beginning of a tale in which Okikurumi curses
a shark that has dragged his boat and killed Samayunguru.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A woman repeatedly loses children because a bird-shaped wooden doll from her
childhood had been thrown away and angered.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A spoon, cup, and iron chain converse about the matter, and a half-burnt piece
of firewood overhears and warns the woman's husband in a dream.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: After the doll is found and divine symbols are set up in its honour, the woman
bears a child who survives.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: A wizard tells a man that jumping from a mountain peak onto clouds will let
him ride them and see the whole world.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The man rides on clouds, visits the whole world, and returns with a map of
the world of men and gods.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: The wizard had intended the advice to kill the man, but when he tries it himself
he falls and is dashed to pieces.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The mountain god appears to the good man in a dream and says he protected
and instructed him because he was good, while the wizard received deserved punishment.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: A black-robed visitor drinks rice-beer, dances, brings hard dung into the
house, and places it in the alcove.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: When beaten by the house-master, the visitor is revealed as a large crow and
flies out of the window crying.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: In another version, a crow excluded from a feast drops hard dung into the
party, and the stated moral is to invite all friends to a feast.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: Okikurumi and Samayunguru spear a large shark at sea, and the shark drags
the line and boat until both men are exhausted and injured.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: Samayunguru dies in the boat, and Okikurumi curses the shark with the remaining
harpoon parts, plant growth on its skin, inability to swim, death, rejection by
scavengers, and decay.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: woman who owned the doll
description: A woman whose successive children die until her discarded childhood
doll is found and honoured.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: bird-shaped doll
description: A piece of wood shaped like a bird, formerly used as a doll, whose
anger is linked to the deaths of children.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: household objects and firewood
description: The spoon, cup, iron kettle-chain, and half-burnt firewood that converse
or transmit warning in the doll variant.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: woman's husband
description: The man warned in a dream by the half-burnt firewood.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: good man
description: A man who follows the wizard's advice, rides clouds, maps the worlds,
and is protected by the mountain god.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: wizard
description: A wizard who gives malicious false advice and dies when he imitates
the action himself.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: god of the mountain
description: A divine figure who appears in a dream, says he protected the good
man, and frames the wizard's death as deserved punishment.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: large crow / black-robed visitor
description: A visitor dressed in fine black robes who drinks, dances, brings dung
into the house, and is revealed as a large crow.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: master of the house
description: The householder who becomes angry and beats the crow-disguised visitor.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: excluded crow in alternate version
description: A crow who, not invited to a feast, drops hard dung into the party.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Okikurumi
description: One of two men who spear a shark at sea; he curses the shark after
Samayunguru dies.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Samayunguru
description: Okikurumi's henchman, who helps spear the shark and dies in the boat.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: large shark
description: A large shark speared at sea that drags the line and boat and is cursed
by Okikurumi.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: bereaved mother restored to childbirth
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Her children die until the angered doll is honoured; afterward she bears
a surviving child.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: angered discarded object
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The doll's anger after being thrown away is given as the cause of child deaths.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: speaking or warning household objects
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Household objects converse, and firewood conveys a warning in a dream.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: dream-warned household member
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: He is warned in a dream and the doll is then sought.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: protected world-traveler
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: He rides clouds around the world and is later told the mountain god bore
him up.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: malicious deceiver punished by own device
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: He invents a lie intended to kill another but dies when attempting it himself.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: divine judge and protector
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The mountain god states that he protected the good man and that the wizard's
death was deserved.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: offended or dangerous crow
assigned_to:
- fig:8
- fig:10
basis: The crow defiles a house or feast with dung and is presented as a creature
to dread or as hurt by exclusion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:9
label: angered host
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: He becomes angry and beats the black-robed visitor.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:10
label: curser of the shark
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Okikurumi pronounces a detailed curse on the shark after the struggle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:11
label: dead companion
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: Samayunguru dies in the bottom of the boat during the struggle with the shark.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:12
label: dangerous captured sea creature
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: The shark drags the boat and is cursed with death and decay.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: bird-shaped wooden doll
literal_form: A piece of wood shaped like a bird, used as a doll.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: divine symbols set up for the doll
literal_form: Divine symbols established in honour of the recovered doll.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: dream warning
literal_form: A dream in which the woman's husband is warned by firewood.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: mountain peak
literal_form: A mountain peak in Aino-land from which the cloud journey begins and
where the return occurs.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: belt of clouds
literal_form: Clouds below the mountain peak that the good man rides and the wizard
fails to ride.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: world map
literal_form: A map drawn of the whole world of men and gods.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:7
label: hard dung
literal_form: A piece of hard dung placed in the alcove or dropped into a feast.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: sym:8
label: crow form
literal_form: A large crow revealed after the black-robed visitor is beaten.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: sym:9
label: sea
literal_form: The sea where Okikurumi and Samayunguru spear and struggle with the
shark.
associated_figures:
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:10
label: harpoon and plant materials
literal_form: Harpoon parts made of iron and bone, a wooden spear-handle, grass
binding, and rope material named in Okikurumi's curse.
associated_figures:
- fig:11
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Angered discarded doll restored to honour
summary: A discarded bird-shaped doll is identified as the cause of repeated child
deaths through speaking household objects and a dream warning; after it is found
and honoured with divine symbols, a child survives.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Good man rides clouds and maps the worlds
summary: A man follows a wizard's advice to leap from a mountain peak onto clouds,
travels over the whole world, and returns with a map of human and divine realms.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Wizard punished and mountain god explains
summary: The wizard, who intended the advice to be fatal, tries the leap himself
and dies; the mountain god later explains in a dream that he protected the good
man and that wickedness led to punishment.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Crow defiles household or feast
summary: A crow in human-like or offended form uses hard dung to defile a house
or a feast, leading to a warning about crows or a moral about inviting all friends.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Okikurumi curses the shark
summary: Okikurumi and Samayunguru spear a shark that drags their boat; Samayunguru
dies, and Okikurumi pronounces a curse tying harpoon materials, plant growth,
immobility, death, and decay to the shark.
figure_refs:
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Discarded object spirit causes child deaths until ritually honoured
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The bird-shaped doll's anger after being thrown away causes repeated infant
deaths, and survival follows after divine symbols are set up in its honour.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is explicitly a variant of another tale, but the other tale
is not included here.
- id: motif:2
label: Malicious false advice becomes safe for the innocent but fatal for the deceiver
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The wizard's intended death-trap becomes a divinely supported journey for
the good man, while the wizard dies by trying the same act.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy reference is based on the mountain god's explicit moral explanation
of punishment.
- id: motif:3
label: Ascent from mountain to cloud journey yielding world-knowledge
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
- wisdom
basis: The man leaps from a mountain peak onto clouds, travels over the world of
men and gods, and returns with a map; the mountain god says the journey made him
wiser.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The movement begins with a leap downward onto clouds rather than a simple
upward ascent.
- id: motif:4
label: Crow as offended defiler of social space
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The crow defiles a house or feast with dung, and the alternate version explicitly
links the act to exclusion from an invitation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The two versions differ in setting and motivation.
- id: motif:5
label: Dangerous sea creature cursed through embedded weapon materials
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Okikurumi curses the shark with the harpoon's iron, bone, wood, grass, and
rope materials, causing inability to swim, death, rejection by scavengers, and
decay.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The tale continues beyond the supplied passage may alter or complete the
motif.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The two crow accounts are presented as versions of the same story pattern
in which a crow uses hard dung to disrupt a social occasion.
claim_level: same_motif
target: The main 'Angry Crow' tale and the alternate version communicated by John
Batchelor.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: 'The versions differ: one occurs in a household after rice-beer and
beating, while the other occurs at a feast after exclusion from the invitation
list.'
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 1299-1309
quote_or_summary: 'Variant tale: repeated child deaths are attributed to the anger
of a discarded bird-shaped wooden doll; household objects converse, firewood warns
the husband in a dream, the doll is found, divine symbols are set up, and a later
child survives.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/ainu/project-gutenberg/aino-folk-tales-chamberlain.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 1311-1324
quote_or_summary: In 'The Wicked Wizard punished,' a wizard says a man can leap
from a mountain peak onto clouds and ride them; the man does so, sees the world,
and returns with a map of the worlds of men and gods.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/ainu/project-gutenberg/aino-folk-tales-chamberlain.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 1325-1333
quote_or_summary: The wizard is astonished because his advice was intended as a
fatal lie; he tries the cloud leap himself and is dashed to pieces in the valley.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/ainu/project-gutenberg/aino-folk-tales-chamberlain.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 1334-1342
quote_or_summary: The mountain god appears in a dream and says the wizard received
deserved punishment, while the good man was protected and shown the world to become
wiser.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/ainu/project-gutenberg/aino-folk-tales-chamberlain.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 1344-1355
quote_or_summary: In 'The Angry Crow,' a black-robed visitor drinks rice-beer, dances,
places hard dung in the alcove, is beaten by the house-master, and flies out as
a large crow; the tale warns that crows are to be dreaded.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/ainu/project-gutenberg/aino-folk-tales-chamberlain.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 1357-1366
quote_or_summary: 'Alternate crow version: a crow excluded from a feast drops hard
dung into the party; smaller birds decide not to intervene, and the stated moral
says to invite all friends to a feast.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/ainu/project-gutenberg/aino-folk-tales-chamberlain.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 1368-1376
quote_or_summary: Okikurumi and Samayunguru spear a large shark at sea; it drags
the line and boat in all directions, exhausting and injuring them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/ainu/project-gutenberg/aino-folk-tales-chamberlain.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 1376-1389
quote_or_summary: Samayunguru dies in the boat; Okikurumi curses the shark so that
harpoon parts remain in it, plant materials grow on its skin, it cannot swim,
dies, is washed ashore, rejected by scavengers, and rots away.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/ainu/project-gutenberg/aino-folk-tales-chamberlain.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Some motif labels are local
descriptive candidates rather than external taxonomy matches.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
All summaries and motif candidates are derived from the supplied line range and metadata only.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:ainu-folk-tales-chamberlain-gutenberg__l1299-l1389
passage_sha256=d75ab6527e9ac497e01f915d06ab4ba79bab67cebe7ee7d3cb08f6806213ae60