batch.motif.ainu-folk-tales-chamberlain-gutenberg-l1907-l2004
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record_id: batch.motif.ainu-folk-tales-chamberlain-gutenberg-l1907-l2004
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/ainu/project-gutenberg/aino-folk-tales-chamberlain.md
passage_locator:
label: AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL
TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 1907-2004
start: '1907'
end: '2004'
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 the end of one tale in which a good junior chief is
rescued from burial by the God of the Privy, taken to the badger-goddess, instructed
in a deception that causes the wicked senior chief's death, and then marries the
badger-goddess. It then gives the tale 'The Baby in the Box,' where a jealous
mother sets her baby adrift in a box, involuntarily reveals the deed, is killed
and described as punished by the gods, while the father recovers the child downstream
and gains a new household. The passage ends with the opening of 'The Bride Bewitched,'
where a beautiful bride repeatedly loses husbands because a warning voice issues
from her body; water immersion fails, and she runs to the mountains and throws
herself at a magnolia-tree.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The senior chief is described as bad and the junior chief as good.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The God of the Privy releases the junior chief from a hole and says he caused
the junior chief to forget a dream in order to protect him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The God of the Privy says he favored the junior chief because the junior chief
kept the privy clean.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: The junior chief is led by a stream through woods to the house of the badger-goddess,
whose room is carpeted with skins.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The badger-goddess feeds and comforts the junior chief and instructs him to
deceive the senior chief.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: The senior chief has himself buried in the same way and dies; afterwards the
badger-goddess marries the good man, who becomes senior among the chiefs.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: A woman becomes jealous because her husband loves their son more than he loves
her.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: While her husband is bear-hunting in the mountains, the woman places the baby
in a box and sets it afloat on the river.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: The woman falsely tells her husband that the baby disappeared, and the husband
grieves and refuses food.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: The woman recounts the actual events as though telling an old story; the husband
kills her, and the narrative says the gods chose to punish her.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: The father searches downstream and finds his son with an old man, an old woman,
and their daughter, who had found the box in the river.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: The old man offers his daughter as wife to the father, who later inherits
the old couple's possessions and returns to his village with his new wife and
son.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: A beautiful girl repeatedly loses bridegrooms because a voice from her body
warns each husband to desist.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:14
text: Immersion in river water does not end the bride's condition; she runs to the
mountains and throws herself down at the foot of a magnolia-tree.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: junior chief
description: A good man who had forgotten his dream, is rescued from a hole, visits
the badger-goddess, and later becomes senior of all the chiefs.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: senior chief
description: A bad or wicked chief who tries to obtain the junior chief's dream
and later dies after arranging to be buried up to the neck.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: God of the Privy
description: A kind god who rescues the junior chief and explains that he caused
the forgotten dream because the privy was kept clean.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: badger-goddess
description: A goddess in a house by the stream through the woods; she smiles, feeds
and comforts the junior chief, instructs him in deception, and later marries him.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: jealous mother
description: A woman who resents her husband's love for their son, sets the baby
adrift in a box, lies about the disappearance, and is killed after revealing the
deed.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: husband and father
description: The baby's father; he grieves after the child's disappearance, kills
his wife after learning the truth, searches downstream, recovers his son, remarries,
and inherits possessions.
role_refs:
- role:9
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: baby son
description: A child placed in a box and floated downstream, later found alive and
returned to his father.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: old man by the river
description: A venerable old man living in a lonely house downstream who has kept
the box and offers his daughter to the father.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: old man's daughter
description: The middle-aged daughter who found the box with the little boy when
she went to draw water; she later becomes the father's wife.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: bewitched bride
description: A very beautiful girl whose bridegrooms flee when a voice from her
body warns them away; river immersion fails, and she runs to the mountains.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: bridegrooms or suitors
description: Men who marry or seek to marry the beautiful girl but flee when the
warning voice speaks.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: bride's old father
description: The father of the beautiful girl, put to shame when no one will wed
her.
role_refs:
- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: warning voice
description: An unidentified voice from the bride's body that warns bridegrooms
to desist.
role_refs:
- role:17
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: favored good man
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The junior chief is called good and is aided by divine figures.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: recipient of status reversal
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He moves from being buried in a hole to becoming senior of all chiefs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: wicked rival
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: He is called bad or wicked and attempts to exploit or kill the junior chief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: divine rescuer and protector
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: He releases the junior chief and says he protected him by causing the forgotten
dream.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: divine hostess
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: She comforts and feeds the junior chief in her house.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: divine spouse
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: She comes down to the village and marries the good man.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: jealous parent
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: She resents the baby because her husband loves him more than her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: punished wrongdoer
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: After revealing her deed, she is killed, and the narrative calls this punishment
chosen by the gods.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: grieving father
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: He grieves and refuses food after the baby's disappearance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:10
label: successful seeker
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: He searches downstream and recovers the baby.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:11
label: exposed child
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The baby is placed in a box and set adrift on the river.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:12
label: downstream guardian and benefactor
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The old man has housed the found child, kept the box, and offers his daughter
and inheritance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:13
label: finder and new wife
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: She finds the child in the box and is later given as wife to the father.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:14
label: afflicted bride
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Her marriages fail because of the warning voice, and attempted river treatment
has no effect.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:15
label: frightened bridegrooms
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The bridegrooms flee when the voice warns them to desist.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:16
label: shamed parent
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: The girl's old father is put to shame when no one will wed her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:17
label: unidentified prohibiting voice
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: The voice warns husbands away but is not identified in the passage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: stream or river water
literal_form: stream leading to the goddess's house; river carrying the baby's box;
river water used on the bride
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:9
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: sym:2
label: burial hole
literal_form: hole in which the junior chief is held and the senior chief later
has himself buried up to the neck
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: privy
literal_form: privy kept clean by the junior chief, pleasing the God of the Privy
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: skin-carpeted goddess house
literal_form: house of the badger-goddess with a room carpeted with skins
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: beautiful clothes
literal_form: splendid or gorgeous raiment in which the junior chief returns to
the village
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:6
label: box with baby
literal_form: box containing the little boy, set afloat and later identified downstream
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: mountains
literal_form: mountains where the husband goes bear-hunting and where the afflicted
bride runs
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: sym:8
label: magnolia-tree
literal_form: a magnolia-tree at whose foot the bride throws herself down
associated_figures:
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Divine rescue from the hole
summary: The God of the Privy rescues the good junior chief, restores his remembered
dream, and explains that the aid is connected to the junior chief's keeping the
privy clean.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Visit to the badger-goddess
summary: The junior chief is taken along a stream through the woods to the badger-goddess,
who feeds and comforts him and gives instructions for deceiving the senior chief.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Death of the senior chief and marriage of the goddess
summary: The senior chief, deceived by the junior chief's account, has himself buried
and dies; the badger-goddess then marries the good man, who becomes senior of
the chiefs.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Baby set afloat in a box
summary: A jealous mother places her baby in a box and sets it afloat on the river
while the father is away hunting, then lies about the child's disappearance.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Revelation and punishment of the mother
summary: The mother tells the true events as if telling a tale; the husband kills
her, and the narrative states that the gods chose to punish her.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Downstream recovery and new household
summary: The father searches downstream, finds the boy in a lonely house, verifies
the box, marries the old man's daughter, inherits possessions, and returns with
his son and new wife.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:7
label: Bride with prohibiting voice
summary: A beautiful bride's marriages fail because a voice warns each bridegroom
away; river immersion fails, and she runs to the mountains and throws herself
down at a magnolia-tree.
figure_refs:
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine reward for care of a deity-associated place
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The God of the Privy says he rescued and protected the junior chief because
the privy was kept clean.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage frames the act as divine favor, but the taxonomy label is
broader than the specific privy-cleanliness episode.
- id: motif:2
label: Good man aided by divine beings against a wicked rival
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: A good junior chief receives divine aid, while the wicked senior chief dies
after imitating the burial arrangement.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The senior chief's death follows deception and self-burial; the passage
does not explicitly say the gods directly executed him.
- id: motif:3
label: Marriage between goddess and mortal man
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_marriage
- divine_beloved
basis: After aiding the good man, the badger-goddess comes to the village and marries
him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: Only the marriage outcome is stated; no ritual or cosmological significance
is elaborated in the passage.
- id: motif:4
label: Exposed infant set afloat in a container and recovered downstream
taxonomy_refs:
- ark_vessel
basis: The mother places the baby in a box and lets it float down the river; the
father later finds the same box and boy downstream.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The container is a box for one child, not an ark preserving a community;
the taxonomy reference should be reviewed.
- id: motif:5
label: Wrongdoer involuntarily reveals hidden crime
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The mother tells her husband the true story of what she did while believing
she is telling an ancient fairy-tale.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No external comparison is asserted.
- id: motif:6
label: Divine punishment of a wicked mother
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: After the husband kills the mother, the narrative explicitly says this was
how the gods chose to punish her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The immediate human act is performed by the husband, while divine agency
is stated by the narrator.
- id: motif:7
label: Afflicted bride whose marriage is blocked by a supernatural warning voice
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Each bridegroom flees when a voice from the bride's body warns him to desist,
leaving the girl unable to remain married.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The identity or cause of the voice is not given in this passage segment.
- id: motif:8
label: Failed water remedy for enchantment or affliction
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The bride is plunged into river water, but the treatment has no effect.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explain the intended logic of the water treatment.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 1907-1924
quote_or_summary: The senior chief is called bad and the junior chief good; the
God of the Privy rescues the junior chief from a hole, restores memory of a dream,
and says he protected him because the privy was kept clean.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/ainu/project-gutenberg/aino-folk-tales-chamberlain.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 1925-1940
quote_or_summary: The junior chief is led up a stream through woods to the badger-goddess's
skin-carpeted house; she comforts and feeds him and instructs him to tell the
senior chief a deceptive explanation involving the god of door-posts and beautiful
clothes.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/ainu/project-gutenberg/aino-folk-tales-chamberlain.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 1941-1946
quote_or_summary: The senior chief imitates the burial and dies; the badger-goddess
comes to the village, marries the good man, and he becomes senior of all the chiefs.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/ainu/project-gutenberg/aino-folk-tales-chamberlain.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 1950-1964
quote_or_summary: In 'The Baby in the Box,' a woman jealous of her husband's love
for their son sets the baby afloat in a box on the river while the husband is
bear-hunting in the mountains, then lies that the child disappeared; the father
grieves and refuses food.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/ainu/project-gutenberg/aino-folk-tales-chamberlain.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 1965-1972
quote_or_summary: The wife, thinking she is telling an old fairy-tale, recounts
the actual events; the husband kills her, and the narrative states that this was
how the gods chose to punish her.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/ainu/project-gutenberg/aino-folk-tales-chamberlain.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 1973-1989
quote_or_summary: The father searches downstream and finds the boy with an old man,
old woman, and their daughter, who had found the box while drawing water; the
old man gives the daughter as wife, and the father later inherits the property
and returns with his son and new wife.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/ainu/project-gutenberg/aino-folk-tales-chamberlain.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 1993-2004
quote_or_summary: In 'The Bride Bewitched,' a beautiful girl has many suitors, but
bridegrooms flee when a voice from her body warns them to desist; river immersion
does not help, and she runs to the mountains and throws herself down at a magnolia-tree.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/ainu/project-gutenberg/aino-folk-tales-chamberlain.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage is clear for literal events and figures. Some taxonomy assignments
are approximate and should be reviewed, especially 'ark_vessel' and broad divine-judgment
or sacred-exchange categories.
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: |-
No comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not explicitly compare these tales with another corpus or tradition.
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