batch.motif.ainu-folk-tales-chamberlain-gutenberg-l2201-l2329
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record_id: batch.motif.ainu-folk-tales-chamberlain-gutenberg-l2201-l2329
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/ainu/project-gutenberg/aino-folk-tales-chamberlain.md
passage_locator:
label: I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS
TALES. / V.--SCRAPS OF FOLK-LORE.; lines 2201-2329
start: '2201'
end: '2329'
translation: Aino Folk-Tales
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: A sequence of Ainu folk-lore scraps describes a lost age of magic, a sea
monster, sky birds and bird omens, trees becoming bears, sexual and birth customs,
the primordial pre-eminence of oak, pine, and mugwort, and an ancestral deer that
attracts other deer from the mountains.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage opens with a fragment explaining why Ainu people have not been
able to read ever since.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: In ancient days, rivers are described as flowing down one bank and up the
other, making travel easy in either direction.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: People in the ancient days are said to have been able to fly several miles
and land on trees like birds when hunting.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The former world is described as a time of magic, contrasted with the present
world as decrepit and deprived of good things.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Quickly planted grain is said to grow by midday, but those who ate it were
transformed into horses.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: The Old Man of the Sea is described as a bag-shaped monster able to swallow
ships and whales and to create a rapid current by the suction of its mouth.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: A boat with two sailors escapes the Old Man of the Sea when one sailor throws
his loin-cloth into the monster's mouth, causing it to release the boat.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: Male and female cuckoos are described as beautiful sky-dwelling birds that
descend in spring to build white bottle-shaped nests.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Obtaining a cuckoo nest while keeping it unseen is said to make a man rich
and prosperous.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: A cuckoo looking into a house from a window-sill is said to bring disease,
and a cuckoo lighting on a roof is said to mean the house will burn down.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:11
text: Six owls are described as brethren, with the youngest being large and lucky.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: If a person walks beneath the youngest owl and hears rain falling on him,
this is said to be very lucky and to make him rich.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:13
text: The rain associated with the owl is explained in a note as a supposed rain
of gold from the owl's eyes.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:14
text: A cloudless sky is said to contain a peacock whose servants are eagles.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:15
text: The peacock descends to earth only to give birth, then flies back to the sky
with its young.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:16
text: Rotten branches or roots of trees are said sometimes to turn into bears, which
are called divine walking creatures and must not be killed by human hand.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:17
text: It is considered unlucky for a woman to move during coition, because doing
so is said to bring disasters and poverty upon her husband.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:18
text: Before birth, clothes are prepared for the expected baby; after birth the
baby is washed, divine symbols are set up, and thanks are offered to the gods,
with only women present.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:19
text: A child's name may be given at varying times after birth, is usually connected
with some circumstance of the child, and must not be the parent's name because
that would be unlucky.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:20
text: At the beginning of the world, the ground was very hot and burned people's
feet, preventing most trees and herbs from growing.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:21
text: Mugwort, oak, and pine are described as the oldest plants; oak and pine are
divine trees worshipped by human beings.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:22
text: An earliest ancestor kept a deer and tied divine symbols to its horns; the
deer went to the mountains and brought back other deer, enriching the ancestor.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Ainu people
description: The group referred to as unable to read since the event in the preceding
fragment.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: people of the ancient days
description: People living in the former magical age, able to fly when hunting and
affected by quickly produced grain.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Old Man of the Sea
description: A bag-shaped sea monster able to swallow ships and whales and create
a rapid current by mouth suction.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: two sailors
description: Two sailors in a boat threatened by the Old Man of the Sea; one throws
a loin-cloth into the monster's mouth.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: male and female cuckoos
description: Beautiful birds living in the sky, descending in spring to build white
bottle-shaped nests.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: six owls
description: Six owl brethren, including a very small eldest owl and a large youngest
owl.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: youngest owl / Mr. Owl
description: The youngest of the six owls, large-bodied and associated with great
luck and wealth.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: peacock in the sky
description: A peacock in a cloudless sky who lives in the sky and descends to earth
to give birth.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: eagles
description: Servants of the peacock in the sky.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: peacock's young
description: The young borne by the peacock on earth and carried back to the sky.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: tree-origin bears
description: Bears that sometimes arise from rotten branches or roots of trees and
are called divine walking creatures.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: woman during coition
description: The woman who is expected to remain absolutely quiet during coition.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: husband during coition
description: The husband who is said to suffer disasters and poverty if the woman
moves during coition.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: expected baby / child
description: The baby for whom clothes are prepared before birth and who is washed
after birth and later named.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: women and old women midwives
description: Women present at birth, including old women who act as midwives in
the village.
role_refs:
- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: gods
description: Divine recipients of thanks offered after birth.
role_refs:
- role:17
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:17
name_or_label: oak and pine
description: The oldest trees, described as divine trees worshipped by human beings.
role_refs:
- role:18
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:18
name_or_label: mugwort
description: The only herb said to have grown at the beginning of the world and
considered the oldest herb.
role_refs:
- role:18
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:19
name_or_label: earliest ancestor
description: An ancestor who kept a deer, tied divine symbols to its horns, killed
the deer it brought back, and became enriched.
role_refs:
- role:19
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:20
name_or_label: kept deer with divine symbols
description: A deer kept by the ancestor, with divine symbols tied to its horns,
that went to the mountains and brought back other deer.
role_refs:
- role:20
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:21
name_or_label: other deer from the mountains
description: Deer brought down from the mountains by the ancestor's kept deer and
killed outside the house.
role_refs:
- role:21
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: collective affected by loss of literacy
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The fragment states this as the reason Ainu people have not been able to
read ever since.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: inhabitants of former magical age
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They live in the ancient days when rivers, flight, fire-drills, and miraculous
crops are described.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: humans transformed by food
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Those who ate quickly produced grain were transformed into horses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: devouring sea monster
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The creature can swallow ships and whales and pulls with a dangerous current.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: threatened boat occupants and escape agents
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The sailors' boat is seized by the monster, and one sailor's action saves
it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: sky-dwelling spring birds
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The cuckoos live in the sky and descend in spring to build nests.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: omen or luck giver
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:7
basis: Cuckoo behavior predicts wealth, disease, or fire; the youngest owl's rain
omen brings wealth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: bird brethren
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The owls are explicitly described as six brethren.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: sky parent bird
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The peacock lives in the sky and descends only to give birth before returning
with its young.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:10
label: servants of sky peacock
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The eagles are described as the peacock's servants.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:11
label: offspring carried to sky
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The peacock carries its young back to the sky after giving birth on earth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:12
label: divine nonhuman beings protected from killing
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Tree-origin bears are called divine walking creatures and are not to be killed
by human hand.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:13
label: sexual taboo bearer
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: The woman is expected not to move during coition.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:14
label: recipient of misfortune from taboo breach
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: The husband is said to become poor and suffer disasters if the woman moves.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:15
label: newborn or named child
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: The baby is prepared for, washed after birth, and later named.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:16
label: birth attendants
assigned_to:
- fig:15
basis: Only women are present, and old women may act as midwives.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:17
label: recipients of birth thanksgiving
assigned_to:
- fig:16
basis: Thanks are offered to the gods after birth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:18
label: primordial and divine plants
assigned_to:
- fig:17
- fig:18
basis: Oak, pine, and mugwort are described as the earliest plants; oak and pine
are worshipped divine trees.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:19
label: enriched ancestor
assigned_to:
- fig:19
basis: The ancestor gains many deer through the kept deer and becomes greatly enriched.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:20
label: animal helper attracting game
assigned_to:
- fig:20
basis: The kept deer brings other deer down from the mountains.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:21
label: game animals
assigned_to:
- fig:21
basis: The other deer are brought from the mountains and killed outside the house.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: two-way river flow
literal_form: Water flowing down one riverbank and up the other
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: fire-drill
literal_form: Fire-drill used in the ancient days
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: quickly produced grain
literal_form: Grain planted in the morning and grown by midday
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: loincloth in monster's mouth
literal_form: A sailor's loin-cloth flung into the open mouth of the Old Man of
the Sea
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: cuckoo nest
literal_form: White bottle-shaped nest of sky-dwelling cuckoos
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: cuckoo at house boundary
literal_form: Cuckoo lighting on the window-sill or roof of a house
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:7
label: owl rain of gold
literal_form: Sound of rain falling from the youngest owl, explained as gold from
its eyes
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:8
label: cloudless sky peacock
literal_form: Peacock living in a cloudless sky
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:9
label: tree roots and branches becoming bears
literal_form: Rotten branches or roots of trees turning into bears
associated_figures:
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:10
label: birth divine symbols
literal_form: Divine symbols set up after birth
associated_figures:
- fig:14
- fig:15
- fig:16
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:11
label: hot primordial ground
literal_form: Very hot ground at the beginning of the world
associated_figures:
- fig:17
- fig:18
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:12
label: oak and pine as divine trees
literal_form: Oak and pine trees described as oldest and divine
associated_figures:
- fig:17
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:13
label: mugwort as oldest herb
literal_form: Mugwort growing when other herbs could not
associated_figures:
- fig:18
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:14
label: deer horns with divine symbols
literal_form: Divine symbols tied to the kept deer's horns
associated_figures:
- fig:19
- fig:20
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:15
label: mountain source of deer
literal_form: Mountains from which the kept deer brings other deer
associated_figures:
- fig:20
- fig:21
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Loss of reading fragment
summary: A brief fragment gives an origin explanation for why Ainu people have not
been able to read.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: The Good Old Times
summary: A magical ancient age is described, with helpful river flow, human flight,
fire-drills, rapid crops, and transformation into horses after eating the crop.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Escape from the Old Man of the Sea
summary: A sea monster threatens a boat, but a sailor's loin-cloth causes it to
release the boat.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Cuckoo wealth and house omens
summary: Sky-dwelling cuckoos build nests that can bring prosperity, while their
presence at a window or roof foretells disease or house fire.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Owls and rain of wealth
summary: Six owl brethren are described, with the youngest owl bringing wealth through
a lucky rain omen.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: The peacock in the sky
summary: A peacock in the sky has eagles as servants and descends only to give birth
before returning skyward with its young.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:7
label: Trees turned into bears
summary: Rotten tree parts sometimes become bears, which are divine walking creatures
and must not be killed by humans.
figure_refs:
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:8
label: Coition taboo
summary: A woman moving during coition is said to bring disaster and poverty to
her husband, so she remains still while the man moves.
figure_refs:
- fig:12
- fig:13
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:9
label: Birth and naming
summary: Birth preparations, washing, divine symbols, thanksgiving, female attendance,
midwives, and naming customs are described.
figure_refs:
- fig:14
- fig:15
- fig:16
symbol_refs:
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:10
label: Primordial plants
summary: At the hot beginning of the world, only mugwort, oak, and pine grow; oak
and pine are treated as divine worshipped trees.
figure_refs:
- fig:17
- fig:18
symbol_refs:
- sym:11
- sym:12
- sym:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: scene:11
label: Ancestral deer with divine symbols
summary: An ancestor's deer, marked with divine symbols on its horns, brings other
deer from the mountains, allowing the ancestor to become wealthy.
figure_refs:
- fig:19
- fig:20
- fig:21
symbol_refs:
- sym:14
- sym:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: lost age of magic and decline of the world
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The ancient days are described as a magical time of convenient rivers, flight,
quick crops, and fire-drills, while the present world is described as decrepit.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives brief lore rather than a full narrative plot.
- id: motif:2
label: food causing transformation
taxonomy_refs:
- shapeshifter
basis: People who ate the quickly produced grain were transformed into horses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The transformation is stated directly, but no agent or further narrative
context is given.
- id: motif:3
label: devouring sea monster defeated by repulsive offering
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The Old Man of the Sea threatens a boat by suction but releases it after
a sailor throws a loin-cloth into its mouth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not connect the monster to a broader named comparative
family beyond the local figure.
- id: motif:4
label: bird omens of wealth, disease, and fire
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Cuckoo nests and cuckoo visits to the house, as well as the youngest owl's
rain, are associated with prosperity or misfortune.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The cuckoo and owl omens are separate scraps grouped here by shared bird-omen
function.
- id: motif:5
label: sky bird descends to earth for birth
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
basis: The peacock lives in the sky, descends to earth to bear its young, and returns
to the sky with it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The available ascent taxonomy ref fits only partly, since the emphasis
is a descent followed by return.
- id: motif:6
label: tree material transforming into divine bears
taxonomy_refs:
- shapeshifter
basis: Rotten branches or roots of trees sometimes turn into bears that are divine
walking creatures and protected from human killing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents transformation as a belief statement, not a developed
tale.
- id: motif:7
label: sexual taboo linked to household fortune
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A woman's movement during coition is said to cause disasters and poverty
for her husband.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is a customary taboo statement rather than a narrative episode.
- id: motif:8
label: birth rite with divine symbols and naming taboo
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_birth
basis: The birth account includes preparation, washing, divine symbols, thanks to
gods, female attendance, midwives, and avoidance of giving the parent's name.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The birth is ordinary rather than miraculous; the sacred-birth taxonomy
ref is only partially applicable.
- id: motif:9
label: primordial heat and first sacred plants
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: At the beginning of the world the hot ground prevents most growth, while
mugwort, oak, and pine appear as the oldest plants, with oak and pine worshipped
as divine trees.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: No full cosmogony is included beyond the condition of the ground and the
plants' pre-eminence.
- id: motif:10
label: marked animal helper bringing game and wealth
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The ancestor ties divine symbols to a kept deer's horns, and the deer brings
other deer from the mountains, enriching him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The sacred-exchange reference is tentative because the passage does not
explicitly describe reciprocal exchange with a deity.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 2201-2203
quote_or_summary: A fragment states that this is why Ainu people have not been able
to read ever since.
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 2207-2220
quote_or_summary: In the old magical days, rivers flowed conveniently in both directions,
people could fly and land on trees, fire-drills were used, crops grew by midday,
and eating the quick grain transformed people into horses.
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 2222-2231
quote_or_summary: The Old Man of the Sea is a bag-shaped monster able to swallow
ships and whales; a boat is saved when a sailor throws his loin-cloth into the
monster's mouth and it lets go.
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 2233-2244
quote_or_summary: Male and female cuckoos live in the sky, descend in spring to
build white bottle-shaped nests, and are associated with prosperity, disease,
or house fire depending on human possession of the nest or the bird's contact
with the house.
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 2246-2259
quote_or_summary: Six owls are brethren; the youngest, called Mr. Owl, brings great
luck, and rain heard falling from it is said to make a person rich, with a note
explaining this as gold from the owl's eyes.
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 2261-2268
quote_or_summary: A cloudless sky contains a peacock whose servants are eagles;
the peacock descends to earth only to give birth and then returns to the sky with
its young.
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 2270-2276
quote_or_summary: Rotten branches or roots sometimes turn into bears called divine
walking creatures, which must not be killed by human hand.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/ainu/project-gutenberg/aino-folk-tales-chamberlain.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 2278-2285
quote_or_summary: A woman moving during coition is considered unlucky and is said
to bring disasters and poverty upon her husband; therefore the woman remains still
and the man moves.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/ainu/project-gutenberg/aino-folk-tales-chamberlain.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 2287-2305
quote_or_summary: Birth customs include preparing clothes, washing the newborn,
setting up divine symbols, thanking the gods, female attendance and midwives,
variable naming time, circumstance-based names, and avoidance of giving a parent's
name.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/ainu/project-gutenberg/aino-folk-tales-chamberlain.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 2309-2321
quote_or_summary: At the beginning of the world the ground was very hot, burning
people's feet and preventing most growth; only mugwort, oak, and pine grew, making
them oldest, with oak and pine worshipped as divine trees.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/ainu/project-gutenberg/aino-folk-tales-chamberlain.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 2324-2329
quote_or_summary: An earliest ancestor kept a deer with divine symbols tied to its
horns; it went to the mountains and brought back other deer, which the ancestor
killed, becoming enriched.
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: Literal extraction is strong because the passage is explicit and segmented.
Motif-family assignments are cautious where taxonomy refs only partially fit brief
folklore scraps. No comparison claims were made because the passage itself does
not support cross-text or cross-tradition comparison.
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: |-
Multiple short folklore items were extracted as separate scenes within one passage-level record. Taxonomy refs were limited to supplied lists and used only where directly supportable.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:ainu-folk-tales-chamberlain-gutenberg__l2201-l2329
passage_sha256=09961598360f4b7bb55572049421344d9ef63617382697b8a0499a98d0152be4