batch.motif.ainu-folk-tales-chamberlain-gutenberg-l2331-l2395
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record_id: batch.motif.ainu-folk-tales-chamberlain-gutenberg-l2331-l2395
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 2331-2395
start: '2331'
end: '2395'
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 first recounts a war caused by Tun-uwo-ush stealing a deer
and a woman while the deer-keeper is at a festival; three brothers pursue him,
two die after killing many enemies, and the youngest later gathers allies, kills
Tun-uwo-ush and his followers, and recovers the deer and woman. The passage then
lists dream omens concerning weather, disease, luck, hunting, victory, the moon,
bridges, and an absent wife.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A festival at a neighbouring village causes the deer-keeper to leave home
with his followers, leaving only his wife with the deer.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Tun-uwo-ush, described as bad-hearted and from Shipichara, comes to steal
the deer and steals both the woman and the deer.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The deer-keeper becomes angry and pursues Tun-uwo-ush with his three brothers
in order to fight him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: In the first fighting, the eldest brother kills sixty men and is killed, and
the second brother kills eighty men and is killed.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The youngest brother retreats, returns home, summons help from the neighbourhood
and from Ainos in the land of the Japanese, and then defeats Tun-uwo-ush and his
followers.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The passage states that dreams of rice-beer, rivers, swimming, or other liquid-related
things cause rainy weather.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The passage states that dreams of eating meat, sugar, or anything red bring
disease.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: The passage states that dreaming of killing or knocking down a man is lucky,
while dreaming of being killed or knocked down is unlucky.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The passage states that a long unbroken, unknotted rope in a dream is lucky
and prognosticates victory.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: The passage states that a hunter who dreams of meeting a god in the mountains,
giving presents, and making obeisance is certain to kill a bear.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: The passage states that dreaming of being wounded and bleeding freely is a
good omen for the chase.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: The passage states that dreaming of a bridge breaking is unlucky, while dreaming
of crossing a bridge safely is lucky.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: man who kept the deer
description: A man who owns or keeps the deer; he goes to a festival, later becomes
angry and pursues the thief.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: wife of the deer-keeper
description: The woman left behind with the deer and stolen by Tun-uwo-ush.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: the deer
description: The deer left with the wife and stolen by Tun-uwo-ush, later recovered.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Tun-uwo-ush
description: A man from Shipichara, glossed as “as tall as two men,” who steals
the woman and deer and later is killed in war.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: three brothers
description: Three brothers who go together to fight Tun-uwo-ush.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: eldest brother
description: The eldest of the three brothers; he kills sixty men and is then killed.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: second brother
description: The second brother; he kills eighty men and is then killed.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: youngest brother
description: The youngest brother; he retreats, gathers allies, kills Tun-uwo-ush
and his followers, and recovers the deer and woman.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: neighbourhood men and Ainos in the land of the Japanese
description: Allies summoned by the youngest brother for the later battle.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: god in the mountains
description: A god whom a hunter may dream of meeting, giving presents to, and making
obeisance to before a successful bear hunt.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: hunter
description: A man about to start hunting who may receive a lucky dream of meeting
a mountain god.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: wronged deer-keeper
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He leaves for a festival, returns to find his wife and deer stolen, and pursues
the thief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: abducted woman
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: She is left at home and stolen by Tun-uwo-ush along with the deer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: stolen animal property
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The deer is kept by the man, stolen by Tun-uwo-ush, and later recovered.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: thief and war opponent
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Tun-uwo-ush steals the woman and deer, gathers men, fights the brothers,
and is later killed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: brother-warriors
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
basis: The three brothers go together to fight; the eldest and second kill many
men before being killed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: surviving avenger and recoverer
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The youngest brother survives, gathers allies, kills Tun-uwo-ush, and recovers
the stolen woman and deer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: summoned allies
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: They are invoked or called to aid the youngest brother in the renewed war.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: dream-encountered hunting god
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The god appears in a hunter’s lucky dream in the mountains and receives presents
and obeisance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:9
label: prospective hunter
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The dream omen applies when a man is about to start hunting.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: deer
literal_form: deer
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: liquids and rain
literal_form: rice-beer, river, swimming, and other liquid-related things
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:3
label: red foods and disease
literal_form: meat, sugar, or anything red eaten in a dream
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:4
label: unbroken rope
literal_form: a long rope that does not break and has no knots when wound up
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:5
label: bird-like flight and tree-perching
literal_form: flying like a bird and perching on a tree
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:6
label: mountain god encounter
literal_form: meeting a god in the mountains, giving presents, and making obeisance
associated_figures:
- fig:10
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:7
label: blood from wound
literal_form: being wounded and bleeding freely
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:8
label: sun and moon
literal_form: the sun, the waning moon, and the new moon in dreams
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:9
label: bridge
literal_form: a bridge breaking or being crossed safely
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Festival absence and theft
summary: While the deer-keeper and his followers attend a neighbouring festival,
Tun-uwo-ush finds the wife and deer alone and steals both.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: First pursuit and deaths of two brothers
summary: The deer-keeper’s side pursues Tun-uwo-ush; in battle, the eldest and second
brothers kill many men but are themselves killed.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Youngest brother’s return with allies
summary: The youngest brother withdraws, summons broad support, defeats Tun-uwo-ush
and his followers, and recovers the stolen deer and woman.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Dream omens of weather, luck, disease, and victory
summary: The passage lists dreams whose outcomes include rain, disease, luck or
misfortune, victory, and bad weather.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:5
label: Hunting dream omens
summary: The passage describes hunting-related dreams, including a lucky mountain
encounter with a god and a good omen of bleeding freely from a wound.
figure_refs:
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: scene:6
label: Celestial, bridge, and absent-wife dream omens
summary: The passage treats dreams of the sun and moon, dreams of bridge breaking
or safe crossing, and a husband’s dream of his absent wife as omens of varying
fortune.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- ev:14
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: theft of woman and animal leading to war
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: The theft of the deer-keeper’s wife and deer provokes pursuit, battle, and
eventual recovery.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage calls the woman a wife and says she is stolen, but does not
frame the episode as a romance or beloved-rescue tale beyond recovery of a stolen
wife.
- id: motif:2
label: surviving youngest brother avenges losses and recovers what was stolen
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: After the eldest and second brothers die in battle, the youngest brother
retreats, gathers allies, kills the opponent, and recovers the woman and deer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference exactly matches a three-brother revenge-and-recovery
sequence.
- id: motif:3
label: dreams as omens governing weather, health, luck, victory, and hunting
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The dream section repeatedly assigns consequences to dream images, including
rain, disease, luck, victory, successful hunting, and bad weather.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
- ev:14
confidence: high
cautions: The available motif taxonomy does not include a direct dream-divination
or omen category.
- id: motif:4
label: auspicious sacred exchange with a mountain god before hunting
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: A hunter’s dream of meeting a god in the mountains, giving presents, and
making obeisance is said to ensure killing a bear.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The exchange occurs in a dream omen rather than in narrated waking action;
the taxonomy match is functional but not exact.
- id: motif:5
label: safe crossing versus broken bridge as dream omen
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A broken bridge in a dream is unlucky, while safely crossing a bridge is
lucky.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
confidence: high
cautions: No broader interpretation of the bridge is stated in the passage.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 2331-2335
quote_or_summary: A festival at a neighbouring village draws away the man who kept
the deer and his followers, leaving only his wife with the deer.
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 2335-2339
quote_or_summary: Tun-uwo-ush, glossed as “as tall as two men” and from Shipichara,
comes to steal the deer and steals both the woman and the deer.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/ainu/project-gutenberg/aino-folk-tales-chamberlain.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized with brief quoted gloss.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 2339-2343
quote_or_summary: The deer-keeper becomes angry, pursues Tun-uwo-ush to fight him,
and the three brothers go together.
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 2343-2347
quote_or_summary: The eldest brother kills sixty men before being killed; the second
brother kills eighty men before being killed.
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 2347-2357
quote_or_summary: The youngest brother retreats, gathers help from the neighbourhood
and from Ainos in the land of the Japanese, kills Tun-uwo-ush and his followers,
and recovers the deer and woman.
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 2361-2365
quote_or_summary: Dreams of rice-beer, rivers, swimming, or anything connected with
liquids are said to cause rainy weather.
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 2366-2367
quote_or_summary: Dreams of eating meat, sugar, or anything red are said to bring
disease.
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 2368-2369
quote_or_summary: Dreaming of killing or knocking a man down is lucky; dreaming
of being killed or knocked down is unlucky.
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 2370-2377
quote_or_summary: Dream omens include a light heavy load as lucky, the contrary
as disease, an unbroken unknotted long rope as victory, and bird-like flight to
a tree as rain and bad weather.
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 2378-2381
quote_or_summary: Before hunting, dreaming of meeting a god in the mountains, giving
presents, and making obeisance is very lucky and guarantees killing a bear.
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 2382-2385
quote_or_summary: Dreaming of pursuit with a sharp weapon is unlucky; dreaming of
being wounded and bleeding freely is a good omen for the chase.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/ainu/project-gutenberg/aino-folk-tales-chamberlain.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 2386-2388
quote_or_summary: Dreaming of the sun and moon is probably unlucky, especially the
waning moon, but the new moon is not unlucky.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/ainu/project-gutenberg/aino-folk-tales-chamberlain.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 2390-2391
quote_or_summary: A bridge breaking in a dream is unlucky, while crossing a bridge
safely is lucky.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/ainu/project-gutenberg/aino-folk-tales-chamberlain.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: lines 2393-2395
quote_or_summary: For a husband to dream of his absent wife as smiling, well-dressed,
or sleeping with him is unlucky.
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 narrative events and dream-omen list are explicit. Motif taxonomy alignment
is limited because several salient patterns, especially dream divination, have
no exact available taxonomy reference.
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 does not itself make comparative claims beyond its own local statements.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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