batch.motif.comparative-golden-bough-volume-1-frazer-gutenberg-l10045-l10211
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passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD.
/ FOOTNOTES; lines 10045-10211
start: '10045'
end: '10211'
translation: 'The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)'
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: A footnote section citing classical and ethnographic sources. The notes
mention Dionysus’s marriage, oak trees consecrated to Jove and groves to Diana,
restrictions in a cited Japanese account that a person’s feet did not touch the
earth and the sun did not shine on the head, terminology for calling back the
soul, detention of a sleeper’s soul by spirits with illness as a consequence,
and a similar Hindu story in which a lizard form of the soul is not mentioned.
language: English with Greek, Latin, and Dutch/Makassarese/Buginese terms
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A cited classical note refers to the marriage of Dionysus and to gerarae/gerairai-related
terms.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A cited Servius note states that every oak is consecrated to Jove and every
grove to Diana.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: A cited account of Japan states that the person’s feet did not touch the ground,
the sun’s rays did not illuminate the head, and the person did not proceed into
the open air.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: 'A note explains two words: one means the sound made in calling fowls, and
the other means the soul.'
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The expression given for the ceremonies described is ápakoêrróe soemāñgá.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: A note refers to the detention of a sleeper’s soul by spirits and consequent
illness.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: A note says that a similar story is told by Hindus, but the lizard form of
the soul is not mentioned there.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Dionysus
description: Named in a cited Greek phrase concerning the marriage of Dionysus.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Jove
description: Named as the deity to whom every oak is consecrated in the cited Servius
note.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Diana
description: Named as the deity to whom every grove is consecrated in the cited
Servius note.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: unnamed person in cited Japanese account
description: A person whose feet do not touch the earth, whose head is not illuminated
by sun rays, and who does not go into the open air.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: sleeper
description: A sleeper whose soul may be detained, leading to illness.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: spirits
description: Beings said to detain the sleeper’s soul.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine marriage referent
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage cites sources under the phrase Dionysus’s marriage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: deity associated with consecrated natural forms
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:3
basis: The cited note associates oaks with Jove and groves with Diana by consecration.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: person under contact and exposure restrictions
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The cited account says the person’s feet did not touch earth, the head was
not reached by sun rays, and the person did not go into open air.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: afflicted sleeper
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The note links a sleeper’s detained soul with consequent illness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: soul-detaining beings
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The note identifies spirits as detaining the sleeper’s soul.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: oak
literal_form: quercus / oak
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: grove
literal_form: lucus / grove
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: earth or ground
literal_form: terra / ground touched by feet
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: sun rays
literal_form: radii Solis / rays of the sun illuminating the head
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: soul
literal_form: soemāñgá / soul
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: lizard form of the soul
literal_form: lizard form of soul mentioned only as absent from a similar Hindu
story
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Dionysus marriage citation
summary: The notes cite sources for the marriage of Dionysus and related ritual
terms.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Consecrated oak and grove
summary: A cited note assigns oaks to Jove and groves to Diana by consecration.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Restricted contact and exposure
summary: A cited Japanese account describes a person kept from touching the earth
with the feet, from having the head lit by the sun, and from going into open air.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Soul-calling terminology
summary: The note explains terms for the sound used in calling fowls and for the
soul, and gives an expression for related ceremonies.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Sleeper’s soul detained
summary: The note refers to a sleeper’s soul being detained by spirits, with illness
as a consequence.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Similar Hindu story without lizard soul form
summary: The note reports a similar Hindu story but specifies that the lizard form
of the soul is not mentioned in it.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: sacred marriage of Dionysus
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_marriage
basis: The passage explicitly cites sources under the phrase Dionysus’s marriage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: Only the footnote citation is present; no narrative details of the marriage
are included in this passage.
- id: motif:2
label: consecrated tree or grove associated with deities
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage states that every oak is consecrated to Jove and every grove
to Diana.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The available taxonomy includes tree, but the motif family sacred_tree_axis
is not directly supported because no axis or world-center function is stated.
- id: motif:3
label: avoidance of ground, sunlight, and open air for a restricted person
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The cited Japanese account says the person’s feet did not touch the ground,
the head was not lit by the sun, and the person did not go into open air.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not identify the person by title in the quoted note and
does not explain the reason for the restrictions.
- id: motif:4
label: calling back the soul
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage defines terms for a calling sound and for the soul and gives
an expression for ceremonies described in the text.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The actual ceremonial actions are not described in this footnote excerpt.
- id: motif:5
label: detained sleeper’s soul causing illness
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage directly refers to detention of a sleeper’s soul by spirits and
consequent illness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage supplies the motif in a note rather than in a full narrative
example.
- id: motif:6
label: animal or lizard form of the soul as a variant marker
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage mentions a lizard form of the soul only to say that it is not
present in a similar Hindu story.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: low
cautions: The lizard-soul form is not narrated in this excerpt; it is referenced
as a feature absent from the compared Hindu story.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage reports a Hindu story as similar to another story, while noting
that the lizard form of the soul is absent in the Hindu version.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Hindu similar story noted in footnote 414
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
counter_evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: low
limitations: The excerpt does not include either full story, so the basis of similarity
and the role of the lizard-soul variant cannot be verified from this passage alone.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: citation
locator: lines 10045-10211, footnote 353
quote_or_summary: Cites sources for Διονύσου γάμος and γεραραί / γεραῖραι.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short citation summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 10045-10211, footnote 359
quote_or_summary: 'Servius note: “omnis quercus Jovi est consecrata, et omnis lucus
Dianae.”'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; brief quotation.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 10045-10211, footnote 376
quote_or_summary: Latin note says the person’s feet never touched the earth, the
sun’s rays never illuminated the head, and the person did not go into open air.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized with brief wording from the note.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 10045-10211, footnote 410
quote_or_summary: Explains that one word means the sound made in calling fowls,
another means the soul, and gives the expression ápakoêrróe soemāñgá for ceremonies
described in the text.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 10045-10211, footnote 413
quote_or_summary: Refers to detention of a sleeper’s soul by spirits and consequent
illness.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 10045-10211, footnote 414
quote_or_summary: Notes a similar Hindu story and says the lizard form of the soul
is not mentioned.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: low
notes: This line range consists almost entirely of footnotes and citations. Extraction
is limited to explicit details in the notes; narrative context from the main text
is not included.
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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'
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