batch.motif.comparative-golden-bough-volume-1-frazer-gutenberg-l10473-l10628
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source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD.
/ FOOTNOTES; lines 10473-10628
start: '10473'
end: '10628'
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: The passage is a sequence of footnotes citing ethnographic, travel, and
classical sources. Substantive notes include Robertson Smith's attribution of
Raskolnik peculiarities to exaggerated Puritanism, a cross-reference to demons
on Mount Kilimanjaro, and a note that men sacred to Ares were always spared in
battle.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
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text: Professor W. Robertson Smith is cited as informing Frazer that peculiarities
of the Raskolniks are largely due to exaggerated Puritanism.
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- id: obs:2
text: A footnote points readers to Krapf for information about demons on Mount Kilimanjaro.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
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- id: obs:3
text: A note on the Scholiast on Euripides states that certain men were sacred to
the war-god Ares.
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- id: obs:4
text: The same note states that these men were always spared in battle.
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- ev:1
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name_or_label: Raskolniks
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name_or_label: demons on Mount Kilimanjaro
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basis: The note explicitly identifies Ares as the war-god.
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- id: role:5
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label: sacred status of men consecrated to Ares
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label: Men sacred to Ares spared in battle
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basis: The passage mentions demons on Mount Kilimanjaro, but only as a bibliographic
cross-reference.
evidence_refs:
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confidence: low
cautions: The footnote does not describe a narrative episode or ritual; it only
points to another source.
- id: motif:2
label: sacred persons protected from battle violence
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The note states that men sacred to Ares were always spared in battle.
evidence_refs:
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confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives only a brief explanatory note and no surrounding mythic
narrative.
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evidence:
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type: summary
locator: lines 10473-10476
quote_or_summary: Robertson Smith is said to inform Frazer that the peculiarities
of the Raskolniks are largely due to exaggerated Puritanism.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 10520-10522
quote_or_summary: A footnote cites Krapf for demons on Mount Kilimanjaro.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 10565-10566
quote_or_summary: A note says that certain men were sacred to the war-god Ares and
were always spared in battle.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized rather than quoted.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: low
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is primarily footnotes and citations. Only a few brief notes
contain extractable motif or symbol material; most cited examples are not described
in the provided passage.
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 substantively compare these brief notes to a motif family or tradition beyond citation context.
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