batch.motif.comparative-golden-bough-volume-1-frazer-gutenberg-l11393-l11550
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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 11393-11550
start: '11393'
end: '11550'
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 sequence of footnotes cites sources for Frazer's discussion around the
end of 'The Perils of the Soul' and the beginning of 'Killing the God.' The notes
include bibliographic references to Siam, Egypt, Jambi, Lithuania/Samogitia, Phoenician
and biblical sources, Nias, Moqui snake dance, Indian ritual texts, Bengal ethnology,
European tree-cult and calendar customs, and related classical and ethnographic
materials. A few notes add brief clarifications about the placement of a cow and
mare beside a prince, Krapf's doubt about a pillar in an African report, and names
for the Fourth Sunday in Lent.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage consists primarily of numbered footnotes with bibliographic citations
rather than continuous narrative exposition.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: One note reports a variant in which a cow and mare stood beside the prince
rather than beside the peasant.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: One note says Dr. Krapf reported a custom at second hand and doubted the existence
of a pillar, while considering the rest of the story compatible with African superstition.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Several notes cite Mannhardt's Baumkultus and European calendar-festival sources
in connection with customs from Schwaben, Sachsen, Thüringen, Böhmen, and related
regions.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: One note identifies the Fourth Sunday in Lent as Mid-Lent, Laetare, and in
the Roman Calendar as the Sunday of the Rose.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The notes cite a work titled Snake Dance of the Moquis of Arizona.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The notes cite a translated chapter called 'The Rudhirádhyáyă, or sanguinary
chapter' from the Calica Puran.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: prince
description: A prince mentioned in a note about the placement of a cow and mare.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: peasant
description: A peasant mentioned as the alternative figure beside whom the cow and
mare did not stand according to Grimm's variant.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: cow
description: An animal said to have stood beside the prince in Grimm's account.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: mare
description: An animal said to have stood beside the prince in Grimm's account.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Dr. Krapf
description: A cited reporter who is said to have reported a custom at second hand
and commented on its plausibility.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: named status figure
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The prince is the figure beside whom the cow and mare are said to have stood.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: contrasted human figure
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The peasant is mentioned as the figure beside whom the animals did not stand
in Grimm's variant.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: attendant animals
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:4
basis: The cow and mare are described as standing beside a human figure.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: second-hand reporter and evaluator
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Krapf is said to report a custom at second hand and to express doubt about
part of the story.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: pillar
literal_form: pillar
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: tree cult reference
literal_form: Baumkultus, cited title meaning tree cult
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: snake dance reference
literal_form: title Snake Dance of the Moquis of Arizona
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: rose Sunday name
literal_form: Sunday of the Rose / Domenica rosae
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Animals beside the prince
summary: A footnote states that, according to Grimm, a cow and mare stood beside
the prince rather than beside the peasant.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Krapf's qualified report
summary: A footnote says Krapf reported a custom at second hand, doubted the existence
of a pillar, and judged the rest of the story compatible with African superstition.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Mid-Lent naming note
summary: A footnote lists alternative names for the Fourth Sunday in Lent, including
Mid-Lent, Laetare, and Sunday of the Rose.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: sacrifice-related source cluster
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: The footnote range appears under the heading 'Killing the God' and cites
biblical, classical, and ethnographic sources, including a 'sanguinary chapter'
from the Calica Puran; however, the excerpt itself gives little narrative detail.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
confidence: low
cautions: The passage is a footnote list, so the specific ritual or mythic actions
supported by these citations are not present in this excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: tree-cult or vegetation-custom source cluster
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_tree_axis
basis: Multiple notes cite Mannhardt's Baumkultus and European festival-calendar
materials, but the excerpt does not describe the customs themselves.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: low
cautions: The link to a sacred-tree motif is based on cited work titles and bibliographic
clustering, not on a described narrative scene.
- id: motif:3
label: snake dance reference
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
basis: The notes cite Bourke's Snake Dance of the Moquis of Arizona.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: low
cautions: Only a source title is cited; no serpent episode or ritual action is described
in the passage.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: Krapf is reported as judging the non-pillar portion of a second-hand story
to harmonise with African superstition.
claim_level: same_function
target: African superstition as characterized in Krapf's note
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
counter_evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: low
limitations: This is a reported evaluative comment in a footnote; the underlying
custom and comparison set are not described here, and Krapf also doubts the existence
of the pillar.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 11393-11550
quote_or_summary: The excerpt is a numbered sequence of footnotes citing works and
sources for Frazer's surrounding chapters, including chapter headings for 'The
Perils of the Soul' and 'Killing the God.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: footnote 794, lines 11414-11418
quote_or_summary: '"According to Grimm ... the cow and mare stood beside the prince,
not the peasant."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: footnote 805, lines 11446-11450
quote_or_summary: '"Dr. Krapf, who reports the custom at second hand, thinks that
the existence of the pillar may be doubted, but that the rest of the story harmonises
well enough with African superstition."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: footnotes 813-821, lines 11470-11494
quote_or_summary: Several notes cite Mannhardt's Baumkultus alongside German, Schwabian,
Saxon, Thuringian, and Bohemian folklore and festival-calendar sources.
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: quote
locator: footnote 836, lines 11539-11545
quote_or_summary: '"The Fourth Sunday in Lent is also known as Mid-Lent ... or as
Laetare ... In the Roman Calendar it is the Sunday of the Rose, Domenica rosae."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:6
type: citation
locator: footnote 829, lines 11513-11514
quote_or_summary: J. G. Bourke, Snake Dance of the Moquis of Arizona, p. 196 sq.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; bibliographic citation.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: footnote 833, lines 11523-11526
quote_or_summary: '"The Rudhirádhyáyă, or sanguinary chapter," translated from the
Calica Puran by W. C. Blaquiere.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: low
comparison_claims: low
notes: The excerpt is mainly bibliographic footnotes, so literal extraction is reliable
for citations and brief notes, but motif identification is limited and needs review
against the surrounding main text.
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'
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No figures, scenes, or motifs beyond those explicitly mentioned or cautiously inferred from titles and local footnote statements have been added.
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