batch.motif.comparative-golden-bough-volume-1-frazer-gutenberg-l12925-l13120
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label: CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD.
/ FOOTNOTES; lines 12925-13120
start: '12925'
end: '13120'
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 scholarly footnotes citing sources for discussions
of sacrifices, Khond ritual details, animal forms of an Earth Goddess, harvest
timing, calendar correspondence involving Tammuz, Egyptian human sacrifice traditions,
Roman Catularia references, and later European folk-lore sources.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A note states that Schoolcraft and De Smet give independent and mutually supplementary
accounts of the sacrifice of a Sioux girl.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A note states that an elephant represented the Earth Goddess and that she
was conceived in elephant form in that context.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The same note states that in the hill tracts of Goomsur the Earth Goddess
was represented in peacock form, and that the post to which a victim was bound
bore a peacock effigy.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: 'A note gives an alternate ritual object: instead of a branch of a green tree,
Campbell mentions planks, bamboos, or a slit bamboo.'
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: A note says the author does not know when corn is reaped in Phrygia, but thinks
harvest is probably later there than on Mediterranean coasts.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: 'A note reports a proposed calendar correspondence: in the Syro-Macedonian
calendar Lous represents Ab, while for Babylon the note argues that Lous answered
to the lunar month Tammuz.'
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: A note contrasts Herodotus, who discredits Egyptian human sacrifice, with
Manetho, who is said to affirm that Egyptians did offer human sacrifices.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: A note cites Festus on Catularia and rutilae canes, along with Columella,
Ovid, and Pliny.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Sioux girl
description: A girl mentioned in a note as the subject of accounts of a sacrifice.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Earth Goddess
description: A goddess described as represented or conceived in elephant form and,
in another locality, represented in peacock form.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Bound victim
description: An unnamed victim associated with a post bearing a peacock effigy.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Egyptians
description: A group discussed in a note concerning whether they offered human sacrifices.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: sacrificial victim
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:3
basis: The passage refers to the sacrifice of a Sioux girl and to a victim bound
to a post in a ritual context.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: deity represented in animal form
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The Earth Goddess is said to be represented or conceived in elephant form
and represented in peacock form.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: people associated with disputed human sacrifice tradition
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The note records disagreement between ancient authorities about whether Egyptians
offered human sacrifices.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: elephant-form goddess
literal_form: elephant
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: peacock-form goddess and peacock effigy
literal_form: peacock; peacock effigy on a post
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: green tree branch
literal_form: branch of a green tree
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: corn harvest
literal_form: corn reaped in Phrygia
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: Tammuz month correspondence
literal_form: lunar month Tammuz; Lous
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Footnote on Sioux girl sacrifice
summary: The note cites travel and ethnographic sources and states that two accounts
of the sacrifice of a Sioux girl are independent and supplementary.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Earth Goddess represented through animal forms
summary: The note describes the Earth Goddess as represented in elephant form and,
in Goomsur, peacock form; a victim's post bore a peacock effigy.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Ritual object variant involving green tree branch
summary: 'A note records an alternate description of the object: a green tree branch
is replaced in another account by planks or bamboo.'
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Harvest and calendar notes
summary: The notes discuss probable harvest timing in Phrygia and a proposed correspondence
between Lous and Tammuz in calendar systems.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Disputed Egyptian human sacrifice testimony
summary: The note reports that Herodotus denies Egyptian human sacrifice while Manetho
affirms it.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Human sacrifice
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: The passage explicitly mentions the sacrifice of a Sioux girl, a victim bound
to a post, and testimony about Egyptian human sacrifices.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is made of footnotes and supplies little ritual narrative
detail in this excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: Sacrificial victim associated with deity in animal form
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
- mother_goddess
basis: The Earth Goddess is described through elephant and peacock forms in a note
that also mentions a victim bound to a post bearing a peacock effigy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The note does not itself explain the full rite or the theological meaning
of the animal forms.
- id: motif:3
label: Seasonal or harvest timing in cultic comparison
taxonomy_refs:
- seasonal_cycle
basis: The passage includes notes on Phrygian corn harvest timing and on the calendar
correspondence of Lous and Tammuz.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The excerpt gives calendar and harvest notes rather than a full mythic
episode.
- id: motif:4
label: Ritual use of tree branch or bamboo substitute
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
basis: A note contrasts a branch of a green tree with planks or bamboo as alternate
objects in the described rite.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: low
cautions: The wider ritual context is not present in this excerpt, so the symbolic
role of the branch is uncertain.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The notes support a cautious comparison of several cited materials under
a broad sacrifice motif, including a Sioux girl sacrifice, Khond victim imagery,
and Egyptian human sacrifice testimony.
claim_level: same_motif
target: sacrifice motif family across cited ethnographic and ancient sources
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage is bibliographic and does not give enough narrative detail
to determine close structural equivalence among the cited rites.
- id: claim:2
claim: The calendar note makes a specific correspondence claim between Lous and
the lunar month Tammuz in Babylonian dating.
claim_level: same_function
target: Syro-Macedonian Lous and Babylonian lunar month Tammuz
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The claim concerns calendrical correspondence rather than a complete
mythic motif.
- id: claim:3
claim: The Earth Goddess note permits a cautious comparison of elephant and peacock
forms as alternate local representations of the same goddess.
claim_level: same_function
target: animal-form representations of the Earth Goddess in cited Khond-related
contexts
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The note gives only brief source commentary and does not describe how
worshippers interpreted the two animal forms.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: note 1264 within lines 12925-13120
quote_or_summary: Cites James, Schoolcraft, and De Smet; states that Schoolcraft
and De Smet give independent, supplementary accounts of the sacrifice of the Sioux
girl.
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: summary
locator: note 1282 within lines 12925-13120
quote_or_summary: States that the elephant represented the Earth Goddess conceived
in elephant form; in Goomsur she was represented in peacock form, and a victim's
post bore a peacock effigy.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: note 1279 within lines 12925-13120
quote_or_summary: 'Notes a variant object: instead of a branch of a green tree,
Campbell mentions planks, bamboos, or a slit bamboo.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: note 1305 within lines 12925-13120
quote_or_summary: The author says he does not know when corn is reaped in Phrygia,
but thinks harvest is probably later there than on Mediterranean coasts.
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: note 1314 within lines 12925-13120
quote_or_summary: Robertson Smith's note discusses month correspondences and concludes
that Lous answered to the lunar month Tammuz.
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: note 1316 within lines 12925-13120
quote_or_summary: Cites sources on Egyptian human sacrifice; says Herodotus discredits
the idea, while Manetho affirms it.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: citation
locator: note 1320 within lines 12925-13120
quote_or_summary: Cites Festus on Catularia and rutilae canes, with Columella, Ovid,
and Pliny.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; citation summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: citation
locator: notes 1321-1339 within lines 12925-13120
quote_or_summary: Cites Panzer, Bavaria, Plutarch, Pausanias, Cornutus, Hone, Shropshire
Folk-lore, Brand, Mannhardt, Revue des Traditions populaires, and internal cross-references.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; citation summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The excerpt is primarily footnotes, so extraction is limited to explicit
references and brief explanatory comments. Wider narrative context from the chapter
is not included.
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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