Comparative mythology corpus

batch.motif.comparative-golden-bough-volume-1-frazer-gutenberg-l13122-l13127

batch.motif.comparative-golden-bough-volume-1-frazer-gutenberg-l13122-l13127

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record_id: batch.motif.comparative-golden-bough-volume-1-frazer-gutenberg-l13122-l13127
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 13122-13127
  start: '13122'
  end: '13127'
  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 lists bibliographic references by U. Jahn, Pfannenschmid, Kuhn,
    Kuhn and Schwartz, and Lynker, including works on German sacrificial customs in
    agriculture and livestock, Germanic harvest festivals, Westphalian legends, and
    Hessian legends and customs.
  language: English with German bibliographic titles
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: The passage is footnote 1340 and consists of bibliographic citations.
  category: other
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: One cited work concerns German sacrificial customs connected with agriculture
    and livestock.
  category: other
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:3
  text: Another cited work concerns Germanic harvest festivals.
  category: other
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:4
  text: Several cited works concern German or regional legends, customs, tales, or
    Märchen.
  category: other
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
figures: []
roles: []
symbols: []
scenes: []
candidate_motifs: []
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: lines 13122-13127
  quote_or_summary: Footnote 1340 lists citations to U. Jahn, Pfannenschmid, Kuhn,
    Kuhn and Schwartz, and Lynker.
  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: lines 13122-13123
  quote_or_summary: U. Jahn, _Die deutschen Opfergebräuche bei Ackerbau und Viehzucht_,
    pp. 166-169
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:3
  type: quote
  locator: lines 13123-13124
  quote_or_summary: Pfannenschmid, _Germanische Erntefeste_, p. 104 _sq._
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:4
  type: summary
  locator: lines 13124-13127
  quote_or_summary: The footnote cites collections of Westphalian, North German, and
    Hessian legends, customs, Märchen, or Sitten, with page and item numbers.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: uncertain
  comparison_claims: uncertain
  notes: The passage is only a bibliographic footnote. It contains thematic source
    titles but no described mythic scene, figure, symbol, or explicit comparative
    claim suitable for motif extraction.
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 candidate motifs or symbols were assigned because the supplied passage does not narrate or summarize a mythic or ritual pattern beyond bibliographic titles.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:comparative-golden-bough-volume-1-frazer-gutenberg__l13122-l13127
  passage_sha256=e86ebcc339fb8bb144045006eaf02d299d1c9bdded842ad5072dba499f765f83