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batch.motif.comparative-golden-bough-volume-1-frazer-gutenberg-l705-l773

batch.motif.comparative-golden-bough-volume-1-frazer-gutenberg-l705-l773

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record_id: batch.motif.comparative-golden-bough-volume-1-frazer-gutenberg-l705-l773
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
passage_locator:
  label: PREFACE. / J. G. FRAZER. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY.;
    lines 705-773
  start: '705'
  end: '773'
  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: 'Frazer surveys rain-making practices in multiple traditions: disturbing
    sacred springs, appealing to divine pity through animals, threatening or imitating
    sky-fire, ritual bleeding and cloud symbolism among the Dieyerie, burning hair,
    Greek and Roman rites involving springs, branches, chariots, mock thunder, stones,
    and magicians associated with rain or water.'
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: Rain is described as a consequence of disturbing a rain-god in his haunts
    or troubling sacred springs.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: The Dards are said to expect storms if a cowskin or other impure object is
    placed in certain springs.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:3
  text: Several spring or fountain examples connect touching, looking at, or throwing
    objects into water with immediate rain or flooding.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:4
  text: The Zulus are described as killing a heaven-bird and throwing it into a pool
    so that heaven will mourn by raining.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:5
  text: The Guanches of Teneriffe are described as separating lambs from their dams
    on sacred ground so that their bleating may move the god.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:6
  text: Heathen Arabs are described as tying burning bushes to cattle and driving
    them to a mountain-top while praying for rain.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: obs:7
  text: West African rain-makers are described as blowing up flames and threatening
    to set the sky on fire if rain is not given.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: obs:8
  text: The Dieyerie rain-making rite includes a dug hole, a hut of logs and branches,
    two inspired men, bleeding, down, stones, gypsum, a water-hole, and the destruction
    of the hut.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
- id: obs:9
  text: In the Dieyerie rite, blood is said to represent rain, down to represent clouds,
    and stones to stand for gathering clouds and presage rain.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: obs:10
  text: The destruction of the Dieyerie hut by men butting through it with their heads
    is explained as symbolising the piercing of clouds and the fall of rain.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: obs:11
  text: Another Australian rain-making mode is described as burning human hair.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: obs:12
  text: In Arcadia, the priest of Zeus dips an oak branch into a spring on Mount Lycaeus,
    after which mist and rain are said to follow.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: obs:13
  text: The people of Crannon shake a bronze chariot kept in a temple when they desire
    a shower.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
- id: obs:14
  text: Salmoneus is described as making mock thunder with bronze kettles or a bronze
    bridge and imitating lightning with blazing torches.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
- id: obs:15
  text: At Rome, a stone called the lapis manalis is dragged into the city in drought
    to bring rain.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
- id: obs:16
  text: Etruscan wizards and Telchines are described as figures associated with bringing
    rain, clouds, snow, springs, or water.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:16
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: rain-god
  description: A divine figure whose haunts may be disturbed to constrain rain.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Dards
  description: People said to provoke storms by placing impure objects in certain
    springs.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: Zulus
  description: People said to kill a heaven-bird and throw it into a pool during drought
    or crop-burning sun.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: fig:4
  name_or_label: heaven-bird
  description: Bird killed and thrown into a pool; heaven is said to mourn it by raining.
  role_refs:
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: fig:5
  name_or_label: Guanches of Teneriffe
  description: People said to lead sheep to sacred ground and separate lambs from
    dams in drought.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: fig:6
  name_or_label: lambs and dams
  description: Separated sheep whose plaintive bleating is intended to touch the god.
  role_refs:
  - role:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: fig:7
  name_or_label: heathen Arabs
  description: People said to attach burning bushes to cattle and drive them to a
    mountain while praying for rain.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: fig:8
  name_or_label: cattle
  description: Animals driven with burning bushes tied to tails and hind-legs.
  role_refs:
  - role:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: fig:9
  name_or_label: West African rain-makers
  description: Rain-makers who threaten heaven with flames if rain is not given.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  - role:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: fig:10
  name_or_label: Dieyerie of South Australia
  description: People whose rain-making rite is described in detail.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
- id: fig:11
  name_or_label: two inspired Dieyerie men
  description: Two men supposed to have special inspiration from Mooramoora and bled
    during the rite.
  role_refs:
  - role:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
  - ev:8
- id: fig:12
  name_or_label: old and influential man
  description: Man who bleeds the two inspired men with a sharp flint.
  role_refs:
  - role:8
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
- id: fig:13
  name_or_label: Mooramoora, the Good Spirit
  description: Spirit from whom the two men are said to have inspiration and who is
    supposed to see gypsum thrown into a water-hole and cause clouds to appear.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
  - ev:9
- id: fig:14
  name_or_label: priest of Zeus
  description: Priest in Arcadia who dips an oak branch into a spring on Mount Lycaeus
    to procure rain.
  role_refs:
  - role:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: fig:15
  name_or_label: Zeus
  description: God associated with the Arcadian priest and with the thundering heavenly
    car imitated by Salmoneus.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
  - ev:14
- id: fig:16
  name_or_label: people of Crannon
  description: People who shake a bronze chariot kept in a temple to obtain a shower.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
- id: fig:17
  name_or_label: Salmoneus of Thessaly
  description: Mythical figure who makes mock thunder and imitates lightning.
  role_refs:
  - role:10
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
- id: fig:18
  name_or_label: Etruscan wizards
  description: Wizards thought to make rain or discover springs, bringing rain or
    water out of their bellies.
  role_refs:
  - role:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:16
- id: fig:19
  name_or_label: Telchines in Rhodes
  description: Legendary magicians able to change shape and bring clouds, rain, and
    snow.
  role_refs:
  - role:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:16
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: divine rain-associated figure
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  - fig:13
  - fig:15
  basis: These figures are divine or spirit beings associated with rain, clouds, or
    thunder in the passage.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:7
  - ev:9
  - ev:12
  - ev:14
- id: role:2
  label: rain-making community or practitioner group
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  - fig:5
  - fig:7
  - fig:9
  - fig:10
  - fig:16
  basis: These groups perform actions said to procure rain or storms.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
  - ev:13
- id: role:3
  label: killed animal used in rain appeal
  assigned_to:
  - fig:4
  basis: The bird is killed and thrown into a pool so heaven will mourn by raining.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: role:4
  label: separated animals used to evoke pity
  assigned_to:
  - fig:6
  basis: Their plaintive bleating is intended to move the god.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: role:5
  label: animals carrying ritual fire
  assigned_to:
  - fig:8
  basis: The cattle carry burning bushes while being driven to a mountain-top.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: role:6
  label: magical rain specialist
  assigned_to:
  - fig:9
  - fig:18
  - fig:19
  basis: These figures are explicitly called rain-makers, wizards, or magicians associated
    with rain or weather.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:16
- id: role:7
  label: inspired bleeding ritual participants
  assigned_to:
  - fig:11
  basis: The two men are said to have special inspiration and are bled as part of
    the Dieyerie rite.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
  - ev:8
- id: role:8
  label: ritual bleeder
  assigned_to:
  - fig:12
  basis: He bleeds the two inspired men with a sharp flint.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
- id: role:9
  label: priestly rain-making officiant
  assigned_to:
  - fig:14
  basis: The priest performs the oak-branch and spring action when land is parched
    by drought.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: role:10
  label: mythic imitator of thunder and lightning
  assigned_to:
  - fig:17
  basis: Salmoneus produces mock thunder and lightning in imitation of Zeus's heavenly
    car.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: sacred spring or fountain
  literal_form: spring, fountain, or pool whose disturbance is linked to rain
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  - fig:14
  taxonomy_refs:
  - water
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:12
- id: sym:2
  label: impure object in sacred water
  literal_form: cowskin or other impure thing placed in springs
  associated_figures:
  - fig:2
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:3
  label: heaven-bird
  literal_form: bird killed and thrown into a pool
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  - fig:4
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: sym:4
  label: separated lambs
  literal_form: lambs separated from dams on sacred ground
  associated_figures:
  - fig:5
  - fig:6
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: sym:5
  label: ritual fire as sky-threat or lightning image
  literal_form: burning bushes, flames, blazing torches, and burning human hair
  associated_figures:
  - fig:7
  - fig:8
  - fig:9
  - fig:17
  taxonomy_refs:
  - fire
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
  - ev:11
  - ev:14
- id: sym:6
  label: mountain-top rain-making setting
  literal_form: top of a mountain; Mount Lycaeus
  associated_figures:
  - fig:7
  - fig:14
  taxonomy_refs:
  - mountain
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  - ev:12
- id: sym:7
  label: Dieyerie blood-rain sign
  literal_form: blood flowing on men and adhering to down
  associated_figures:
  - fig:10
  - fig:11
  - fig:12
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
  - ev:8
- id: sym:8
  label: Dieyerie cloud signs
  literal_form: down floating in air and two large stones representing gathering clouds
  associated_figures:
  - fig:10
  - fig:11
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: sym:9
  label: tallest tree holding cloud stones
  literal_form: stones placed as high as possible in the tallest tree
  associated_figures:
  - fig:10
  - fig:11
  taxonomy_refs:
  - tree
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: sym:10
  label: water-hole with gypsum
  literal_form: pounded gypsum thrown into a water-hole
  associated_figures:
  - fig:10
  - fig:13
  taxonomy_refs:
  - water
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: sym:11
  label: hut as cloud image
  literal_form: hut of logs and branches pierced with heads and wrecked
  associated_figures:
  - fig:10
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
  - ev:10
- id: sym:12
  label: oak branch dipped in spring
  literal_form: oak branch dipped into a spring
  associated_figures:
  - fig:14
  - fig:15
  taxonomy_refs:
  - tree
  - water
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: sym:13
  label: bronze chariot and thunder-noise
  literal_form: bronze chariot, bronze kettles, and bronze bridge used to make rattling
    or mock thunder
  associated_figures:
  - fig:16
  - fig:17
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
  - ev:14
- id: sym:14
  label: lapis manalis rain-stone
  literal_form: stone dragged into Rome in drought
  associated_figures: []
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Disturbing sacred water to bring rain
  summary: Sacred springs and fountains are disturbed, touched, looked at, or polluted,
    and rain, storms, or flooding are expected to follow.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  - sym:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
- id: scene:2
  label: Appeal to divine pity through animals
  summary: A heaven-bird is killed and thrown into a pool, and lambs are separated
    from dams so that divine pity or grief may result in rain.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:3
  - fig:4
  - fig:5
  - fig:6
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  - sym:3
  - sym:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
- id: scene:3
  label: Fire used to affect the sky
  summary: Burning bushes on cattle, flames blown upward, blazing torches, and burning
    hair are described as rain-making actions, with some interpreted as imitating
    lightning or threatening the sky.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:7
  - fig:8
  - fig:9
  - fig:17
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:5
  - sym:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
  - ev:11
  - ev:14
- id: scene:4
  label: Dieyerie rain-making rite
  summary: The Dieyerie construct a hut over a hole, bleed inspired men, use down,
    stones, gypsum, a water-hole, and a tree, and wreck the hut to symbolise clouds
    being pierced and rain falling.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:10
  - fig:11
  - fig:12
  - fig:13
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:7
  - sym:8
  - sym:9
  - sym:10
  - sym:11
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
- id: scene:5
  label: Greek and Roman rain rites and weather magic
  summary: Greek and Roman examples include dipping an oak branch into a spring, shaking
    a bronze chariot, producing mock thunder and lightning, dragging a rain-stone
    into Rome, and magicians associated with rain, water, clouds, and snow.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:14
  - fig:15
  - fig:16
  - fig:17
  - fig:18
  - fig:19
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  - sym:6
  - sym:12
  - sym:13
  - sym:14
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
  - ev:13
  - ev:14
  - ev:15
  - ev:16
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: Rain produced by disturbing sacred water
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: The passage repeatedly links troubling, touching, looking at, or throwing
    objects into springs and fountains with rain, storms, or flooding.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:12
  confidence: high
  cautions: This is a passage-level comparative pattern rather than a supplied named
    taxonomy motif.
- id: motif:2
  label: Rain obtained through divine pity for suffering or death
  taxonomy_refs:
  - sacrifice
  basis: The Zulu example kills a heaven-bird so heaven will mourn by raining, and
    the Guanche example uses separated lambs' bleating to touch the god.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The sacrifice taxonomy ref fits the bird-killing example more directly
    than the lamb-separation example.
- id: motif:3
  label: Imitative or coercive fire directed toward the sky
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: Burning bushes, flames, and torches are connected with imitating lightning
    or threatening heaven to produce rain.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
  - ev:14
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage presents the Arab rite as possibly either lightning imitation
    or sky-threat, so the exact interpretation remains alternative.
- id: motif:4
  label: Ritual enactment of rain and cloud formation
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: In the Dieyerie rite, blood represents rain, down and stones represent clouds,
    gypsum in water is seen by Mooramoora, and the hut's piercing and collapse symbolise
    cloud-piercing and rain-fall.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
  confidence: high
  cautions: The meanings are reported from the passage; no external interpretation
    is added.
- id: motif:5
  label: Mock thunder and lightning as rain-charm
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: The Crannon chariot is probably treated as thunder imitation, and Salmoneus
    makes mock thunder and lightning in imitation of Zeus's car.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
  - ev:14
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The chariot-thunder interpretation is explicitly marked as probable by
    the narrator.
- id: motif:6
  label: Rain-stone brought into civic space during drought
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: The lapis manalis is dragged into Rome during drought and is supposed to
    bring rain immediately.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
  confidence: high
  cautions: Only one example of this specific pattern appears in the passage.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
  claim: The Arcadian oak-branch-and-spring rite is presented as similar in function
    to a rain-making practice in Halmahera near New Guinea.
  claim_level: same_function
  target: Halmahera near New Guinea rain-making practice mentioned by Frazer
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: medium
  limitations: The supplied passage only states similarity and does not describe the
    Halmahera rite in this excerpt.
- id: claim:2
  claim: The Crannon bronze chariot and Salmoneus traditions are compared to rain-charms
    involving mock thunder and lightning.
  claim_level: same_function
  target: Russian mock thunder and lightning rain-charm mentioned by Frazer
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
  - ev:14
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: medium
  limitations: The Russian example is mentioned only briefly in the supplied passage,
    without details.
- id: claim:3
  claim: The Arab burning-bush cattle rite is cautiously interpreted as possibly imitating
    lightning on the horizon.
  claim_level: visual_similarity
  target: lightning on the horizon
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  counter_evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  confidence: uncertain
  limitations: 'The passage immediately offers an alternative interpretation: threatening
    the sky with fire.'
- id: claim:4
  claim: The passage groups Greek and Roman rain procurement with rain-making magic
    found among other peoples.
  claim_level: same_function
  target: cross-cultural rain-making magic pattern
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
  - ev:13
  - ev:15
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: medium
  limitations: The claim is functional and comparative only; the passage does not
    establish historical contact or common inheritance.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: lines 705-710
  quote_or_summary: The passage states that rain may be constrained by disturbing
    the rain-god's haunts; Dards place impure objects such as cowskin in springs to
    bring storms.
  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: lines 710-715
  quote_or_summary: Examples include a spring where a thrown stone or stick brings
    rain and a Munster fountain whose touch or sight floods the province with rain.
  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: lines 715-720
  quote_or_summary: The Zulus kill a heaven-bird and throw it into a pool; heaven
    is said to mourn the bird by raining.
  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: lines 720-723
  quote_or_summary: The Guanches lead sheep to sacred ground and separate lambs from
    dams so that their bleating may touch the god's heart.
  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 723-729
  quote_or_summary: Heathen Arabs tie bushes to cattle, set the bushes on fire, drive
    the cattle to a mountain-top, and pray for rain; this may imitate lightning on
    the horizon.
  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 729-733
  quote_or_summary: West African rain-makers blow up flames and threaten to set the
    sky on fire if heaven does not give rain.
  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: summary
  locator: lines 734-740
  quote_or_summary: The Dieyerie dig a hole, build a hut over it, and have two men
    inspired by Mooramoora bled by an old influential man with a sharp flint.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
  type: summary
  locator: lines 740-745
  quote_or_summary: The bleeding men throw down; blood is thought to represent rain,
    down clouds, and two large stones gathering clouds that presage rain.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
  type: summary
  locator: lines 745-751
  quote_or_summary: The bled men place the stones high in the tallest tree; others
    throw pounded gypsum into a water-hole, which Mooramoora sees and then causes
    clouds to appear.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
  type: summary
  locator: lines 751-760
  quote_or_summary: The men surround and break through the hut with their heads until
    it is wrecked; this is said to symbolize piercing clouds and the fall of rain.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
  type: summary
  locator: line 761
  quote_or_summary: Another Australian mode of rain-making is described as burning
    human hair.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
  type: summary
  locator: lines 762-768
  quote_or_summary: In Arcadia, after prayers and processions fail, the priest of
    Zeus dips an oak branch into a spring on Mount Lycaeus; mist and rain follow,
    and Frazer compares a similar practice in Halmahera.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
  type: summary
  locator: lines 769-773
  quote_or_summary: The people of Crannon keep a bronze chariot in a temple and shake
    it when they want a shower; the narrator says the rattling was probably meant
    to imitate thunder and compares Russian mock thunder and lightning in a rain-charm.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:14
  type: summary
  locator: supplied passage, later Greek example
  quote_or_summary: Salmoneus of Thessaly makes mock thunder by dragging bronze kettles
    or driving over a bronze bridge, and hurls blazing torches in imitation of lightning
    and of Zeus's thundering car.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:15
  type: summary
  locator: supplied passage, Roman example
  quote_or_summary: The lapis manalis, kept near a temple of Mars outside Rome, is
    dragged into Rome in drought and is supposed to bring rain immediately.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:16
  type: summary
  locator: supplied passage, final examples
  quote_or_summary: Etruscan wizards are thought to make rain or discover springs
    and bring rain or water from their bellies; Telchines are magicians able to change
    shape and bring clouds, rain, and snow.
  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: medium
  comparison_claims: medium
  notes: The passage is explicit and comparative, but some motif labels are extractor-created
    because the available taxonomy lacks a specific rain-making motif family.
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: |-
  Used only the supplied passage and metadata. Taxonomy symbol refs are limited to available refs; motif taxonomy refs are used only where directly supportable.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:comparative-golden-bough-volume-1-frazer-gutenberg__l705-l773
  passage_sha256=724c21320a4358f4ca41d20853896ad2eaf1be2476277a4062802426ba84849b