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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)'
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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