batch.motif.comparative-golden-bough-volume-1-frazer-gutenberg-l9220-l9392
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record_id: batch.motif.comparative-golden-bough-volume-1-frazer-gutenberg-l9220-l9392
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 9220-9392
start: '9220'
end: '9392'
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 series of footnotes cites sources for comparative religious and folkloric
examples. A few notes include substantive claims: a discussion of aquilex/aquaelicium
as rain-making, a note on kinship with a sacred object from which a clan takes
its name, and a note that the Natchez and Incas claimed kindred with the sun.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage is primarily a numbered list of citations to works on folklore,
ethnology, classical sources, travel accounts, and comparative religion.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: One note says that the use of aquaelicium in the sense of rain-making supports
taking aquilex as a rain-maker.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: One note refers to kinship with a sacred object, called tchem, from which
a clan takes its name.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The same note says that other people have claimed kindred with the sun, naming
the Natchez of North America and the Incas of Peru as examples.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The passage cites Odyssey x. 19 sqq. as one of the footnote references, without
summarizing the cited passage.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: aquilex
description: A term interpreted in the note as possibly meaning a rain-maker.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: clan associated with tchem
description: A clan said to take its name from a sacred object called tchem.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Natchez of North America
description: A people cited as claiming kindred with the sun.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Incas of Peru
description: A people cited as claiming kindred with the sun.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: rain-maker
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The note says aquaelicium in the sense of rain-making favors taking aquilex
as rain-maker.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: clan named from sacred object
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The note says the clan takes its name from the sacred object tchem.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: people claiming kindred with the sun
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:4
basis: The note names the Natchez and Incas as peoples who claimed kindred with
the sun.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: rain-making water rite or term
literal_form: aquaelicium / rain-making
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: sacred object
literal_form: tchem
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: sun as kin
literal_form: sun
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Lexical note on rain-making
summary: The footnote argues that aquaelicium used in the sense of rain-making supports
interpreting aquilex as a rain-maker.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Kinship with sacred object and sun
summary: The footnote describes kinship with a sacred object from which a clan takes
its name and notes examples of peoples claiming kindred with the sun.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: rain-making specialist or rite
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The footnote explicitly discusses aquaelicium as rain-making and aquilex
as a possible rain-maker.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is a footnote and does not describe a full ritual episode.
- id: motif:2
label: clan kinship with sacred object
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The note states that a clan has kinship with a sacred object from which it
takes its name.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The footnote gives only a compressed reference and does not narrate the
associated custom.
- id: motif:3
label: people claiming descent or kindred from the sun
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The note says the Natchez and Incas claimed kindred with the sun.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The wording is brief and does not specify the exact mythic genealogy or
ritual context.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 9220-9392
quote_or_summary: The line range consists of footnotes 51-114, mostly bibliographic
references to comparative, ethnographic, classical, and folkloric sources.
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 85, lines 9309-9312
quote_or_summary: "“In favour of taking aquilex as rain-maker is the use of aquaelicium
in the sense of rain-making.”"
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: summary
locator: footnote 90, lines 9326-9331
quote_or_summary: The note refers to kinship with a sacred object, tchem, from which
a clan takes its name, and adds that the Natchez of North America and the Incas
of Peru have claimed kindred with the sun.
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: citation
locator: footnote 111, line 9385
quote_or_summary: The passage cites Odyssey x. 19 sqq. without further description.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-1-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; citation only.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Because the passage is mainly footnotes, only a few compressed notes support
motif or symbol extraction. No comparison claims were added beyond the passage's
own brief references.
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: |-
Extraction limited to substantive statements within the footnotes; most citations were not converted into motifs.
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