batch.motif.comparative-golden-bough-volume-2-frazer-gutenberg-l13496-l13616
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label: CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX. / FOOTNOTES; lines 13496-13616
start: '13496'
end: '13616'
translation: 'The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2)'
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: The passage consists of footnotes citing sources and briefly noting customs
involving cures by transference, possible sin-eating, food placed on a corpse,
expulsion of a devil from a sick house, riddles connected with dreams or a corpse
in the village, and Iroquois White Dog sacrifice or feast.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage cites collections of cures by transference in works by Strackerjan,
W. G. Black, and Grimm.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage reports a statement that bread and salt were placed on the breast
of a corpse, while warning that the authority did not speak from personal knowledge
and that the evidence should be treated cautiously.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The passage states that Dyaks drive the devil at the point of a sword from
a house where there is sickness.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The passage states that, in a cited Huron context, each man demanded the subject
of his dream in the form of a riddle for others to solve.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The passage states that in Bolang Mongondou riddles may be asked only when
there is a corpse in the village.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The passage cites accounts of Iroquois White Dog sacrifice or White Dog feast.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: corpse
description: A corpse associated with bread and salt placed on its breast and with
a village setting where riddles may be asked.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: devil
description: A devil driven from a house where there is sickness.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: White Dog
description: A White Dog associated with cited Iroquois sacrifice or feast accounts.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: dream claimant
description: A man who demands the subject of his dream in riddle form.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: deceased body in ritual or custom setting
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Bread and salt are reported as being placed on a corpse, and riddles are
restricted to times when a corpse is in the village.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: expelled harmful being
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The devil is said to be driven from a sick house at sword point.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: sacrificial or feast animal
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The cited titles refer to Iroquois sacrifice of the White Dog and White Dog
feast.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: dream-subject requester
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The man demands the subject of his dream as a riddle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: bread and salt on corpse
literal_form: bread and salt placed upon the breast of a corpse
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: sword used in expulsion
literal_form: sword point used to drive a devil from a sick house
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: riddle as ritual speech
literal_form: riddle used to demand or identify the subject of a dream, and restricted
in one place to the presence of a corpse in the village
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: White Dog
literal_form: White Dog named in Iroquois sacrifice or feast citations
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Bread and salt placed on corpse
summary: A reported custom places bread and salt on the breast of a corpse; the
passage explicitly cautions that the evidence is indirect and uncertain.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Devil driven from sick house
summary: A devil is driven at sword point from a house where sickness is present.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Riddle observance linked to dreams and death setting
summary: One cited practice has men demand dream-subjects as riddles; another restricts
riddles to times when a corpse is in the village.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Iroquois White Dog sacrifice or feast cited
summary: The passage cites scholarly accounts of an Iroquois White Dog sacrifice
or White Dog feast without giving ritual details in this excerpt.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: cure by transference
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The footnote identifies cited collections of cures by transference.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The excerpt gives only bibliographic references and does not describe
individual cure procedures.
- id: motif:2
label: food placed on corpse as possible sin-eating survival
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage reports bread and salt on a corpse and notes that this was interpreted
by the informant as a survival of sin-eating.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: low
cautions: The author explicitly says the authority did not speak from personal knowledge
and that the evidence must be received with caution.
- id: motif:3
label: exorcistic expulsion from a sick house
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage states that Dyaks drive the devil at the point of the sword from
a house where there is sickness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: Only one brief comparative note is given, with no ritual sequence or local
terminology.
- id: motif:4
label: riddle observance connected with dreams, divination, or corpse presence
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage describes dream-subject demands in riddle form and notes a restriction
on asking riddles when a corpse is in the village.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The claim that enigmas were originally a kind of divination is the author's
conjecture in a footnote, not a detailed primary report in this excerpt.
- id: motif:5
label: White Dog sacrifice or feast
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: The passage cites works titled or described as accounts of Iroquois sacrifice
of the White Dog and Iroquois White Dog feast.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The excerpt is citation-only and supplies no ritual details beyond the
name of the feast or sacrifice.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage itself treats riddle observances as comparable across the Huron
dream-riddle report, examples cited from other works, and the Bolang Mongondou
restriction on riddles when a corpse is present.
claim_level: same_function
target: riddle as superstitious or divinatory observance
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: low
limitations: The comparison is made in a footnote and is supported here only by
brief references, not by detailed descriptions of each practice.
- id: claim:2
claim: The note compares a Dyak practice of driving a devil from a sick house with
other sickness-related expulsion customs cited nearby.
claim_level: same_function
target: expulsion of harmful being or sickness from a house
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: low
limitations: The excerpt gives only the Dyak example explicitly and refers to surrounding
cited material without reproducing full accounts.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 13496-13504
quote_or_summary: Footnotes cite Strackerjan, W. G. Black, and Grimm for collections
of cures by transference.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 13516-13529
quote_or_summary: A note reports Moggridge's statement about bread and salt on a
corpse as possible sin-eating, but cautions that he lacked personal knowledge
and that the evidence should be treated carefully.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 13556-13560
quote_or_summary: "“The Dyaks also drive the devil at the point of the sword from
a house where there is sickness.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 13570-13580
quote_or_summary: A note compares Huron dream-subject riddles, riddles as superstitious
observance or possible divination, and a Bolang Mongondou rule that riddles may
be asked only when there is a corpse in the village.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: citation
locator: lines 13591-13616
quote_or_summary: Footnotes cite several sources for Iroquois traditions, including
works on the “Iroquois sacrifice of the White Dog” and “Iroquois White Dog feast.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized citation.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: low
notes: The excerpt is mostly bibliographic footnotes with a few brief descriptions
of customs. Motif candidates are therefore preliminary and need checking against
the cited main text or primary sources.
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 additional taxonomy IDs were assigned except sacrifice for the White Dog citation, because the excerpt does not provide enough detail to support broader taxonomy mapping.
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