batch.motif.comparative-golden-bough-volume-2-frazer-gutenberg-l14187-l14272
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record_id: batch.motif.comparative-golden-bough-volume-2-frazer-gutenberg-l14187-l14272
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
passage_locator:
label: CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX. / FOOTNOTES; lines 14187-14272
start: '14187'
end: '14272'
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 scholarly footnotes. The substantive notes summarize
cited customs involving girls or brides being secluded at puberty or during tattooing,
with details such as wreaths, cages, separate huts, avoidance of the sun, and
head coverings or veils.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A cited New Ireland description says girls wear wreaths of scented herbs around
the waist and neck.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The same cited description says an old woman or a little child occupies the
lower floor of the cage.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The cited New Ireland confinement is said to last only a month in Powell's
account, while Brown's longer period is suggested to apply to chiefs' daughters.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Among the Goajiras of Colombia, rich people are said to keep daughters shut
up in separate huts at puberty for one to four years, while poor people do so
for only a fortnight or a month.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: In Fiji, brides being tattooed are said to have been kept from the sun.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The note lists caps, hoods, and veils as items worn by girls at such seasons
in other cited examples.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: girls secluded at puberty
description: Girls described in cited customs as confined or shut up during puberty-related
observances.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: chiefs' daughters
description: Daughters of chiefs for whom a longer confinement period is suggested
in the note.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: old woman or little child
description: An old woman or little child said to occupy the lower floor of the
cage in one cited New Ireland description.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Goajira daughters
description: Daughters among the Goajiras of Colombia described as shut up in separate
huts at puberty for durations varying by wealth.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Fiji brides being tattooed
description: Brides in Fiji described as kept from the sun while being tattooed.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: secluded female initiate or participant
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
basis: The figures are described as girls or brides confined, shut up, or kept from
the sun during puberty or tattooing contexts.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: high-status daughter
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The longer confinement period is suggested to have been prescribed for chiefs'
daughters.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: co-resident attendant or companion
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The old woman or little child is described as occupying the lower floor of
the cage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: wreaths of scented herbs
literal_form: wreaths worn around the waist and neck
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: cage
literal_form: cage with a lower floor occupied by an old woman or little child
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: separate huts
literal_form: huts in which daughters are shut up at puberty
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: sun avoidance
literal_form: being kept from the sun
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: head coverings and veils
literal_form: caps, hoods, and veils worn by girls at such seasons
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: New Ireland confinement description
summary: A cited description of a New Ireland custom says girls wear scented herb
wreaths, occupy a cage arrangement involving an old woman or child on the lower
floor, and undergo confinement for a stated period.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Goajira puberty seclusion
summary: Goajira daughters are described as shut up in separate huts at puberty,
with duration differing according to family wealth.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Fiji tattooing seclusion from the sun
summary: Fiji brides undergoing tattooing are described as kept from the sun; Frazer
notes this may have modified a Melanesian puberty-seclusion custom.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Girls wearing coverings at such seasons
summary: A comparative note points to cited examples of girls wearing caps, hoods,
and veils during similar seasonal or life-stage observances.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: puberty seclusion of girls
taxonomy_refs:
- initiation
basis: Several notes describe girls or daughters being confined, shut up in huts,
or otherwise secluded at puberty or related life-stage observances.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is a scholarly footnote compilation rather than a mythic narrative;
the motif is extracted as a ritual pattern.
- id: motif:2
label: ritual protection from sun or public exposure
taxonomy_refs:
- initiation
basis: The Fiji note says brides being tattooed were kept from the sun and suggests
this may relate to the Melanesian custom of secluding girls at puberty.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The reason for sun avoidance is explicitly questioned by Frazer, and the
connection to puberty seclusion is presented as tentative.
- id: motif:3
label: status-shaped duration of seclusion
taxonomy_refs:
- initiation
basis: The notes distinguish longer confinement for chiefs' daughters and for rich
Goajira families from shorter periods for poor families.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a social-pattern observation from cited ethnographic notes, not
a narrative motif.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: Frazer treats Powell's New Ireland description as similar to the New Britain
custom cited from Brown and Danks.
claim_level: same_function
target: New Britain and New Ireland girls' confinement customs
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage gives only footnote-level details and does not reproduce
the full customs being compared.
- id: claim:2
claim: Frazer cautiously suggests that Fiji brides being kept from the sun during
tattooing may be a modification of the Melanesian custom of secluding girls at
puberty.
claim_level: same_function
target: Melanesian puberty seclusion custom
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The statement is explicitly tentative, and the original reason for
the Fiji practice is said to be uncertain.
- id: claim:3
claim: The Goajira example is presented as a parallel in which puberty seclusion
duration varies with wealth, comparable in form to the New Ireland distinction
between ordinary girls and chiefs' daughters.
claim_level: same_function
target: New Ireland and Goajira puberty seclusion duration by status or wealth
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage compares social duration patterns, not shared origin or
historical contact.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 14204-14218
quote_or_summary: 'Note 615 cites New Britain/New Ireland materials: girls wear
scented herb wreaths around waist and neck; an old woman or child occupies the
lower floor of the cage; confinement may last a month in Powell''s account, with
longer duration suggested for chiefs'' daughters.'
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 14218-14223
quote_or_summary: The same note says that among the Goajiras of Colombia, rich people
keep daughters shut up in separate huts at puberty for one to four years, while
poor people can do so only for a fortnight or a month.
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: summary
locator: lines 14223-14228
quote_or_summary: The note says Fiji brides being tattooed were kept from the sun
and adds that this was perhaps a modification of the Melanesian custom of secluding
girls at puberty; Frazer doubts that complexion improvement was the original reason.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 14245-14256
quote_or_summary: Note 620 gives references for caps, hoods, and veils worn by girls
at such seasons.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The extract is largely bibliographic footnotes. Motif and symbol extraction
relies on the substantive explanatory details within notes 615 and 620, not on
a continuous primary narrative.
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 claims of historical contact or common inheritance are made; comparison claims are limited to similarities or tentative functional relationships explicitly signaled in the passage.
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