Comparative mythology corpus

batch.motif.comparative-golden-bough-volume-2-frazer-gutenberg-l9757-l9974

batch.motif.comparative-golden-bough-volume-2-frazer-gutenberg-l9757-l9974

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record_id: batch.motif.comparative-golden-bough-volume-2-frazer-gutenberg-l9757-l9974
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
passage_locator:
  label: 'The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS
    / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX.; lines 9757-9974'
  start: '9757'
  end: '9974'
  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: An index segment listing comparative-religion topics and page references,
    including royal hair taboos, harvest customs, rain charms, sacred groves and tree-felling
    rites, ghosts and souls, puberty seclusion, killing or burial of gods, the Golden
    Bough as mistletoe and sun-fire, human scapegoats, hair and nail superstitions,
    initiation, animal forms of corn-spirits, and seasonal fire customs.
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: The index lists Frankish kings as not allowed to cut their hair.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: The index lists a ceremony at the initiation of boys among the Galela.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:3
  text: The index groups Germany with sacred groves, a ceremony on felling a tree,
    oak as sacred tree, an oak log burnt on Midsummer Day, and external-soul stories.
  category: object
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:4
  text: Ghosts are indexed as carrying off the soul, and an annual expulsion of ghosts
    of the dead is also listed.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:5
  text: Girls at puberty are indexed as secluded and as not allowed to touch the ground
    or see the sun.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: obs:6
  text: The goat is indexed as sacred, as a form of Dionysus, and as a form of the
    corn-spirit.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: obs:7
  text: The index lists killing the god, killing a god in animal form, motives for
    killing the god, and gods dying and being buried.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
- id: obs:8
  text: The Golden Bough is indexed as the representative of the tree-spirit, as between
    heaven and earth, as mistletoe, and as an emanation of the sun’s fire.
  category: object
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: obs:9
  text: The index lists human sacrifices, mock-human sacrifices, and scapegoats among
    the Gonds, and human scapegoats in Greece and Halberstadt.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
- id: obs:10
  text: Hair is indexed with burning, safe deposition of cut hair, sacred timing of
    hair cutting, magic use of cut hair, and strength supposed to be in hair.
  category: object
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: obs:11
  text: Harvest customs are indexed with names for the last sheaf, including Grandmother,
    Granny, harvest child, harvest cock, harvest goat, harvest maiden, harvest May,
    and harvest queen.
  category: object
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: obs:12
  text: Seasonal fires are indexed in connection with Midsummer, Easter, an oak log,
    and regional customs in Greece, Grätz, and the Harz Mountains.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:13
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: Frankish kings
  description: Royal figures indexed as not allowed to cut their hair.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Galela boys
  description: Boys among the Galela associated with an initiation ceremony.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: Girls at puberty
  description: Girls indexed as secluded and forbidden to touch the ground or see
    the sun.
  role_refs:
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: fig:4
  name_or_label: The god / incarnate gods
  description: Divine figures indexed as killed, slain, dying, and buried, including
    a god in animal form.
  role_refs:
  - role:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
- id: fig:5
  name_or_label: Corn-spirit
  description: A harvest-associated spirit indexed as appearing in animal forms including
    goat and hare.
  role_refs:
  - role:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:14
- id: fig:6
  name_or_label: Ghosts of the dead
  description: Dead spirits indexed as carrying off the soul and as annually expelled.
  role_refs:
  - role:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: fig:7
  name_or_label: Human scapegoats
  description: Persons indexed under human scapegoat practices in Greece and Halberstadt,
    and scapegoats among the Gonds.
  role_refs:
  - role:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
- id: fig:8
  name_or_label: Grand Lama
  description: Religious figure indexed with death and reappearance.
  role_refs:
  - role:8
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: hair-taboo ruler
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: The index says Frankish kings were not allowed to cut their hair.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:2
  label: initiand
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: The index lists initiation of boys among the Galela.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: role:3
  label: secluded pubescent girl
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: The index lists girls at puberty as secluded and barred from touching ground
    or seeing sun.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: role:4
  label: slain or dying deity
  assigned_to:
  - fig:4
  basis: The index lists killing the god, incarnate gods slain, and gods dying and
    being buried.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
- id: role:5
  label: harvest or vegetation spirit
  assigned_to:
  - fig:5
  basis: The index identifies the corn-spirit as a goat and hare in harvest-related
    entries.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:14
- id: role:6
  label: soul-threatening dead
  assigned_to:
  - fig:6
  basis: The index says ghosts carry off the soul and are expelled annually.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: role:7
  label: scapegoat or sacrificial substitute
  assigned_to:
  - fig:7
  basis: The index lists scapegoats and human scapegoats in multiple entries.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
- id: role:8
  label: returning religious figure
  assigned_to:
  - fig:8
  basis: The index notes the Grand Lama’s death and reappearance.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: hair
  literal_form: Uncut, cut, burned, deposited, or magically used hair.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:11
- id: sym:2
  label: sacred tree and oak
  literal_form: Sacred groves, tree-felling ceremony, sacred oak, oak log, cedar,
    hack-thorn, and tree-spirit references.
  associated_figures: []
  taxonomy_refs:
  - tree
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:16
- id: sym:3
  label: Golden Bough / mistletoe
  literal_form: The Golden Bough identified with mistletoe and described as representative
    of the tree-spirit and emanation of sun-fire.
  associated_figures: []
  taxonomy_refs:
  - tree
  - fire
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: sym:4
  label: ground
  literal_form: Ground that sacred persons, girls at puberty, and sacred things may
    not touch.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  - ev:17
- id: sym:5
  label: sun
  literal_form: The sun that girls at puberty are not allowed to see; also sun-fire
    associated with the Golden Bough.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  taxonomy_refs:
  - fire
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  - ev:8
- id: sym:6
  label: fire
  literal_form: Midsummer fires, Easter fires, burnt oak log, burning of hair, and
    sun-fire.
  associated_figures: []
  taxonomy_refs:
  - fire
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:8
  - ev:11
  - ev:13
- id: sym:7
  label: goat
  literal_form: Sacred goat; Dionysus as goat; corn-spirit as goat; harvest goat.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:5
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:12
- id: sym:8
  label: last sheaf
  literal_form: Harvest object named Grandmother, Granny, harvest child, cock, goat,
    maiden, May, and queen.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:5
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: sym:9
  label: soul
  literal_form: Soul carried off by ghosts; external soul in German and Greek stories;
    detention of soul in Hawaii.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:6
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:3
  - ev:18
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Hair taboo and hair handling
  summary: Index entries associate rulers and ordinary persons with prohibitions or
    precautions around cutting, burning, depositing, and magically using hair.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  - sym:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:11
- id: scene:2
  label: Tree worship and Golden Bough complex
  summary: The passage indexes sacred groves, tree-felling ceremony, sacred oak, cedar,
    mistletoe, tree-spirit representation, and the Golden Bough between heaven and
    earth.
  figure_refs: []
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:2
  - sym:3
  - sym:5
  - sym:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:8
  - ev:16
- id: scene:3
  label: Puberty seclusion
  summary: Girls at puberty are indexed as secluded and as barred from touching the
    ground or seeing the sun.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:3
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:4
  - sym:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  - ev:17
- id: scene:4
  label: Slain god and sacrifice
  summary: The passage indexes killing the god, gods dying and buried, incarnate gods
    slain, human sacrifices, mock-human sacrifices, and scapegoats.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:4
  - fig:7
  symbol_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
- id: scene:5
  label: Harvest personifications and animal corn-spirit
  summary: Harvest customs are indexed with last-sheaf names and with the corn-spirit
    appearing as goat or hare.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:5
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:7
  - sym:8
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:12
  - ev:14
- id: scene:6
  label: Ghosts, soul loss, and external soul
  summary: The passage indexes ghosts carrying off the soul, annual expulsion of ghosts
    of the dead, and external-soul stories in German and Greek contexts.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:6
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:3
  - ev:18
- id: scene:7
  label: Seasonal fire customs
  summary: The index lists Midsummer fires, Easter fires, a Midsummer oak log, and
    regional fire customs.
  figure_refs: []
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:2
  - sym:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:13
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: Hair as seat of power or vulnerability
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: Hair is treated as subject to royal taboo, sacred timing, safe storage, burning,
    magic use, and supposed strength.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:11
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage is an index summary and does not narrate individual rituals.
- id: motif:2
  label: Sacred tree and tree-spirit object
  taxonomy_refs:
  - sacred_tree_axis
  basis: Entries mention sacred groves, sacred oak, tree-felling ceremony, tree-spirit
    representation, and the Golden Bough as mistletoe between heaven and earth.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:8
  - ev:16
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The axis interpretation is suggested by the phrase 'between heaven and
    earth' but the index does not provide full argumentation here.
- id: motif:3
  label: Slain or dying god
  taxonomy_refs:
  - sacrifice
  - dying_and_returning
  basis: The index lists killing the god, incarnate gods slain, gods dying and buried,
    and killing a god in animal form.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
  confidence: medium
  cautions: Return is not stated for the slain god entries in this passage; 'dying_and_returning'
    is only partly supported by nearby death-and-reappearance language for the Grand
    Lama.
- id: motif:4
  label: Harvest spirit embodied in last sheaf or animal
  taxonomy_refs:
  - seasonal_cycle
  basis: The passage indexes harvest customs, last-sheaf names, harvest animals, and
    the corn-spirit as goat or hare.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:12
  - ev:14
  confidence: high
  cautions: Specific local rites are not described in the index segment.
- id: motif:5
  label: Puberty seclusion from earth and sun
  taxonomy_refs:
  - initiation
  basis: Girls at puberty are listed as secluded and forbidden to touch the ground
    or see the sun.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  - ev:17
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage supplies topical index entries rather than ritual sequence
    details.
- id: motif:6
  label: Scapegoat and expulsion rite
  taxonomy_refs:
  - sacrifice
  - sacred_exchange
  basis: The passage indexes human scapegoats, scapegoats among the Gonds, annual
    expulsion of ghosts, and annual expulsion of the devil in Guinea.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
  - ev:19
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The index juxtaposes these entries but does not explain a shared ritual
    structure in this excerpt.
- id: motif:7
  label: External or detachable soul
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: The index explicitly lists the external soul in German and Greek stories,
    ghosts carrying off the soul, and detention of the soul in Hawaii.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  - ev:18
  confidence: high
  cautions: The actual stories are not included in this passage.
- id: motif:8
  label: Seasonal sacred fire
  taxonomy_refs:
  - seasonal_cycle
  basis: Midsummer fires, Easter fires, burnt oak log, and the Golden Bough as sun-fire
    are indexed.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:8
  - ev:13
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The index does not describe the performance or purpose of each fire rite.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
  claim: The index presents harvest customs as a recurrent comparative pattern across
    multiple European places and as connected with last-sheaf personifications and
    animal corn-spirit forms.
  claim_level: same_motif
  target: Harvest custom / corn-spirit / last-sheaf motif family
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:12
  - ev:14
  - ev:20
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: medium
  limitations: The passage lists page references and locations but does not give the
    underlying ritual descriptions.
- id: claim:2
  claim: The index explicitly compares or groups 'external soul' material in German
    and Greek stories under the same topic.
  claim_level: same_motif
  target: External soul in German and Greek stories
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:21
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: high
  limitations: The index does not quote the stories or specify their narrative details.
- id: claim:3
  claim: Rain-making and rain-charm entries are listed for several cultures and regions,
    suggesting Frazer’s comparative grouping of rain ritual practices.
  claim_level: same_function
  target: Rain charm / rain-making ritual pattern
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:22
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: medium
  limitations: Only the index headings are present; functional equivalence is inferred
    from repeated labels such as rain-charm and rain-making.
- id: claim:4
  claim: Bear sacrifice is indexed separately for Gilyak and Goldi groups, suggesting
    a comparative pairing of bear-sacrifice rites.
  claim_level: same_motif
  target: Bear sacrifice among Gilyak and Goldi
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:23
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: medium
  limitations: No ritual details are included in this passage.
- id: claim:5
  claim: Sacred tree material is grouped across German, Greek, and Gilgit entries,
    indicating a comparative sacred-tree pattern.
  claim_level: same_motif
  target: Sacred groves, sacred trees, and tree-felling rites
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:16
  - ev:24
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: medium
  limitations: The index does not demonstrate historical contact or common inheritance.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: quote
  locator: lines 9757-9758
  quote_or_summary: '"Frankish kings not allowed to cut their hair"'
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:2
  type: quote
  locator: lines 9768-9769
  quote_or_summary: '"Galela, ceremony at the initiation of boys"'
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:3
  type: summary
  locator: Germany entry, lines 9778-9798
  quote_or_summary: Germany entry lists sacred groves, tree-felling ceremony, harvest
    customs, beating as a charm, oak as sacred tree, oak log burnt on Midsummer Day,
    and external soul in German stories.
  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: Ghosts entry, lines 9802-9804
  quote_or_summary: Ghosts are indexed as carrying off the soul and as subject to
    annual expulsion of the ghosts of the dead.
  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: summary
  locator: Girls entry, lines 9816-9821
  quote_or_summary: Girls at puberty are indexed as secluded, with a rule that they
    may not touch the ground or see the sun.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
  type: summary
  locator: Goat entry, lines 9823-9825
  quote_or_summary: The goat is indexed as sacred; Dionysus appears as a goat; the
    corn-spirit appears as a goat.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
  type: summary
  locator: God/Gods entries, lines 9827-9835
  quote_or_summary: Entries list killing the god, killing a god in animal form, motives
    for killing the god, gods dying and buried, and incarnate gods slain.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
  type: summary
  locator: Golden Bough entry, lines 9840-9848
  quote_or_summary: Golden Bough entry lists Turner’s picture and legend, tree-spirit
    representation, position between heaven and earth, identification as mistletoe,
    and explanation as an emanation of the sun’s fire.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
  type: summary
  locator: Gonds entry, lines 9852-9854
  quote_or_summary: Gonds are indexed with human sacrifices, mock-human sacrifices,
    and scapegoats.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
  type: summary
  locator: Greece and Halberstadt entries, lines 9886-9893 and 9928
  quote_or_summary: Greece is indexed with human scapegoats; Halberstadt is also indexed
    with human scapegoats.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
  type: summary
  locator: Hair entry, lines 9912-9926
  quote_or_summary: Hair entry lists burning loose hair, burning after childbirth,
    safe deposition of cut hair, cutting rules, sacred timing, magic use, strength
    in hair, hair not cut, and superstition about cutting hair and nails.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
  type: summary
  locator: Grandmother/Granny/Harvest entries, lines 9862-9866 and 9944-9962
  quote_or_summary: Last-sheaf or harvest names include Grandmother, Granny, harvest
    child, harvest cock, harvest goat, harvest maiden, harvest May, and harvest queen.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
  type: summary
  locator: Grätz/Harz/Greece entries, lines 9870, 9886-9893, 9964
  quote_or_summary: Midsummer customs in Grätz and Greece and Easter fires in the
    Harz Mountains are indexed.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:14
  type: summary
  locator: Hare and Goat entries, lines 9823-9825 and 9938
  quote_or_summary: The corn-spirit is indexed as a goat and as a hare.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:15
  type: summary
  locator: Grand Lama entry, lines 9858-9860
  quote_or_summary: The Grand Lama is indexed with death and reappearance, and with
    the shadow of Sankara.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:16
  type: summary
  locator: Gilgit/Hack-thorn entries, lines 9808-9811 and 9902
  quote_or_summary: Gilgit entries include a ceremony on felling a tree and a sacred
    cedar; hack-thorn is indexed as sacred.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:17
  type: summary
  locator: Ground entry, lines 9898-9901
  quote_or_summary: Ground entry says sacred persons, girls at puberty, and sacred
    things may not touch the ground.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:18
  type: summary
  locator: Hawaii and Germany/Greece entries, lines 9797-9798, 9892-9893, 9934-9935
  quote_or_summary: External soul is indexed in German and Greek stories; Hawaii is
    indexed with detention of the soul.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:19
  type: summary
  locator: Guinea entry, lines 9909-9911
  quote_or_summary: Guinea entry lists annual expulsion of the devil and a time of
    licence.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:20
  type: summary
  locator: Harvest customs entries, lines 9759-9767, 9938-9962
  quote_or_summary: Harvest customs are listed for Friedingen, Friesland, Fürstenwalde,
    Gablingen, Galicia, Grenoble, Guyenne, and more general harvest headings.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:21
  type: quote
  locator: Germany and Greece entries, lines 9797-9798 and 9892-9893
  quote_or_summary: '"the external soul in German stories" and "the external soul
    in Greek stories"'
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:22
  type: summary
  locator: Rain-related entries, lines 9776-9785, 9886, 9904, 9932-9933
  quote_or_summary: Rain-charms or rain-making are indexed for Garos, Georgia, Germany,
    Greece, Guanches, and Halmahera.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:23
  type: summary
  locator: Gilyak/Goldi entries, lines 9812 and 9850
  quote_or_summary: The index lists Gilyak sacrifice of the bear and Goldi sacrifice
    of the bear.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/comparative/project-gutenberg/golden-bough-volume-2-frazer.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:24
  type: summary
  locator: Germany/Greece/Gilgit tree entries, lines 9778-9798, 9808-9811, 9886-9893
  quote_or_summary: Germany, Greece, and Gilgit are indexed with tree worship, sacred
    groves or trees, and tree-felling rites.
  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 passage is an index excerpt, so entries establish topical presence and
    comparative grouping but rarely supply full ritual narrative, sequence, or context.
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 external sources were used. Taxonomy references were limited to those supplied in the request and applied only where directly supported or cautiously inferred from the index language.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:comparative-golden-bough-volume-2-frazer-gutenberg__l9757-l9974
  passage_sha256=8244f873364b66a2e093401ab0b0465c92756c01724be0468a502fc371780aa7