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