batch.motif.japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg-l3740-l3793
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record_id: batch.motif.japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg-l3740-l3793
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
passage_locator:
label: THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY / THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID
NOT WISH TO DIE / THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD / THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA;
lines 3740-3793
start: '3740'
end: '3793'
translation: Japanese Fairy Tales
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: A man secretly opens a forbidden room and finds human bones and blood.
Realizing the old woman may be a cannibal goblin, he flees into the night while
praying to Buddha. The old woman pursues him, revealing a demonic aspect and carrying
a blood-stained knife. At dawn the goblin vanishes, and the priest gives thanks
for Buddha’s protection before leaving the haunted plain.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The man decides to look into a forbidden spot while the woman is away.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Inside the room he sees dead men’s bones, human blood on the walls and floor,
skulls, arm bones, and leg bones.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The man reacts with physical fear and horror, falling backward and trembling.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: He says he may have come to a den and wonders whether the kind old woman is
really a cannibal goblin.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: He takes his hat and staff and runs out of the house into the night.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: A pursuing voice tells him to stop and asks why he looked into the forbidden
room.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: While fleeing, the priest repeats a prayer to Buddha.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: The pursuing old hag has hair flying in the wind, her face changes with rage
into a demon, and she carries a large blood-stained knife.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: When dawn breaks and night’s darkness ends, the goblin vanishes and the priest
is safe.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: The priest identifies the being as the Goblin of Adachigahara, whose story
he had heard before but not believed.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: The priest attributes his escape to Buddha’s protection, takes out his rosary,
prays in thanksgiving as the sun rises, and leaves the haunted plain.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: the man / the priest
description: A traveler who opens the forbidden room, flees the goblin, prays to
Buddha, and survives until dawn.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: old woman / old hag / Goblin of Adachigahara
description: A seemingly kind old woman whom the priest concludes is a cannibal
goblin; she pursues him, appears demonic, and vanishes at dawn.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Buddha
description: Invoked by the fleeing priest and credited by him with protection after
his escape.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: forbidden-room transgressor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He knowingly looks into the forbidden spot while the woman is away.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: fleeing survivor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He runs from the house, continues fleeing while praying, and is safe after
dawn.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: cannibal goblin
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The priest associates the old woman with the bones and blood and later identifies
her as the Goblin of Adachigahara.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: demonic pursuer
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: She pursues the priest, demands that he stop, her face changes into a demon,
and she carries a blood-stained knife.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: invoked divine protector
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The priest prays to Buddha during flight and later credits Buddha’s protection
for his escape.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: forbidden room
literal_form: A forbidden room or spot hidden behind a sliding door.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: sym:2
label: human remains and blood
literal_form: Skulls, arm bones, leg bones, and human blood covering the room.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: blood-stained knife
literal_form: A large knife stained with blood, carried by the pursuing hag.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: prayer to Buddha
literal_form: The repeated prayer “Namu Amida Butsu.”
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: rosary
literal_form: The priest’s rosary, taken out when he gives thanks after his escape.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:6
label: dawn and rising sun
literal_form: Dawn breaking, darkness ending, and the sun rising as the goblin vanishes
and the priest prays.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:7
label: haunted plain
literal_form: The plain associated with the Goblin of Adachigahara, which the priest
leaves behind.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Opening the forbidden room
summary: The man knowingly approaches the forbidden spot, opens the sliding door,
and sees human remains and blood inside.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Recognition and flight
summary: Horrified by the room, the man wonders whether the old woman is a cannibal
goblin, takes his hat and staff, and flees into the night.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Night pursuit and prayer
summary: The old woman pursues the priest, commands him to stop, and appears as
a demonic hag with a blood-stained knife while he repeats a prayer to Buddha.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Dawn escape and thanksgiving
summary: At dawn the goblin vanishes. The priest identifies her as the Goblin of
Adachigahara, thanks Buddha with his rosary as the sun rises, and leaves the haunted
plain.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Forbidden room reveals deadly secret
taxonomy_refs:
- forbidden_knowledge
basis: The man knowingly violates the prohibition by opening the forbidden room
and discovers blood and human remains that reveal the old woman’s danger.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives the discovery and flight, but the specific origin or
full terms of the prohibition are outside this excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: Demonic pursuer in old-woman guise
taxonomy_refs:
- shapeshifter
basis: The old woman is suspected and then identified as a cannibal goblin; during
pursuit her face changes with rage into a demon.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The text describes a face changing and a revealed true character, but
does not describe a full bodily transformation.
- id: motif:3
label: Escape through prayer and dawn
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The priest prays to Buddha while fleeing; at dawn the goblin vanishes, and
the priest attributes his escape to Buddha’s protection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The causal role of prayer is given through the priest’s interpretation
rather than an explicit narrated intervention.
- id: motif:4
label: Cannibal monster’s hidden lair
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The forbidden room contains human bones and blood, and the priest fears the
old woman will eat him as a cannibal goblin.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage implies prior victims from the remains but does not narrate
the goblin killing them.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage itself links the encountered being to an already known story
of the Goblin of Adachigahara that the priest had heard before.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Goblin of Adachigahara story tradition mentioned within the passage
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The excerpt only states that the priest had heard the story; it does
not provide external versions for comparison.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 3740-3747
quote_or_summary: The man tells himself the woman will not know if he looks, rises,
creeps to the forbidden spot, opens the sliding door, and looks in.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 3747-3757
quote_or_summary: The room is full of dead men’s bones, human blood covers the walls
and floor, skulls and limb bones are piled up, and the man is overcome with horror.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 3758-3764
quote_or_summary: The man cries out in horror, asks Buddha for help, and wonders
whether the kind old woman is really a cannibal goblin who will eat him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 3765-3775
quote_or_summary: He snatches up his hat and staff and runs into the night; a voice
follows him, demanding that he stop and asking why he looked into the forbidden
room.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 3776-3781
quote_or_summary: 'With all his heart he repeated the prayer to Buddha: “Namu Amida
Butsu, Namu Amida Butsu.”'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 3782-3786
quote_or_summary: The old hag rushes after him with hair flying, her face changing
into a demon, and a large blood-stained knife in her hand.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 3787-3793
quote_or_summary: At dawn the goblin vanishes. The priest recognizes the Goblin
of Adachigahara, credits Buddha’s protection, prays with his rosary as the sun
rises, and leaves the haunted plain.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Literal extraction is well supported by the supplied passage. Motif labels
are candidate classifications based only on available taxonomy references and
passage evidence; some labels, especially shapeshifter, require review.
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 or unprovided story variants were used.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg__l3740-l3793
passage_sha256=fa9de54f4f86f7d1228e700d1d7fa411661ccd2efd39c78fabad759e1a197026