batch.motif.japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg-l5595-l5702
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record_id: batch.motif.japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg-l5595-l5702
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
passage_locator:
label: THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER / THE JELLY FISH
AND THE MONKEY / THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB / THE WHITE HARE AND THE
CROCODILES; lines 5595-5702
start: '5595'
end: '5702'
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 spiteful young man gives the injured hare a false remedy that worsens
its pain. A kind man, later identified as Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto, hears the hare's
account of tricking the crocodiles and being punished, gives a true remedy using
pond water and kaba flowers, and restores the hare's fur. The grateful hare predicts
that Princess Yakami will refuse the brothers and choose Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto,
which happens. The closing note says Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto is worshiped as a god
in parts of Japan and the hare is known as the White Hare of Inaba.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A bad and spiteful young man pretends kindness and tells the hare to bathe
in the sea and sit in the wind as a cure.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The sea salt and wind cause the hare's skin to harden and increase its pain.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Another King's son passes by carrying a large bag and asks the crying hare
why it is crying.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The hare recounts that it tricked the crocodiles into forming a bridge, mocked
them, and was then attacked in revenge.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The kind man says the hare's suffering was the consequence of the deceit it
practiced on the crocodiles.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The hare says it has repented and asks how to heal its sore body and regrow
its fur.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The kind man instructs the hare to wash the salt from its body in a pond and
roll on kaba flowers so that their pollen will make its fur grow again.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The hare follows the instructions, its white fur grows again, its pain stops,
and it recovers quickly.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: The healed hare kneels at the young man's feet, thanks him, and asks who he
is.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: The young man identifies himself as Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto and says the preceding
men are his brothers seeking Princess Yakami as a bride.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: The hare predicts that Princess Yakami will refuse the brothers and prefer
Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto because of his goodness of heart.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: Princess Yakami refuses the brothers, chooses Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto, and they
marry.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:13
text: The passage states that Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto is worshiped as a god in some
parts of Japan and that the hare became famous as the White Hare of Inaba.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: the hare / White Hare of Inaba
description: An injured hare whose fur has been pulled out; it previously deceived
crocodiles, suffers, repents, receives healing, and later becomes famous as the
White Hare of Inaba.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: bad and spiteful young man
description: One of the young men who feigns kindness and gives the hare a harmful
false remedy.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto
description: A kind man carrying a large bag, later identifying himself as Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto;
he heals the hare and is later chosen by Princess Yakami.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto's brothers
description: The beings who pass before Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto and travel to seek
Princess Yakami as a bride.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Princess Yakami
description: A beautiful princess in Inaba who refuses the brothers and chooses
Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto as her bridegroom.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: the crocodiles
description: The crocodiles whom the hare tricked into forming a bridge and who
revenged themselves on the hare.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: injured sufferer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The hare is crying, bare-skinned, in pain, and asks for medicine.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: repentant deceiver
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The hare admits its trick on the crocodiles and says it has repented of deceit.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: grateful prophetic animal
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: After being healed, the hare thanks Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto and predicts Princess
Yakami will choose him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: false healer
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The young man feigns kindness and gives advice that makes the hare's suffering
worse.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: compassionate healer
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: He pities the hare and gives an effective remedy involving pond water and
kaba flowers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: deity or worshiped fairy
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: He identifies himself as Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto, and the passage says people
in some parts of Japan worship him as a god.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: role:7
label: chosen bridegroom
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Princess Yakami chooses him and they marry.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: rejected suitors
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The brothers seek Princess Yakami, but she refuses them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: role:9
label: selecting bride
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Princess Yakami refuses the brothers and gives herself to Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:10
label: deceived avengers
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The hare says it tricked the crocodiles and that they revenged themselves
on him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: harmful sea water and wind
literal_form: the sea, salt, and wind used in the false cure
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: healing pond water
literal_form: the pond where the hare washes salt from its body
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: kaba flowers and pollen
literal_form: kaba flowers growing near the water; their pollen restores the hare's
fur
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: great bag
literal_form: a great big bag carried on Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto's back
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: crocodile bridge
literal_form: the bridge made by crocodiles when the hare tricked them into lining
up
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: False remedy and worsened pain
summary: A spiteful young man pretends to help the hare by prescribing sea bathing
and wind exposure, but the treatment intensifies the hare's pain.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Compassionate questioning and confession
summary: A kind man carrying a bag stops beside the crying hare; the hare recounts
its deception of the crocodiles and its later mistreatment.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Repentance and true cure
summary: The kind man names the hare's suffering as a consequence of deceit; the
repentant hare asks for help, receives instructions, and is healed by pond water
and kaba flowers.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Revelation and prediction
summary: The healed hare thanks the helper, learns he is Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto,
and predicts that Princess Yakami will reject his brothers and choose him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Princess chooses Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto
summary: Princess Yakami refuses the brothers, chooses Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto, and
marries him.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: false cure that worsens suffering
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A spiteful man feigns kindness and gives the hare a remedy that increases
its pain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: This is a local episode-level pattern; no supplied taxonomy family directly
names it.
- id: motif:2
label: deceiver punished and repents
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
basis: The hare admits deceiving the crocodiles, is told its suffering is the consequence
of that deceit, and says it has repented.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage reports the earlier trick retrospectively rather than narrating
it fully in this excerpt.
- id: motif:3
label: compassionate supernatural healer restores an animal
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto pities the injured hare and gives effective instructions
using pond water and flowers, after which the hare recovers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy has no exact healing-animal category; the wisdom
reference is based on effective remedial instruction and moral counsel.
- id: motif:4
label: grateful animal foretells or enables the helper's reward
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: After healing, the hare offers to do something in return and predicts that
Princess Yakami will choose Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto; the prediction is fulfilled.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The hare gives prophecy rather than a material reward; the exchange is
implied by gratitude and fulfilled prediction.
- id: motif:5
label: humble kind brother chosen over unkind brothers
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto travels behind his brothers as an attendant carrying
a large bag, yet Princess Yakami refuses the brothers and chooses him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not provide full details of the brothers' conduct beyond
the earlier unkind episode and their rejection.
- id: motif:6
label: marriage of a princess to a worshiped divine figure
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_marriage
basis: Princess Yakami gives herself to Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto, who is identified
in the passage as a fairy and worshiped as a god in parts of Japan.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: low
cautions: The passage presents a marriage but does not frame it as a ritual, cosmic,
or cultic sacred marriage; taxonomy fit is tentative.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: 'The episode functions like a grateful-animal-helper pattern: an injured
animal receives compassionate aid and then provides a benefit through prophecy
concerning the helper''s marriage.'
claim_level: same_function
target: grateful animal helper pattern
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The animal's help is predictive rather than directly active, and no
external comparator is supplied in the passage metadata.
- id: claim:2
claim: The hare's trick against the crocodiles and later suffering can be cautiously
grouped with trickster-boundary motifs because the hare crosses by deception and
is punished after mocking the deceived animals.
claim_level: same_motif
target: trickster_boundary motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The crossing episode is summarized by the hare within this passage
rather than fully narrated here.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 5595-5612
quote_or_summary: A spiteful young man pretends kindness and tells the hare to bathe
in the sea and sit in the wind; the salt and wind harden the hare's skin and increase
its pain.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 5613-5636
quote_or_summary: A kind man carrying a great bag stops; the hare tells how it tricked
crocodiles into making a bridge, mocked them, was revenged upon, and was later
deceived by men like the present helper.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 5637-5648
quote_or_summary: The man says the hare's suffering was the consequence of deceiving
the crocodiles; the hare says it has repented and asks how to be cured.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 5649-5663
quote_or_summary: The man prescribes washing in a pond and rolling on kaba flowers;
the hare does so, its white fur grows back, pain ceases, and it recovers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 5664-5671
quote_or_summary: The recovered hare joyfully approaches, kneels, thanks the helper,
wishes to do something in return, and asks his identity.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 5672-5681
quote_or_summary: The helper says he is Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto, not a King's son;
his brothers have gone to seek Princess Yakami of Inaba, while he follows as an
attendant carrying a large bag.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 5682-5693
quote_or_summary: The hare humbles itself before Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto and predicts
that Princess Yakami will refuse the brothers and prefer him for his goodness
of heart.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: 5694-5700
quote_or_summary: Princess Yakami says to the kind brother, "To you I give myself,"
and they are married.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short quotation used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 5701-5702
quote_or_summary: The closing note says Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto is worshiped as a
god in some parts of Japan, the hare is famous as the White Hare of Inaba, and
the crocodiles' fate is unknown.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Literal extraction is strong for this passage. Motif taxonomy mappings are
cautious because the available taxonomy has no exact entries for false healing,
grateful animal prophecy, or animal-healing episodes.
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: |-
Only the supplied passage and metadata were used.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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