Comparative mythology corpus

batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l19679-l19788

batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l19679-l19788

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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l19679-l19788
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
passage_locator:
  label: PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. /
    PREFACE; lines 19679-19788
  start: '19679'
  end: '19788'
  translation: The Koran (Al-Qur'an), Rodwell translation
  notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
    human review required.
canonical_text:
  quote: ''
  summary: The passage gives rules for divorce, nursing, widowhood, remarriage, dowry,
    prayer, and fair provision; exhorts fighting and lending to God; recounts people
    who feared death being made to die and restored to life; and narrates the Israelite
    request for a king, Saul’s divine appointment, the Ark as a sign, a river test
    of Saul’s forces, and David’s defeat of Goliath followed by divine gifts of kingship
    and wisdom.
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: Divorced wives who have completed the prescribed waiting time are not to be
    hindered from remarrying when agreement is honourable.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: Divorced mothers are to suckle their children for two full years if the father
    desires completion of the nursing period, and the father is responsible for fair
    maintenance and clothing.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:3
  text: Widows are instructed to wait four months and ten days before disposing of
    themselves fairly.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:4
  text: Marriage proposals to widows are restricted until the prescribed time is reached,
    and secret promises are forbidden except honourable speech.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:5
  text: Dowry obligations after divorce differ depending on whether the marriage was
    consummated and whether a dowry had already been settled.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: obs:6
  text: The audience is commanded to observe prayers, including the middle prayer,
    and to pray on foot or riding in a state of alarm.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: obs:7
  text: A group described as thousands left their dwellings from fear of death; God
    told them to die and then restored them to life.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
- id: obs:8
  text: The audience is told to fight for the cause of God and to lend God a goodly
    loan that He will multiply.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: obs:9
  text: An assembly of the children of Israel after Moses asked a prophet to set up
    a king for them so they could fight for the cause of God.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: obs:10
  text: God set Saul as king, despite objections about wealth and worthiness, and
    the prophet says God chose him and increased him in knowledge and stature.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: obs:11
  text: The sign of Saul’s kingship is that the Ark will come, containing a pledge
    of security and relics from the families of Moses and Aaron, borne by angels.
  category: object
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: obs:12
  text: Saul tests his forces by a river; most drink from it, while only a few refrain
    according to the stated condition.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: obs:13
  text: Those who expect to meet God affirm that a small host can vanquish a numerous
    host by God’s will.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
- id: obs:14
  text: The fighters pray for steadfastness, firm feet, and help against Goliath’s
    forces.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
- id: obs:15
  text: By God’s will the opposing forces are routed; David slays Goliath, and God
    gives David kingship, wisdom, and teaching.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: God
  description: The divine speaker and agent who knows, sees, commands, restores life,
    chooses Saul, tests the forces, grants victory, kingship, wisdom, and signs.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  - role:2
  - role:3
  - role:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
  - ev:8
  - ev:10
  - ev:12
  - ev:15
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Divorced wives and mothers
  description: Women addressed in rules concerning remarriage, nursing children, maintenance,
    clothing, and divorce provision.
  role_refs:
  - role:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:5
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: Fathers
  description: Fathers are assigned responsibility for fair maintenance and clothing
    during the suckling period and are not to be pressed unfairly for the child.
  role_refs:
  - role:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: fig:4
  name_or_label: Widows
  description: Wives left by men who die; they wait a stated term and may dispose
    of themselves fairly when the term expires.
  role_refs:
  - role:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
- id: fig:5
  name_or_label: Those who quitted their dwellings for fear of death
  description: A multitude who left their dwellings, were told by God to die, and
    were restored to life.
  role_refs:
  - role:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
- id: fig:6
  name_or_label: Assembly of the children of Israel
  description: The group after Moses that requests a king, promises to fight, and
    later mostly turns back when fighting is commanded.
  role_refs:
  - role:8
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: fig:7
  name_or_label: A prophet of the children of Israel
  description: The unnamed prophet who responds to the assembly, announces Saul’s
    kingship, and identifies the Ark as the sign of that kingship.
  role_refs:
  - role:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
  - ev:11
- id: fig:8
  name_or_label: Saul / Talout
  description: The divinely appointed king over the children of Israel, increased
    in knowledge and stature, who marches with forces and tests them by a river.
  role_refs:
  - role:10
  - role:11
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
  - ev:12
- id: fig:9
  name_or_label: Angels
  description: Beings said to bear the Ark that serves as the sign of Saul’s kingship.
  role_refs:
  - role:12
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: fig:10
  name_or_label: The few who believed with Saul
  description: Those who pass the river test and speak of small hosts defeating numerous
    hosts by God’s will.
  role_refs:
  - role:13
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
  - ev:13
  - ev:14
- id: fig:11
  name_or_label: Goliath / Djalout
  description: The opposing figure whose forces confront Saul’s group and whom David
    slays.
  role_refs:
  - role:14
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
  - ev:14
  - ev:15
- id: fig:12
  name_or_label: David / Daood
  description: The figure who slays Goliath and receives kingship, wisdom, and divine
    teaching.
  role_refs:
  - role:15
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
- id: fig:13
  name_or_label: Families of Moses and Aaron
  description: Families associated with the relics contained in the Ark.
  role_refs:
  - role:16
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: divine lawgiver and watcher
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: The passage repeatedly commands conduct and states that God knows, sees,
    and is cognisant of deeds.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:6
- id: role:2
  label: restorer of life
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: God tells the multitude to die and then restores them to life.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
- id: role:3
  label: recipient and multiplier of sacred loan
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: A goodly loan to God is said to be doubled again and again.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: role:4
  label: chooser and giver of kingship, wisdom, and victory
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: God chooses Saul, gives kingdom to whom He pleases, grants victory, and gives
    David kingship and wisdom.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
  - ev:15
- id: role:5
  label: protected marital party
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  - fig:4
  basis: Rules regulate remarriage, waiting periods, maintenance, and fair provision
    for divorced women and widows.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:5
- id: role:6
  label: provider in child-nursing arrangement
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: Maintenance and clothing during nursing devolve on the father according to
    fairness and means.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: role:7
  label: death-fearing multitude restored to life
  assigned_to:
  - fig:5
  basis: The multitude leaves dwellings from fear of death, dies by divine command,
    and is restored to life.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
- id: role:8
  label: requesting community with wavering obedience
  assigned_to:
  - fig:6
  basis: The assembly asks for a king to fight but later most turn back when fighting
    is commanded.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: role:9
  label: prophetic mediator of kingship
  assigned_to:
  - fig:7
  basis: The prophet answers the assembly and announces Saul and the sign of his kingship.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
  - ev:11
- id: role:10
  label: divinely chosen king
  assigned_to:
  - fig:8
  basis: The prophet says God has set Saul as king and chosen him over the people.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: role:11
  label: military leader and tester
  assigned_to:
  - fig:8
  basis: Saul marches with forces and states that God will test them by a river.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: role:12
  label: bearers of the Ark
  assigned_to:
  - fig:9
  basis: The Ark is said to be borne by angels.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: role:13
  label: steadfast faithful minority
  assigned_to:
  - fig:10
  basis: Only a few refrain in the river test, and those certain of meeting God affirm
    victory for small hosts by God’s will.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
  - ev:13
- id: role:14
  label: opposing warrior or enemy leader
  assigned_to:
  - fig:11
  basis: Goliath and his forces are the enemy confronted by Saul’s forces; Goliath
    is slain by David.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
  - ev:14
  - ev:15
- id: role:15
  label: victorious hero-king and recipient of wisdom
  assigned_to:
  - fig:12
  basis: David slays Goliath and receives kingship, wisdom, and teaching from God.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
- id: role:16
  label: ancestral source of relics
  assigned_to:
  - fig:13
  basis: The Ark contains relics left by the families of Moses and Aaron.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: prescribed waiting time
  literal_form: A fixed period before remarriage or marriage proposal is resolved.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:2
  - fig:4
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
- id: sym:2
  label: two full years of suckling
  literal_form: A completed nursing period of two full years for children of divorced
    mothers.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: sym:3
  label: prayer in danger and safety
  literal_form: Prayer observed strictly, including prayer on foot or riding during
    alarm.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: sym:4
  label: goodly loan to God
  literal_form: A loan made to God that will be multiplied and returned.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  taxonomy_refs:
  - sacred_exchange
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: sym:5
  label: dwellings left from fear of death
  literal_form: Homes abandoned by a multitude because of fear of death.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:5
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
- id: sym:6
  label: Ark as sign of kingship
  literal_form: The Ark coming to the people as the sign of Saul’s kingship.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:7
  - fig:8
  - fig:9
  - fig:13
  taxonomy_refs:
  - ark_vessel
  - royal_legitimacy
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: sym:7
  label: pledge of security and relics
  literal_form: A pledge of security from the Lord and relics from the families of
    Moses and Aaron contained in the Ark.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:13
  taxonomy_refs:
  - ark_vessel
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: sym:8
  label: river test
  literal_form: A river at which Saul’s forces are tested by whether and how they
    drink.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:8
  - fig:10
  taxonomy_refs:
  - water
  - initiation
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: sym:9
  label: small host and numerous host
  literal_form: A small faithful host contrasted with a numerous opposing host.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:10
  - fig:11
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
- id: sym:10
  label: firm feet
  literal_form: The fighters ask God to set their feet firm before battle.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:10
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
- id: sym:11
  label: kingship and wisdom given to David
  literal_form: Divine gifts of kingship, wisdom, and teaching after David slays Goliath.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:12
  - fig:1
  taxonomy_refs:
  - royal_legitimacy
  - wisdom
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Regulation of divorce, nursing, widowhood, and dowry
  summary: The passage sets out rules for remarriage after divorce, nursing children,
    fair maintenance, widow waiting periods, marriage proposals, dowry, and fair provision.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  - fig:4
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  - sym:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
- id: scene:2
  label: Prayer and remembrance under danger
  summary: The audience is told to observe prayers and to pray even during alarm,
    on foot or riding, then remember God when safe.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: scene:3
  label: Multitude dies and is restored; exhortation to fight and lend to God
  summary: A multitude that fled death is made to die and restored to life; the audience
    is then exhorted to fight for God and offer a goodly loan to Him.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:5
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:4
  - sym:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
  - ev:8
- id: scene:4
  label: Israelite request for a king and appointment of Saul
  summary: The children of Israel ask a prophet for a king to lead battle; despite
    doubts about their willingness and objections to Saul’s status, the prophet announces
    God’s choice of Saul.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:6
  - fig:7
  - fig:8
  symbol_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
- id: scene:5
  label: Ark as sign of Saul’s kingship
  summary: The prophet declares that the Ark, containing security and ancestral relics
    and borne by angels, will be the sign of Saul’s kingship.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:7
  - fig:8
  - fig:9
  - fig:13
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:6
  - sym:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: scene:6
  label: River test and faithful minority
  summary: Saul’s forces are tested at a river; most drink, while a few pass the test,
    cross over, and affirm that a small host may defeat a numerous host by God’s will.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:8
  - fig:10
  - fig:11
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:8
  - sym:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
  - ev:13
- id: scene:7
  label: Battle against Goliath and David’s victory
  summary: The fighters pray for steadfastness and help; by God’s will the enemy is
    routed, David slays Goliath, and receives kingship, wisdom, and teaching.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:10
  - fig:11
  - fig:12
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:10
  - sym:11
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
  - ev:15
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: Divine regulation of family obligations
  taxonomy_refs:
  - covenant
  basis: Commands about divorce, nursing, widowhood, remarriage, dowry, and fair provision
    are framed by admonitions to fear God and by God’s knowledge of deeds.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The passage is legal and ethical rather than a narrative myth; the covenant
    taxonomy is applicable only in the broad sense of divinely grounded obligation.
- id: motif:2
  label: Ritual prayer maintained under danger
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: Prayer is to be strictly observed, and in alarm may be performed on foot
    or riding, followed by remembrance of God in safety.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  confidence: high
  cautions: No comparative taxonomy reference is directly supplied for this ritual
    pattern.
- id: motif:3
  label: Death followed by restoration to life
  taxonomy_refs:
  - death_rebirth
  - resurrection
  basis: Those who fled death are commanded by God to die and are then restored to
    life.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage gives the episode briefly and does not narrate individual
    experiences of the restored group.
- id: motif:4
  label: Sacred loan multiplied by God
  taxonomy_refs:
  - sacred_exchange
  basis: A goodly loan to God is promised to be doubled again and again, with return
    to God stated.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
  confidence: high
  cautions: The exact material form of the loan is not specified in the passage.
- id: motif:5
  label: Divinely chosen king despite social objection
  taxonomy_refs:
  - royal_legitimacy
  - wisdom
  basis: Saul is objected to on grounds of wealth and worthiness, but the prophet
    states that God chose him and increased him in knowledge and stature.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage does not describe a coronation ritual beyond prophetic announcement
    and a sign.
- id: motif:6
  label: Sacred vessel as legitimating sign
  taxonomy_refs:
  - ark_vessel
  - royal_legitimacy
  basis: The Ark’s arrival, contents, and angelic bearing are given as the sign of
    Saul’s kingship.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage does not describe the Ark’s physical appearance.
- id: motif:7
  label: Water ordeal separating faithful few from many
  taxonomy_refs:
  - water
  - initiation
  basis: Saul’s forces are tested at a river; those who drink are excluded except
    for a permitted handful, and only a few pass.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The passage calls the event a divine test, but not an initiation rite;
    the initiation taxonomy is therefore interpretive.
- id: motif:8
  label: Small faithful host defeats a numerous host by divine will
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: The faithful state that small hosts often vanquish numerous hosts by God’s
    will, and the enemy is routed by God’s will.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
  - ev:15
  confidence: high
  cautions: No listed taxonomy family directly matches the small-host victory pattern.
- id: motif:9
  label: Hero slays enemy champion and receives kingship and wisdom
  taxonomy_refs:
  - culture_hero
  - royal_legitimacy
  - wisdom
  basis: David slays Goliath, after which God gives him kingship, wisdom, and teaching.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage names David’s act and gifts but gives no details of the combat
    itself.
- id: motif:10
  label: Divine restraint prevents earthly corruption
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  basis: The text states that without God’s restraint of some people by means of others,
    the earth would be utterly corrupted.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
  confidence: medium
  cautions: This is a theological statement attached to the battle outcome, not a
    separate narrated judgment episode.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
  claim: The passage explicitly situates the Saul, Ark, Goliath, and David episode
    among the children of Israel after Moses, supporting a cautious comparison with
    the broader Israelite royal-war narrative complex.
  claim_level: same_motif
  target: Israelite Saul–Ark–David–Goliath royal-war tradition
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
  - ev:11
  - ev:12
  - ev:13
  - ev:15
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: medium
  limitations: The comparison is based only on names and narrative elements present
    in this passage; no external textual details are used here.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: lines 19679-19684
  quote_or_summary: Divorced wives who have completed the prescribed time are not
    to be hindered from honourable remarriage; the warning is tied to belief in God
    and the last day.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
  type: summary
  locator: lines 19685-19695
  quote_or_summary: Divorced mothers shall suckle children for two full years if desired;
    fathers provide fair maintenance and clothing; neither parent is to be unfairly
    pressed, and hiring a nurse is allowed with fair payment.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
  type: summary
  locator: lines 19696-19699
  quote_or_summary: 'Men who die leaving wives: the wives wait four months and ten
    days; after the term, fair self-disposition is not the community’s responsibility.'
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
  type: summary
  locator: lines 19700-19706
  quote_or_summary: Marriage proposals or intentions toward such women are regulated;
    secret promises are forbidden except honourable words, and the marriage tie is
    not to be resolved before the prescribed time.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
  type: summary
  locator: lines 19707-19717
  quote_or_summary: Rules address divorce before consummation, provision according
    to means, half of a settled dowry unless released, and the virtue of generosity.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
  type: summary
  locator: lines 19718-19723
  quote_or_summary: The audience is told to observe prayers and the middle prayer;
    during alarm they may pray on foot or riding, and when safe remember God.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
  type: quote
  locator: lines 19734-19738
  quote_or_summary: '"they were thousands—for fear of death... God said to them, ''Die:''
    then He restored them to life"'
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:8
  type: summary
  locator: lines 19739-19743
  quote_or_summary: The audience is told to fight for God’s cause; whoever lends God
    a goodly loan will have it multiplied, and to God is the return.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
  type: summary
  locator: lines 19744-19753
  quote_or_summary: After Moses, an assembly of the children of Israel asks a prophet
    to set up a king so they may fight for God; the prophet questions whether they
    will fight, and most later turn back when fighting is commanded.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
  type: summary
  locator: lines 19754-19760
  quote_or_summary: The prophet announces that God has set Saul as king; objections
    are raised about worthiness and wealth, but the prophet says God chose him and
    increased him in knowledge and stature.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
  type: summary
  locator: lines 19761-19766
  quote_or_summary: The prophet says the sign of Saul’s kingship is the Ark coming
    to them, containing a pledge of security and relics from the families of Moses
    and Aaron, borne by angels.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
  type: summary
  locator: lines 19767-19772
  quote_or_summary: Saul marches with his forces and says God will test them by a
    river; those who drink are not of his band, except one hand-drink, and most drink.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
  type: quote
  locator: lines 19772-19776
  quote_or_summary: '"How oft, by God''s will, hath a small host vanquished a numerous
    host!"'
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:14
  type: summary
  locator: lines 19777-19779
  quote_or_summary: Facing Goliath and his forces, they ask God to pour steadfastness
    upon them, set their feet firm, and help them against the infidels.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:15
  type: summary
  locator: lines 19780-19786
  quote_or_summary: By God’s will they rout the enemy; David slays Goliath; God gives
    David kingship, wisdom, and teaching, and divine restraint prevents total corruption
    of the earth.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: medium
  comparison_claims: medium
  notes: Narrative elements in the Saul–David section are explicit. Motif labels for
    legal and ritual material are more interpretive because the passage is primarily
    prescriptive. Comparison is limited to what the passage itself names and situates.
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: '2026-04-29'
notes: |-
  Only the provided passage and metadata were used. Taxonomy references are limited to supplied motif families and symbols.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg__l19679-l19788
  passage_sha256=6cf1c4d049ddb026ee36b4c63d740a0348d3bdc77fdb2be50f9a897aa5244f5c