Comparative mythology corpus

batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l20008-l20136

batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l20008-l20136

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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l20008-l20136
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 20008-20136
  start: '20008'
  end: '20136'
  translation: The Koran (Al-Qur'an), Rodwell translation / Project Gutenberg edition
  notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
    human review required.
canonical_text:
  quote: ''
  summary: 'Translator''s notes discuss Quranic passages and proposed parallels or
    explanations: paradisal fruits resembling earthly fruits; objections to animal
    illustrations; seven heavens; Adam''s vicegerency, wisdom, and naming of creatures
    before angels; Eblis/Satan and the serpent; integrity or interpretation of Jewish
    and Christian scriptures; restoration of Israelites after hearing the divine voice;
    the cow sacrifice used to reveal a murderer; Sabeites; Gabriel and the Holy Spirit;
    and Solomon, magic, Babel, and the angels Haroot and Maroot.'
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: The blessed are said to encounter fruits that resemble earthly fruits at first
    sight but are more delicious.
  category: object
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: Muhammad is described as having been reproached for using illustrations from
    animals such as the ant, bee, and spider.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:3
  text: The note states that the number of the heavens is borrowed from the Talmud
    or related traditions and may relate to the expression 'Heaven of Heavens.'
  category: setting
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:4
  text: A Midrashic comparison is cited in which God takes counsel with the angels
    before creating man.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:5
  text: A cited tradition says God's test showed that Adam's wisdom exceeded that
    of the angels because he could name beasts, cattle, and birds while they could
    not.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: obs:6
  text: The note connects Eblis with Christian and Arabic materials and mentions the
    identification of the serpent with Satan.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: obs:7
  text: A cited rabbinic tradition says angels honored Adam, but sleep was made to
    fall on him so all knew he was of earth.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
- id: obs:8
  text: The passage notes a change in naming from Eblis, called the calumniator, to
    Satan, called the hater.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: obs:9
  text: The translator states that Muhammad often accused Jews and Christians of misinterpreting,
    rather than corrupting, their sacred books.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: obs:10
  text: A Talmudic report is summarized in which Israelites who died on hearing the
    divine voice were restored by the intercession of the Law.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: obs:11
  text: The cow is explained as a sacrifice through which a murderer would be discovered
    by a miracle involving a piece of the cow's flesh and a corpse.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: obs:12
  text: The Sabeites are identified in the note with the Mendaites or Christians of
    Saint John near the mouth of the Euphrates, distinct from the star-worshipping
    Sabians of Harran.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: obs:13
  text: The note identifies Gabriel and discusses Muhammad's possible association
    or confusion of Gabriel with the Holy Spirit.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
- id: obs:14
  text: A note on Solomon's books of magic connects the story with Persian and Rabbinic
    traditions and with Babel as a source of magical science.
  category: object
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
- id: obs:15
  text: Haroot and Maroot are described as two angels sent to earth to be tempted,
    who sinned, chose punishment in the present life, and remain suspended by the
    feet at Babel in a rocky pit as teachers of magic.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: the blessed
  description: Recipients of paradisal fruits that resemble earthly fruits but are
    more delicious.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Muhammad
  description: Figure described in the notes as reproached for animal illustrations
    and as making claims or statements about Jewish and Christian books, Gabriel,
    and the Holy Spirit.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:9
  - ev:13
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: God / the Holy One
  description: Divine figure in cited Midrashic materials who takes counsel with angels,
    creates man, and demonstrates Adam's wisdom.
  role_refs:
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  - ev:7
- id: fig:4
  name_or_label: angels
  description: Heavenly beings consulted before the creation of man and tested regarding
    the names of animals; some are described as honoring Adam.
  role_refs:
  - role:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  - ev:7
- id: fig:5
  name_or_label: Adam / man
  description: Created figure described as vicegerent or caliph, honored by angels,
    and wiser than angels in naming living creatures.
  role_refs:
  - role:5
  - role:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  - ev:7
- id: fig:6
  name_or_label: Eblis / Satan
  description: Figure discussed through etymological and comparative notes, including
    a transition from Eblis to Satan and association with the serpent.
  role_refs:
  - role:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:8
- id: fig:7
  name_or_label: Israelites who died on hearing the divine voice
  description: Group said in a Talmudic report to have died and then been restored
    by the intercession of the Law.
  role_refs:
  - role:8
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: fig:8
  name_or_label: the Law
  description: Personified or active intercessor in the summarized Talmudic report
    restoring the dead Israelites.
  role_refs:
  - role:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: fig:9
  name_or_label: murderer
  description: Unidentified killer to be discovered through the miracle connected
    with the sacrificed cow and corpse.
  role_refs:
  - role:10
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: fig:10
  name_or_label: Gabriel / Holy Spirit
  description: Figure identified as Gabriel in the note, with discussion of relation
    to the Holy Spirit.
  role_refs:
  - role:11
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
- id: fig:11
  name_or_label: Solomon
  description: Figure associated in the note with books of magic and traditions transferred
    to his time.
  role_refs:
  - role:12
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
- id: fig:12
  name_or_label: Haroot and Maroot
  description: Two angels described as tempted on earth, sinful, punished at Babel,
    and teachers of magic.
  role_refs:
  - role:13
  - role:14
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: blessed afterlife recipients
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: They receive or encounter fruits described as belonging to the blessed.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:2
  label: prophetic claimant and speaker under discussion
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: The notes discuss reproaches against Muhammad, his claims, and his ideas
    about scriptures and spirit figures.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:9
  - ev:13
- id: role:3
  label: creator and divine tester
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: God creates man, consults angels, and demonstrates Adam's wisdom in cited
    traditions.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
- id: role:4
  label: heavenly council and comparison group
  assigned_to:
  - fig:4
  basis: Angels are consulted and then compared unfavorably with Adam in the naming
    test.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
- id: role:5
  label: vicegerent / caliph
  assigned_to:
  - fig:5
  basis: The note glosses the term as caliph or vicegerent in connection with Adam/man.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: role:6
  label: wise namer of creatures
  assigned_to:
  - fig:5
  basis: Adam or man is said to possess greater wisdom than angels by naming animals
    they cannot name.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: role:7
  label: adversarial figure
  assigned_to:
  - fig:6
  basis: The note treats Eblis/Satan as calumniator or hater and associates Satan
    with the serpent.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:8
- id: role:8
  label: dead restored to life
  assigned_to:
  - fig:7
  basis: They are said to die after hearing the divine voice and to be restored.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: role:9
  label: intercessor
  assigned_to:
  - fig:8
  basis: The Law is said to intercede for the restoration of the Israelites.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: role:10
  label: hidden culprit
  assigned_to:
  - fig:9
  basis: The murderer is to be discovered through a miracle involving the sacrificed
    cow.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: role:11
  label: messenger-spirit figure
  assigned_to:
  - fig:10
  basis: The note identifies Gabriel and discusses his relation to the Holy Spirit.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
- id: role:12
  label: associated ancient king or sage of magic lore
  assigned_to:
  - fig:11
  basis: The note mentions Solomon's books of magic and transfer of traditions to
    Solomon's time.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
- id: role:13
  label: fallen or punished angels
  assigned_to:
  - fig:12
  basis: Haroot and Maroot are said to be angels who were tempted, sinned, and chose
    present punishment.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
- id: role:14
  label: teachers of magic
  assigned_to:
  - fig:12
  basis: They are described as great teachers of magic while suspended at Babel.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: paradisal fruits resembling earthly fruits
  literal_form: fruits
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:2
  label: animal illustrations
  literal_form: ant, bee, spider
  associated_figures:
  - fig:2
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: sym:3
  label: multiple heavens
  literal_form: number of the heavens / Heaven of Heavens
  associated_figures: []
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: sym:4
  label: vicegerency
  literal_form: caliph / vicegerent
  associated_figures:
  - fig:5
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: sym:5
  label: naming of creatures
  literal_form: beasts, cattle, and birds named by man
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  - fig:4
  - fig:5
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: sym:6
  label: serpent associated with Satan
  literal_form: serpent
  associated_figures:
  - fig:6
  taxonomy_refs:
  - serpent
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: sym:7
  label: divine voice
  literal_form: divine voice heard by Israelites
  associated_figures:
  - fig:7
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: sym:8
  label: interceding Law
  literal_form: the Law
  associated_figures:
  - fig:7
  - fig:8
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: sym:9
  label: sacrificed cow revealing murder
  literal_form: cow; piece of her flesh; corpse
  associated_figures:
  - fig:9
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: sym:10
  label: Babel as fountainhead of magic
  literal_form: Babel
  associated_figures:
  - fig:12
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
  - ev:15
- id: sym:11
  label: rocky pit and suspension by the feet
  literal_form: rocky pit; suspended by the feet
  associated_figures:
  - fig:12
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
- id: sym:12
  label: magic teaching
  literal_form: science of magic; books of magic
  associated_figures:
  - fig:11
  - fig:12
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
  - ev:15
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Afterlife fruits for the blessed
  summary: The blessed encounter fruits that visually resemble earthly fruits but
    are more delicious.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: scene:2
  label: Creation counsel and naming test
  summary: In cited Midrashic parallels, God consults angels before creating man,
    then shows man's greater wisdom when he names creatures that angels cannot name.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:3
  - fig:4
  - fig:5
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:4
  - sym:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
- id: scene:3
  label: Angels honor Adam and learn his earthly nature
  summary: A cited rabbinic tradition says angels were inclined to address Adam with
    holy honor until God caused sleep to fall on him, showing that he was of earth.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:3
  - fig:4
  - fig:5
  symbol_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
- id: scene:4
  label: Eblis, Satan, and serpent association
  summary: The translator discusses the names Eblis and Satan and notes the identification
    of the serpent with Satan.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:6
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:8
- id: scene:5
  label: Dead Israelites restored by the Law
  summary: A Talmudic report says Israelites who died on hearing the divine voice
    were restored through the intercession of the Law.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:7
  - fig:8
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:7
  - sym:8
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: scene:6
  label: Cow sacrifice reveals a murderer
  summary: The cow is to be sacrificed so that a miracle performed through her flesh
    on a corpse can disclose a murderer.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:9
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: scene:7
  label: Haroot and Maroot punished at Babel
  summary: Two angels are sent to earth to be tempted, sin, choose present punishment,
    and remain suspended by the feet in a rocky pit at Babel while teaching magic.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:12
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:10
  - sym:11
  - sym:12
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: Paradisal food resembling earthly food
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: The blessed receive fruits similar in appearance to earthly fruits but surpassing
    them in taste.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The passage is a translator's note and gives only a brief description,
    not the full Quranic context.
- id: motif:2
  label: Human wisdom surpassing angels through naming
  taxonomy_refs:
  - wisdom
  basis: The cited tradition frames Adam/man as wiser than angels because he can name
    creatures they cannot name.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage reports a comparative note rather than narrating the Quranic
    verse directly.
- id: motif:3
  label: Divine council before human creation
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: The passage cites a tradition in which God takes counsel with angels before
    creating man.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  confidence: medium
  cautions: No matching supplied motif-family taxonomy is available except by broad
    analogy; taxonomy reference omitted.
- id: motif:4
  label: Serpent identified with Satan
  taxonomy_refs:
  - serpent
  basis: The translator explicitly mentions the identification of the serpent with
    Satan.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  confidence: high
  cautions: The note presents this as a comparative trace, not a full narrative scene
    in the supplied passage.
- id: motif:5
  label: Death and restoration after hearing divine voice
  taxonomy_refs:
  - resurrection
  basis: Israelites who died on hearing the divine voice are said to be restored by
    the intercession of the Law.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The restoration appears in a summarized Talmudic comparison, not as a
    full passage from the Quran.
- id: motif:6
  label: Sacrifice revealing hidden murder
  taxonomy_refs:
  - sacrifice
  - divine_judgment
  basis: A cow is sacrificed so that a miracle involving her flesh and a corpse reveals
    the murderer.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
  confidence: high
  cautions: The detail is supplied by the translator's explanatory note.
- id: motif:7
  label: Fallen angels punished and teaching magic
  taxonomy_refs:
  - forbidden_knowledge
  - divine_judgment
  basis: Haroot and Maroot are angels who sin after earthly temptation, choose present
    punishment, and teach magic at Babel.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
  confidence: high
  cautions: The note attributes the detailed form to Muslim tradition and Lane's note,
    rather than quoting the Quranic verse itself.
- id: motif:8
  label: Ancient source of magical science at Babel
  taxonomy_refs:
  - forbidden_knowledge
  basis: Babel is described as the fountainhead of the science of magic, connected
    with Solomon's magic lore and Haroot and Maroot.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
  - ev:15
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The passage is an explanatory note with multiple proposed origins; direct
    narrative evidence is limited.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
  claim: The passage explicitly compares the number of the heavens with the Talmud
    or traditions based on it, and with the expression 'Heaven of Heavens.'
  claim_level: historical_contact
  target: Talmudic or scriptural traditions of multiple heavens
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: medium
  limitations: This is the translator's assertion; the supplied passage does not provide
    primary Talmudic text or demonstrate transmission.
- id: claim:2
  claim: The passage explicitly compares the Quranic Adam material with Midrashic
    traditions in which God consults angels before creating man.
  claim_level: same_motif
  target: Midrash Rabbah traditions on creation of man
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: high
  limitations: The claim is based on a translator's comparative note and not on a
    direct side-by-side primary-text excerpt.
- id: claim:3
  claim: The passage explicitly compares Adam's wisdom over angels with a Midrashic
    naming-of-animals tradition.
  claim_level: same_motif
  target: Midrashic tradition of Adam naming beasts, cattle, and birds
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: high
  limitations: The note provides a summarized quotation only.
- id: claim:4
  claim: The passage claims traces of a Christian original in the name Eblis, the
    honor claimed for Adam, and the identification of the serpent with Satan.
  claim_level: historical_contact
  target: Christian traditions concerning diabolos, Adamic honor, and Satan-serpent
    identification
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: medium
  limitations: The claim is polemical and interpretive; the passage does not establish
    direct dependence.
- id: claim:5
  claim: The passage also compares angelic honor to Adam with Talmudic or Midrashic
    expansions on Adam's honor.
  claim_level: same_motif
  target: Rabbinic traditions about angels honoring Adam
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: high
  limitations: Only summarized excerpts are supplied.
- id: claim:6
  claim: The passage compares the restoration of Israelites after hearing the divine
    voice with a Talmudic report in Sanhedrin.
  claim_level: same_motif
  target: Talmudic restoration of Israelites by intercession of the Law
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: medium
  limitations: The passage gives a brief summary and abbreviated citation.
- id: claim:7
  claim: The passage compares the cow-sacrifice episode with biblical laws in Numbers
    and Deuteronomy and explains it through a miraculous disclosure of murder.
  claim_level: same_function
  target: Numbers 19 and Deuteronomy 22:1-9 as cited by the translator
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: medium
  limitations: The precise relationship between the cited laws and the Quranic cow
    episode is not demonstrated in the passage.
- id: claim:8
  claim: The passage states that the Solomon and magic story has been supposed Persian
    in origin, while also reporting Geiger's inference of Rabbinic traditions about
    angels before or at the Deluge transferred to Solomon's time.
  claim_level: historical_contact
  target: Persian and Rabbinic traditions concerning Solomon, angels, and magic
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: medium
  limitations: The passage presents competing or layered scholarly explanations without
    resolving them.
- id: claim:9
  claim: The passage places Haroot and Maroot within a Muslim tradition of tempted
    angels punished at Babel who teach magic.
  claim_level: same_motif
  target: Muslim tradition of Haroot and Maroot at Babel
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: high
  limitations: The detailed account is quoted from Lane's note on the 1001 Nights,
    not from the Quranic verse itself.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: lines 20008-20010; note 9
  quote_or_summary: The blessed will be surprised by fruits resembling earthly fruits
    but much more delicious.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:2
  type: summary
  locator: lines 20011-20012; note 10
  quote_or_summary: Muhammad was reproached for drawing illustrations from the ant,
    bee, spider, and similar creatures.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:3
  type: summary
  locator: lines 20016-20018; note 12
  quote_or_summary: The number of the heavens is said to be borrowed from the Talmud
    or related traditions, with possible root in 'Heaven of Heavens.'
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:4
  type: summary
  locator: lines 20019-20023; note 13
  quote_or_summary: The note glosses 'caliph' as vicegerent and cites Midrashic material
    in which God consults angels before creating man.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:5
  type: summary
  locator: lines 20024-20028; note 14
  quote_or_summary: A cited tradition says God showed the angels that man's wisdom
    was greater because he could name beasts, cattle, and birds.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:6
  type: summary
  locator: lines 20033-20045; note 16
  quote_or_summary: The note discusses Eblis, Christian parallels, Adam's honor, and
    the identification of the serpent with Satan.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:7
  type: summary
  locator: lines 20036-20042; note 16
  quote_or_summary: Cited rabbinic traditions describe angels serving or wrongly honoring
    Adam until sleep reveals he is of earth.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:8
  type: summary
  locator: lines 20048-20049; note 17
  quote_or_summary: The note observes a change from Eblis, the calumniator, to Satan,
    the hater.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:9
  type: summary
  locator: lines 20050-20057; note 18
  quote_or_summary: Muhammad is said rarely to accuse Jews and Christians of corrupting
    their books, but often of misinterpreting them to evade his claims.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:10
  type: summary
  locator: lines 20064-20066; note 21
  quote_or_summary: A Talmudic report says Israelites who died after hearing the divine
    voice were restored by the intercession of the Law.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:11
  type: summary
  locator: lines 20086-20089; note 30
  quote_or_summary: The cow was to be sacrificed so a murderer could be discovered
    through a miracle involving a piece of her flesh and a corpse.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:12
  type: summary
  locator: lines 20076-20083; note 27
  quote_or_summary: The Sabeites are identified with Mendaites or Christians of Saint
    John near the Euphrates mouth, not with Harran star-worshipping Sabians.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:13
  type: summary
  locator: lines 20106-20115; note 37
  quote_or_summary: The note identifies Gabriel and discusses Muhammad's possible
    treatment of Gabriel and the Holy Spirit as equivalent or confused.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:14
  type: summary
  locator: lines 20123-20130; note 42
  quote_or_summary: A note on Solomon's books of magic reports proposed Persian origin
    and Geiger's Rabbinic-transfer explanation involving angels and the Deluge.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:15
  type: summary
  locator: lines 20130-20136; note 42
  quote_or_summary: Babel is described as the fountainhead of magic; Haroot and Maroot
    are two angels sent to be tempted, who sinned, chose present punishment, and remain
    suspended by the feet in a rocky pit at Babel as teachers of magic.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
confidence:
  extraction: medium
  motif_candidates: medium
  comparison_claims: medium
  notes: The passage is made of translator's notes rather than continuous primary
    narrative. Literal extraction is reliable for the notes themselves, but motif
    and comparison claims should be reviewed because many are secondary scholarly
    or polemical assertions.
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: |-
  No unsupported figures or taxonomy IDs were added beyond the supplied passage and available taxonomy references.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg__l20008-l20136
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