Comparative mythology corpus

batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l21126-l21241

batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l21126-l21241

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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l21126-l21241
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 21126-21241
  start: '21126'
  end: '21241'
  translation: The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
  notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
    human review required.
canonical_text:
  quote: When He decreeth a thing, He only saith, 'Be,' and it is.
  summary: The passage affirms God's oneness, knowledge, sovereignty, judgment, and
    mercy; instructs the addressed messenger to call others to surrender to God; warns
    against disbelief and false confidence about punishment; describes the day when
    souls receive what they have earned; and recounts the election of Adam, Noah,
    Abraham's family, and Imran's family. It narrates the wife of Imran vowing her
    unborn child, Mary's birth, naming, protection, upbringing by Zacharias, and miraculous
    provision in the sanctuary. Zacharias prays for descendants and receives an angelic
    announcement of John with a sign of three days of non-speaking except by signs.
    Angels announce Mary's chosenness and later the birth of the Messiah Jesus, son
    of Mary, who will speak in the cradle; Mary asks how she can have a son without
    male contact, and the reply emphasizes God's creative decree.
  language: English
  quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: The passage lists patient, truthful, lowly, charitable people and those seeking
    pardon at daybreak.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: God, angels, and people endowed with knowledge witness or proclaim that there
    is no god but God.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:3
  text: The addressed speaker is told to say that he and his followers have surrendered
    themselves to God.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:4
  text: Those who disbelieve in God's signs and unjustly slay prophets and upright
    people are told of an afflictive chastisement.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:5
  text: Some recipients of Scripture are described as turning away when summoned to
    the Book of God to settle differences.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:6
  text: The passage says every soul will be paid what it has earned and will not be
    wronged.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: obs:7
  text: God is described as giving and taking power, raising and abasing whom he wills,
    and bringing night into day and day into night.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: obs:8
  text: God is described as bringing the living out of the dead and the dead out of
    the living.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: obs:9
  text: God chose Adam, Noah, the family of Abraham, and the family of Imran above
    human beings.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: obs:10
  text: The wife of Imran vowed what was in her womb for God's special service and
    later named the female child Mary.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: obs:11
  text: Zacharias reared Mary and found her supplied with food in the sanctuary.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: obs:12
  text: Angels announced John to Zacharias while he stood praying in the sanctuary.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: obs:13
  text: Zacharias was told that his token would be three days of not speaking to people
    except by signs.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: obs:14
  text: Angels told Mary that God had chosen and purified her and chosen her above
    the women of the worlds.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
- id: obs:15
  text: The passage says lots with reeds were cast to decide who should rear Mary.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
- id: obs:16
  text: An angel announced to Mary the Word from God, named Messiah Jesus son of Mary,
    and said he would speak to people in the cradle and when grown.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
- id: obs:17
  text: Mary asked how she could have a son when no man had touched her, and the answer
    states that God creates what he wills by decree.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:16
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: God
  description: The sole deity, witness, knower, judge, possessor of power, provider,
    chooser, and creator described throughout the passage.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
  - ev:8
  - ev:16
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Angels
  description: Heavenly witnesses and announcers who call to Zacharias and speak to
    Mary.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:11
  - ev:13
  - ev:15
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: The addressed messenger / Muhammad
  description: The speaker addressed with commands to say certain proclamations and
    described as receiving announcements of unseen things.
  role_refs:
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:14
- id: fig:4
  name_or_label: Believers and followers
  description: Those who follow the addressed messenger, are warned about alliances,
    and are told to obey God and the Apostle.
  role_refs:
  - role:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:7
- id: fig:5
  name_or_label: Those who received the Book or Scriptures
  description: A group addressed about surrendering to God and described as differing
    after knowledge and being summoned to the Book of God.
  role_refs:
  - role:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:4
- id: fig:6
  name_or_label: Unbelievers
  description: Those described as not believing in God's signs and being warned of
    chastisement or lack of divine love.
  role_refs:
  - role:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:7
- id: fig:7
  name_or_label: Adam, Noah, the family of Abraham, and the family of Imran
  description: Chosen human beings or lineages named as selected by God above all
    human beings.
  role_refs:
  - role:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: fig:8
  name_or_label: Wife of Imran
  description: Woman who vows what is in her womb for God's special service, gives
    birth to a female child, names her Mary, and seeks refuge for her and her offspring.
  role_refs:
  - role:8
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: fig:9
  name_or_label: Mary
  description: Female child of the wife of Imran, accepted by God, reared by Zacharias,
    supplied with food in the sanctuary, chosen and purified, and later addressed
    with the announcement of Jesus.
  role_refs:
  - role:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
  - ev:13
  - ev:15
  - ev:16
- id: fig:10
  name_or_label: Zacharias
  description: Mary's guardian, a man who prays in the sanctuary for descendants and
    receives an angelic announcement and token.
  role_refs:
  - role:10
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
  - ev:11
  - ev:12
- id: fig:11
  name_or_label: John / Yahia
  description: Announced son of Zacharias, described as verifier of the word from
    God, great, chaste, a prophet, and one of the just.
  role_refs:
  - role:11
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: fig:12
  name_or_label: Messiah Jesus son of Mary
  description: Announced to Mary as the Word from God, illustrious in this world and
    the next, near to God, able to speak in the cradle and when grown, and one of
    the just.
  role_refs:
  - role:12
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
- id: fig:13
  name_or_label: Satan the stoned
  description: Being from whom the wife of Imran seeks refuge for Mary and her offspring.
  role_refs:
  - role:13
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: sole deity, judge, provider, chooser, creator
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: God is proclaimed as the only deity, knows all things, judges souls, gives
    power and sustenance, chooses lineages and Mary, and creates by command.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
  - ev:8
  - ev:16
- id: role:2
  label: angelic witnesses and messengers
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: Angels witness God's oneness and announce John to Zacharias and Jesus to
    Mary.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:11
  - ev:15
- id: role:3
  label: recipient of revelation and commissioned preacher
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: The addressed figure is told what to say and is told that unseen announcements
    are revealed to him.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:14
- id: role:4
  label: obedient community
  assigned_to:
  - fig:4
  basis: Followers surrender with the messenger and are instructed about obedience
    and allegiance.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:7
- id: role:5
  label: scriptural community in dispute
  assigned_to:
  - fig:5
  basis: They are described as having received Scripture or the Book and as differing
    or turning away.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:4
- id: role:6
  label: warned disbelievers
  assigned_to:
  - fig:6
  basis: They are warned about chastisement, failed works, and God's lack of love
    for unbelievers.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:7
- id: role:7
  label: chosen ancestors and lineages
  assigned_to:
  - fig:7
  basis: God is said to have chosen Adam, Noah, Abraham's family, and Imran's family
    above human beings.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: role:8
  label: vowing mother
  assigned_to:
  - fig:8
  basis: She vows her unborn child for divine service, names Mary, and seeks protection
    for her and her offspring.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: role:9
  label: chosen and consecrated woman
  assigned_to:
  - fig:9
  basis: Mary is vowed before birth, accepted by God, raised under Zacharias, supplied
    in the sanctuary, and chosen and purified by God.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
  - ev:13
- id: role:10
  label: guardian and praying supplicant
  assigned_to:
  - fig:10
  basis: Zacharias rears Mary, enters the sanctuary, prays for descendants, and receives
    a sign.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
  - ev:11
  - ev:12
- id: role:11
  label: announced prophet-child
  assigned_to:
  - fig:11
  basis: John is announced by angels as a verifier, chaste, a prophet, and one of
    the just.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: role:12
  label: announced Messiah and miraculous son
  assigned_to:
  - fig:12
  basis: Jesus is announced to Mary as the Word from God and son of Mary, with special
    status and speech in the cradle.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
  - ev:16
- id: role:13
  label: adversary from whom protection is sought
  assigned_to:
  - fig:13
  basis: The wife of Imran asks refuge for Mary and her offspring from Satan the stoned.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: fire
  literal_form: The fire said by some not to touch them except for certain days.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:5
  taxonomy_refs:
  - fire
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: sym:2
  label: day of assembly and accounting
  literal_form: A day of no doubt when all are assembled and every soul is paid what
    it earned.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: sym:3
  label: night and day alternation
  literal_form: Night passing into day and day passing into night.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: sym:4
  label: living and dead reversal
  literal_form: The living brought out of the dead and the dead brought out of the
    living.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: sym:5
  label: womb
  literal_form: What is in the wife of Imran's womb, vowed for God's special service.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:8
  - fig:9
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: sym:6
  label: sanctuary
  literal_form: The place where Zacharias enters to Mary and later stands praying.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:9
  - fig:10
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
  - ev:11
- id: sym:7
  label: food supplied to Mary
  literal_form: Food found with Mary in the sanctuary and described by her as from
    God.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:9
  - fig:10
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: sym:8
  label: three-day sign of silence
  literal_form: A token that Zacharias will speak to no man for three days except
    by signs.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:10
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: sym:9
  label: reeds used for lots
  literal_form: Reeds cast as lots to decide who should rear Mary.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:9
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
- id: sym:10
  label: cradle
  literal_form: The cradle from which Jesus is said to speak to men.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:12
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Proclamation of monotheism and surrender
  summary: The passage proclaims God's oneness, identifies Islam as the true religion
    with God, and commands the addressed messenger to call recipients of the Book
    and common folk to surrender to God.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  - fig:4
  - fig:5
  symbol_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
- id: scene:2
  label: Warnings and judgment
  summary: Disbelievers and those who slay prophets or upright people are warned of
    chastisement, failed works, and the future day when every soul receives what it
    has earned.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:5
  - fig:6
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  - sym:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  - ev:7
- id: scene:3
  label: Divine sovereignty over power, time, life, and death
  summary: God is addressed as possessor of all power who gives and removes power,
    raises and abases, causes night and day to pass into one another, brings living
    from dead and dead from living, and gives sustenance.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:3
  - sym:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: scene:4
  label: Election of lineages
  summary: God is said to choose Adam, Noah, the family of Abraham, and the family
    of Imran above human beings.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:7
  symbol_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: scene:5
  label: Vow, birth, and naming of Mary
  summary: The wife of Imran vows her unborn child for divine service, gives birth
    to a female child, names her Mary, and asks refuge for Mary and her offspring
    from Satan.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:8
  - fig:9
  - fig:13
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: scene:6
  label: Mary's sanctuary provision
  summary: God accepts Mary and makes her grow; Zacharias rears her and finds food
    with her in the sanctuary, which Mary says is from God.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:9
  - fig:10
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:6
  - sym:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: scene:7
  label: Zacharias and the announcement of John
  summary: Zacharias prays for descendants, angels announce John while Zacharias prays
    in the sanctuary, Zacharias questions the possibility because of age and barrenness,
    and receives a three-day sign.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:10
  - fig:11
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:6
  - sym:8
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
  - ev:12
- id: scene:8
  label: Mary chosen and guardianship disputed
  summary: Angels tell Mary she is chosen and purified and instruct her in devotion;
    the passage also states that lots with reeds were cast to decide who would rear
    Mary.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  - fig:9
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
  - ev:14
- id: scene:9
  label: Announcement of Jesus to Mary
  summary: An angel announces to Mary the Word from God, Messiah Jesus son of Mary,
    with high status and speech from the cradle; Mary asks how she can have a son
    without male contact, and the reply states that God creates by decree.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:9
  - fig:12
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:10
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
  - ev:16
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: final accounting and divine judgment
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  basis: The passage warns of chastisement, failed works, and a day when all are assembled
    and every soul is paid what it earned, with good and evil deeds made present.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:5
  - ev:7
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage gives doctrinal statements rather than an extended judgment
    narrative.
- id: motif:2
  label: divine grant and removal of power
  taxonomy_refs:
  - royal_legitimacy
  basis: God is described as giving power to whom he wills, taking it away, raising
    up, and abasing.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The passage does not name a specific king or enthronement, so the royal-legitimacy
    alignment is thematic.
- id: motif:3
  label: life from death and death from life
  taxonomy_refs:
  - death_rebirth
  basis: The passage states that God brings the living out of the dead and the dead
    out of the living.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  confidence: medium
  cautions: This is a formula of divine power, not a full death-and-rebirth plot.
- id: motif:4
  label: vowed child for sacred service
  taxonomy_refs:
  - sacred_exchange
  basis: The wife of Imran vows what is in her womb for God's special service, and
    God accepts Mary.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The exchange is devotional and consecratory; no reciprocal bargain is
    explicitly stated beyond acceptance.
- id: motif:5
  label: miraculous provision of a holy child or woman
  taxonomy_refs:
  - miraculous_child
  basis: Mary, after being accepted and raised, is found with food in the sanctuary,
    which she attributes to God's provision without reckoning.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
  confidence: medium
  cautions: Mary's provision is miraculous in presentation, but the passage does not
    call Mary a miracle-child explicitly.
- id: motif:6
  label: announced child to aged and barren parents
  taxonomy_refs:
  - miraculous_child
  - sacred_birth
  basis: Zacharias receives an angelic announcement of John despite old age and his
    wife's barrenness, with a token confirming the announcement.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
  - ev:12
  confidence: high
  cautions: The birth itself is announced but not narrated within this passage.
- id: motif:7
  label: virginally announced sacred birth
  taxonomy_refs:
  - sacred_birth
  - miraculous_child
  basis: Mary is told she will have Messiah Jesus son of Mary; she asks how this can
    be when no man has touched her, and the answer attributes creation to God's decree.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
  - ev:16
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage announces the birth but does not narrate the actual birth
    event.
- id: motif:8
  label: divine choice and purification of a woman
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_beloved
  basis: Angels tell Mary that God has chosen her, purified her, and chosen her above
    the women of the worlds.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The taxonomy reference is approximate; the passage emphasizes election
    and purity rather than a beloved relationship.
- id: motif:9
  label: revealed unseen account
  taxonomy_refs:
  - wisdom
  basis: The passage states that the account is an announcement of unseen things revealed
    to the addressed messenger, including details he did not witness.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
  confidence: medium
  cautions: This is revelatory knowledge rather than a wisdom tale or teaching dialogue.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21126-21133
  quote_or_summary: The passage names virtues, says God witnesses there is no god
    but He, and says angels and people endowed with knowledge proclaim the same.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21134-21145
  quote_or_summary: The passage states that the true religion with God is Islam, describes
    disputes after knowledge, and commands the addressed speaker to say he has surrendered
    to God and to ask recipients of the Book and common folk whether they surrender.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21146-21152
  quote_or_summary: Those who disbelieve in God's signs and slay prophets or upright
    people are warned of afflictive chastisement; their works come to nothing and
    they have no helpers.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21153-21161
  quote_or_summary: Some who received a portion of Scripture are summoned to the Book
    of God but turn back; they claim fire will touch them only for certain days and
    are deceived by their devices.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21162-21165
  quote_or_summary: The passage asks how it will be when they are assembled for a
    day whose coming is certain and every soul is paid what it has earned without
    being wronged.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:6
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21166-21175
  quote_or_summary: God is addressed as possessor of power who gives and removes power,
    raises and abases, causes night and day to pass into one another, brings living
    from dead and dead from living, and gives sustenance without measure.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:7
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21176-21190
  quote_or_summary: Believers are warned about taking infidels as friends rather than
    believers; God knows what is hidden or public, and every soul will find its good
    and evil deeds present on that day. The passage commands love of God to be shown
    by following and obeying the messenger.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:8
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21191-21194
  quote_or_summary: God is said to have chosen Adam, Noah, the family of Abraham,
    and the family of Imran, one posterity from another.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:9
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21195-21203
  quote_or_summary: The wife of Imran vows what is in her womb for God's special service,
    gives birth to a female child, names her Mary, and seeks refuge for Mary and her
    offspring from Satan the stoned.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:10
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21204-21209
  quote_or_summary: God accepts Mary and makes her grow; Zacharias rears her and repeatedly
    finds her supplied with food in the sanctuary, which Mary says is from God.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:11
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21210-21219
  quote_or_summary: Zacharias prays for good descendants, and angels announce John
    to him as a verifier of the word from God, great, chaste, a prophet, and one of
    the just; Zacharias asks how he can have a son in old age with a barren wife.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:12
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21220-21223
  quote_or_summary: Zacharias asks for a token and is told that his token is not speaking
    to any man for three days except by signs, while remembering and praising God.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:13
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21224-21229
  quote_or_summary: Angels tell Mary that God has chosen and purified her and chosen
    her above the women of the worlds, and they command her to be devout, prostrate,
    and bow.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:14
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21230-21234
  quote_or_summary: The passage identifies this as an announcement of unseen things
    revealed to Muhammad and says he was not present when they cast lots with reeds
    over who should rear Mary or when they disputed.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:15
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21235-21239
  quote_or_summary: An angel announces to Mary the Word from God, named Messiah Jesus
    son of Mary, illustrious in this world and the next, near to God, and able to
    speak to people in the cradle and when grown.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:16
  type: quote
  locator: lines 21240-21241
  quote_or_summary: Mary asks how she can have a son when no man has touched her;
    the reply says God creates what He wills and, when He decrees a thing, says "Be,"
    and it is.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation/paraphrase from supplied passage.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: medium
  comparison_claims: uncertain
  notes: Literal extraction is strong because the supplied passage is explicit. Motif
    assignments are limited to available taxonomy references and should be reviewed,
    especially approximate mappings such as divine_beloved, wisdom, royal_legitimacy,
    and death_rebirth.
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 comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not explicitly compare these events with another tradition or corpus; motifs are candidate classifications only.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg__l21126-l21241
  passage_sha256=cb1f69840841dc006bfef6532afd90908a04759f891f10d1f83dd49d08d0d3ea