Comparative mythology corpus

batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l5984-l6131

batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l5984-l6131

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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l5984-l6131
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 5984-6131
  start: '5984'
  end: '6131'
  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 narrates Moses and Aaron being sent to Pharaoh, Moses' account
    of God as creator and guide, Pharaoh's rejection and challenge by magic, the defeat
    and conversion of the magicians, divine judgment and reward, Moses leading the
    people through a dry path in the sea while Pharaoh is overwhelmed, the divine
    provision and mountain meeting for Israel, and the later making of a lowing calf
    from ornaments under Samiri's influence.
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: Moses and Aaron are told not to fear because God is with them, hearing and
    beholding.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: They are instructed to tell Pharaoh that they are sent ones of his Lord and
    to request that the children of Israel be sent with them and not vexed.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:3
  text: When Pharaoh asks who Moses' Lord is, Moses answers that the Lord gives everything
    its form and guides it aright.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:4
  text: Moses says knowledge of past generations is with his Lord in the Book of decrees,
    and that his Lord does not err or forget.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:5
  text: The passage describes the earth as spread out, paths traced in it, rain sent
    from heaven, and herbs brought forth for people and cattle.
  category: setting
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:6
  text: The passage states that humans are created from the earth, returned into it,
    and brought forth from it a second time.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:7
  text: Pharaoh treats the signs as falsehoods and accuses Moses of coming with enchantments
    to drive people from the land.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:8
  text: A public meeting is appointed on a feast day in broad daylight, and Pharaoh
    gathers his craftsmen.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:9
  text: The magicians' cords and rods appear to Moses, by enchantment, as if they
    run.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: obs:10
  text: Moses feels a secret fear, but is told not to fear and to cast what is in
    his right hand, which will swallow what the magicians have produced.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: obs:11
  text: After the sign, the magicians fall down in worship and declare belief in the
    Lord of Aaron and Moses.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: obs:12
  text: Pharaoh accuses the magicians of believing without his permission and threatens
    to cut off hands and feet on opposite sides and crucify them on palm trunks.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: obs:13
  text: The magicians answer that they will not prefer Pharaoh over the clear tokens
    or over the one who made them.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
- id: obs:14
  text: The passage contrasts Hell for one who comes before the Lord laden with crime
    with Gardens of Eden and flowing rivers for believers with righteous works.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: obs:15
  text: Moses is commanded to go forth by night with God's servants and cleave for
    them a dry path in the sea.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: obs:16
  text: Pharaoh follows with his hosts, and the billows of the sea overwhelm them.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: obs:17
  text: The children of Israel are reminded that they were rescued from foes, appointed
    a meeting on the right side of the mountain, and given manna and quail.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: obs:18
  text: The people are warned not to exceed in the good things supplied to them, lest
    divine wrath fall on them.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: obs:19
  text: Moses says he hastened to his Lord so that the Lord might be pleased with
    him, while the people have been tested in his absence.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: obs:20
  text: Samiri is said to have led the people astray during Moses' absence.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: obs:21
  text: The people say they were made to bring loads of trinkets, threw them into
    the fire, and Samiri also cast them in.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: obs:22
  text: Samiri brings forth a corporeal lowing calf, and some identify it as the god
    of the people and of Moses.
  category: object
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: obs:23
  text: The calf is said to return no answer and to be unable to hurt or help them.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
- id: obs:24
  text: Aaron warns the people that by the calf they are only being tested, says their
    Lord is the God of Mercy, and tells them to follow and obey him.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: The Lord / God
  description: The divine speaker and referent described as present with Moses and
    Aaron, creator and guide of all things, sender of signs, judge, rescuer, provider,
    and forgiver.
  role_refs:
  - role:3
  - role:10
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Moses
  description: Messenger sent to Pharaoh, speaker before Pharaoh and the magicians,
    holder of the sign in his right hand, leader of the night departure, and returning
    leader angered by the calf episode.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  - role:5
  - role:8
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  - ev:9
  - ev:11
  - ev:13
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: Aaron
  description: Companion associated with Moses in the mission and later the admonisher
    of the people during the calf episode.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  - role:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:6
  - ev:13
- id: fig:4
  name_or_label: Pharaoh
  description: Ruler who questions Moses, rejects the signs, gathers craftsmen for
    the contest, threatens the believing magicians, and pursues Moses' people with
    hosts.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:4
  - ev:6
  - ev:9
- id: fig:5
  name_or_label: Children of Israel / Moses' people
  description: The people whom Moses is sent to release, later rescued, provisioned,
    tested, and involved in the calf episode.
  role_refs:
  - role:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:10
  - ev:11
  - ev:12
  - ev:13
- id: fig:6
  name_or_label: Magicians / craftsmen
  description: Pharaoh's gathered practitioners whose cords and rods appear to run,
    who later fall in worship and profess belief in the Lord of Aaron and Moses.
  role_refs:
  - role:4
  - role:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
- id: fig:7
  name_or_label: Samiri
  description: Person named as having led the people astray and as casting into the
    fire before bringing forth the lowing calf.
  role_refs:
  - role:11
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
  - ev:12
- id: fig:8
  name_or_label: Corporeal lowing calf
  description: A calf brought forth after trinkets are cast into the fire; it lows
    and is identified by some as the god of the people and of Moses, but it cannot
    answer, harm, or help.
  role_refs:
  - role:12
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
  - ev:13
- id: fig:9
  name_or_label: Pharaoh's hosts
  description: The pursuing forces that follow Pharaoh into the sea and are overwhelmed
    with him.
  role_refs:
  - role:13
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: sent messengers
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  basis: The passage has Moses and Aaron told to go to Pharaoh and say, 'we are Sent
    ones of thy Lord.'
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:2
  label: opposing ruler and pursuer
  assigned_to:
  - fig:4
  basis: Pharaoh questions Moses, rejects the signs, organizes opposition, threatens
    punishment, and follows Moses' people with hosts.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:4
  - ev:6
  - ev:9
- id: role:3
  label: creator, guide, and judge
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: God is described as giving form and guidance, knowing past generations, creating
    and restoring humans, and assigning punishment and reward.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:8
- id: role:4
  label: enchanters in contest
  assigned_to:
  - fig:6
  basis: The craftsmen or magicians produce an enchantment with cords and rods.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
- id: role:5
  label: divinely assisted challenger
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: Moses is told to cast what is in his right hand so that it swallows what
    the magicians have produced.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: role:6
  label: believing converts under threat
  assigned_to:
  - fig:6
  basis: The magicians fall down in worship, profess belief, and refuse to prefer
    Pharaoh over the clear tokens.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
- id: role:7
  label: rescued and tested community
  assigned_to:
  - fig:5
  basis: The children of Israel are rescued, provided with manna and quail, warned,
    and later tested in Moses' absence.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
  - ev:11
  - ev:12
  - ev:13
- id: role:8
  label: returning community leader
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: Moses returns to his people angered and sorrowful after learning they have
    been tested and led astray.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
  - ev:13
- id: role:9
  label: admonisher against the calf
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: Aaron tells the people the calf is only a test and instructs them to follow
    and obey him.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
- id: role:10
  label: rescuer and provider
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: God rescues Israel from foes, appoints a mountain meeting, sends manna and
    quail, and promises forgiveness for repentance and righteousness.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: role:11
  label: misleader in absence of Moses
  assigned_to:
  - fig:7
  basis: Samiri is explicitly said to have led the people astray and to have brought
    forth the calf.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
  - ev:12
- id: role:12
  label: idol or false object of devotion
  assigned_to:
  - fig:8
  basis: The lowing calf is called a god by some, but the passage stresses that it
    cannot answer, hurt, or help.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
  - ev:13
- id: role:13
  label: pursuing host overwhelmed by sea
  assigned_to:
  - fig:9
  basis: Pharaoh follows with his hosts, and the billows of the sea overwhelm them.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: rod or object in the right hand
  literal_form: What is in Moses' right hand, earlier called his rod in the challenge
    context, cast forth to swallow the magicians' productions.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:2
  - fig:6
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: sym:2
  label: running cords and rods
  literal_form: Cords and rods that, by enchantment, seem to Moses as if they run.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:6
  - fig:2
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: sym:3
  label: water of sea, rain, and rivers
  literal_form: Rain from heaven, the sea with a dry path and whelming billows, and
    rivers flowing beneath the trees of Eden.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:4
  - fig:5
  - fig:9
  taxonomy_refs:
  - water
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
- id: sym:4
  label: fire used in calf-making
  literal_form: The fire into which loads of trinkets are thrown before the lowing
    calf is brought forth.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:5
  - fig:7
  - fig:8
  taxonomy_refs:
  - fire
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: sym:5
  label: mountain meeting-place
  literal_form: The right side of the mountain where a meeting is appointed with the
    children of Israel.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:5
  - fig:2
  taxonomy_refs:
  - mountain
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: sym:6
  label: lowing calf
  literal_form: A corporeal calf that lows and is treated by some as a god, yet cannot
    answer, harm, or help.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:7
  - fig:8
  - fig:5
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
  - ev:13
- id: sym:7
  label: manna and quail
  literal_form: Food caused to descend upon the children of Israel after their rescue.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:5
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: sym:8
  label: palm trunks
  literal_form: Trunks of the palm on which Pharaoh threatens to crucify the believing
    magicians.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:4
  - fig:6
  taxonomy_refs:
  - tree
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: sym:9
  label: Gardens of Eden with trees and rivers
  literal_form: Gardens of Eden, beneath whose trees rivers flow, described as the
    reward for believers with righteous works.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  taxonomy_refs:
  - tree
  - water
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Divine commissioning before Pharaoh
  summary: God reassures Moses and Aaron, tells them not to fear, and instructs them
    to demand that Pharaoh release the children of Israel and heed the signs.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  - fig:4
  - fig:5
  symbol_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: scene:2
  label: Moses answers Pharaoh's question about the Lord
  summary: Pharaoh asks who Moses' Lord is, and Moses describes the Lord as creator,
    guide, knower of past generations, maker of the earth and rain, and the one who
    brings humans forth again.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:4
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
- id: scene:3
  label: Public contest with the magicians
  summary: Pharaoh rejects the signs and arranges a public confrontation. The magicians
    cast cords and rods that seem to run, while Moses is told to cast what is in his
    right hand so that it swallows their productions.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:4
  - fig:6
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  - sym:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
- id: scene:4
  label: Magicians' belief and Pharaoh's threat
  summary: The magicians fall in worship and profess belief; Pharaoh threatens mutilation
    and crucifixion, but they maintain that they prefer the clear tokens and God over
    Pharaoh's judgment.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:4
  - fig:6
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:8
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
- id: scene:5
  label: Judgment after death
  summary: 'The passage contrasts the fate of one who comes before the Lord laden
    with crime with the reward of believers: Hell on one side and Gardens of Eden
    with rivers on the other.'
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:9
  - sym:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: scene:6
  label: Night departure through the sea
  summary: Moses is commanded to depart by night with God's servants and make a dry
    path through the sea; Pharaoh follows with his hosts, and the sea overwhelms them.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:4
  - fig:5
  - fig:9
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: scene:7
  label: Rescue, mountain meeting, and heavenly food
  summary: The children of Israel are reminded of their rescue from foes, a meeting
    on the right side of the mountain, and the descent of manna and quail, with a
    warning against excess and a promise of forgiveness for repentance and righteousness.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:5
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:5
  - sym:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: scene:8
  label: Moses' absence and the lowing calf
  summary: Moses hastens ahead of his people; in his absence Samiri leads them astray.
    The people cast trinkets into fire, Samiri brings forth a lowing calf, and Aaron
    warns that the calf is only a test.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  - fig:5
  - fig:7
  - fig:8
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:4
  - sym:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
  - ev:12
  - ev:13
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: Divine mission to liberate an oppressed people
  taxonomy_refs:
  - departure
  - covenant
  basis: Moses and Aaron are commissioned to go to Pharaoh, demand release of the
    children of Israel, and later Moses leads God's servants out by night.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:9
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The passage emphasizes sending, release, and departure; covenantal framing
    is present only through command, promise, and later meeting rather than an explicit
    covenant formula.
- id: motif:2
  label: Contest between divine sign and human enchantment
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: Pharaoh gathers magicians; their cords and rods seem to run, but Moses' right-hand
    object swallows what they produced.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  confidence: high
  cautions: No supplied taxonomy family directly names magical contests; the label
    is descriptive.
- id: motif:3
  label: Defeated ritual specialists become believers
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  basis: The magicians fall in worship after the sign, declare belief in the Lord
    of Aaron and Moses, and accept Pharaoh's threatened punishment rather than recant.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The divine_judgment taxonomy is relevant through the surrounding threats
    and afterlife discourse, but the conversion itself is not only a judgment motif.
- id: motif:4
  label: Resurrection from earth
  taxonomy_refs:
  - resurrection
  basis: The passage states that humans are created from the earth, returned into
    it, and brought forth from it a second time.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  confidence: high
  cautions: The statement is doctrinal and concise rather than narrated as an individual
    resurrection event.
- id: motif:5
  label: Afterlife judgment with punishment and garden reward
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  - afterlife_journey_map
  basis: Those laden with crime are assigned Hell, while believers with righteous
    works receive lofty grades and Gardens of Eden with flowing rivers.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage gives destinations and moral criteria but not a detailed journey
    itinerary.
- id: motif:6
  label: Dry path through sea and destruction of pursuers
  taxonomy_refs:
  - departure
  - divine_judgment
  basis: Moses is told to go forth by night and cleave a dry path in the sea; Pharaoh
    and his hosts follow and are overwhelmed by the billows.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage focuses on rescue and judgment; it does not elaborate the
    mechanics of the sea crossing beyond the dry path and overwhelming waters.
- id: motif:7
  label: Mountain meeting and food from heaven
  taxonomy_refs:
  - covenant
  basis: After rescue, the children of Israel are appointed a meeting on the right
    side of the mountain and receive manna and quail descending upon them.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The taxonomy reference is cautious because the passage mentions a promised
    meeting and guidance but does not explicitly state a covenant ceremony in this
    excerpt.
- id: motif:8
  label: Idol fashioned from ornaments in fire during leader's absence
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  basis: During Moses' absence, the people cast trinkets into the fire, Samiri produces
    a lowing calf, and the calf is treated as a god though unable to answer, harm,
    or help.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
  - ev:12
  - ev:13
  confidence: high
  cautions: The divine_judgment reference is contextual through trial and wrath; the
    main motif is idolatrous misdirection, for which no supplied taxonomy ID is exact.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: lines 5984-6000, opening commission to Pharaoh
  quote_or_summary: God tells the two not to fear because he is with them, and instructs
    them to tell Pharaoh they are sent by his Lord and to release the children of
    Israel.
  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 6001-6011, Pharaoh asks who Moses' Lord is
  quote_or_summary: Pharaoh asks who Moses' Lord is; Moses answers that the Lord gives
    everything form, guides it, and knows the state of past generations in the Book
    of decrees.
  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 6012-6021, creation, earth, rain, and return
  quote_or_summary: The Lord spreads the earth, traces paths, sends rain, brings forth
    herbs for people and cattle, creates humans from earth, returns them into it,
    and brings them forth a second time.
  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 6022-6042, rejection and appointed contest
  quote_or_summary: Pharaoh rejects the signs, accuses Moses of enchantment, appoints
    a public meeting, gathers craftsmen, and the magicians prepare to gain the upper
    hand.
  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 6043-6055, cords, rods, fear, and swallowing sign
  quote_or_summary: The magicians cast first; their cords and rods seem to run. Moses
    fears secretly, but is told to cast what is in his right hand, which will swallow
    what they produced.
  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 6056-6067, magicians worship and Pharaoh threatens
  quote_or_summary: The magicians fall down and say they believe in the Lord of Aaron
    and Moses; Pharaoh threatens to cut off opposite hands and feet and crucify them
    on palm trunks.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
  type: summary
  locator: lines 6068-6077, magicians' answer to Pharaoh
  quote_or_summary: The magicians say they will not prefer Pharaoh over the clear
    tokens or over the one who made them, and that Pharaoh can only doom this present
    life.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
  type: summary
  locator: lines 6078-6088, Hell and Gardens of Eden
  quote_or_summary: One who comes before the Lord laden with crime receives Hell;
    believers with righteous works receive lofty grades and Gardens of Eden with rivers
    flowing beneath the trees.
  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 6089-6098, night departure and sea overwhelming Pharaoh
  quote_or_summary: Moses is commanded to go forth by night with God's servants and
    cleave a dry path in the sea; Pharaoh and his hosts follow and are overwhelmed
    by the sea.
  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 6099-6110, rescue, mountain meeting, manna and quail
  quote_or_summary: The children of Israel are reminded of rescue from foes, a meeting
    on the right side of the mountain, manna and quail descending, a warning against
    excess, and forgiveness for repentance and righteous conduct.
  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 6111-6120, Moses hastens and Samiri leads astray
  quote_or_summary: Moses explains that he hastened to the Lord to please him; God
    says the people have been tested since Moses left and that Samiri led them astray.
  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 6121-6127, trinkets, fire, and lowing calf
  quote_or_summary: The people report bringing loads of trinkets and throwing them
    into the fire; Samiri also casts in and brings forth a corporeal lowing calf,
    which is called the god of the people and of Moses.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
  type: summary
  locator: lines 6128-6131, calf's inability and Aaron's warning
  quote_or_summary: The calf gives no answer and can neither hurt nor help; Aaron
    had warned that the calf is only a test and told the people to follow and obey
    him, but they persist until Moses returns.
  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: uncertain
  notes: The passage is narrative and supports several strong motif candidates. Taxonomy
    assignment is cautious where available taxonomy labels do not exactly match the
    passage's specific themes of magical contest, idolatry, and prophetic mission.
reviewer_status:
  status: needs_review
  reviewer: ''
  reviewed_at: ''
  notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
  No comparison claims were added because the supplied passage and metadata alone do not explicitly support a cautious comparison to another corpus or tradition.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg__l5984-l6131
  passage_sha256=13f1a765395a61e80df7745b0ea396d1e56817f6806e4d89d5c22230fd3c6e22