Comparative mythology corpus

batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l27321-l27391

batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l27321-l27391

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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l27321-l27391
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
  label: ENTITLED, AL FORKAN; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL
    GOD. / CHAPTER XXVI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 27321-27391
  start: '27321'
  end: '27391'
  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: ''
  summary: The passage describes condemned worshippers and their false gods cast into
    punishment, followed by accounts of Noah and Hud warning their peoples. Noah is
    rejected and threatened, prays for judgment and deliverance, and is saved with
    believers in a loaded ark while the rest are drowned. Hud admonishes the tribe
    of Ad for pride, monumental building, cruelty, and failure to fear God.
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: A question is put to condemned people about the deities they served besides
    God and whether those deities can deliver them from punishment or deliver themselves.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: The worshipped beings, those seduced into their worship, and the host of Eblis
    are cast into the same punishment.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:3
  text: The seduced dispute with their false gods, confess that they erred by equaling
    them with the Lord of all creatures, and say they now have no intercessors or
    caring friend.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:4
  text: The seduced say that if allowed to return to the world once more, they would
    become true believers.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:5
  text: Noah tells his people that he is a faithful messenger, asks them to fear God
    and obey him, and says he asks no reward except from the Lord of all creatures.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:6
  text: Noah's people object that only the most abject persons have followed him,
    and Noah replies that he will not drive away the believers.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:7
  text: Noah's people threaten to stone him unless he desists.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:8
  text: Noah asks the Lord to judge publicly between him and his people and to deliver
    him and the true believers with him.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:9
  text: Noah and those with him are delivered in an ark filled with men and animals;
    afterwards the rest are drowned.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:10
  text: Hud tells the tribe of Ad that he is a faithful messenger, asks them to fear
    God and obey him, and says he asks no reward except from the Lord of all creatures.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: obs:11
  text: Hud criticizes the tribe of Ad for building landmarks on high places, erecting
    magnificent works, and exercising power with cruelty and rigor.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: obs:12
  text: Hud names cattle, children, gardens, and springs of water as things bestowed
    on the tribe of Ad, and says he fears for them the punishment of a grievous day.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: obs:13
  text: The tribe of Ad answers that Hud's admonition is indifferent to them and that
    what he preaches is only a device of the ancients.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: God / the Lord of all creatures
  description: The deity invoked as God, the Lord, and the Lord of all creatures;
    described as mighty and merciful.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Seduced worshippers
  description: People who served deities besides God, are cast into punishment, dispute
    with false gods, confess error, and wish to return as true believers.
  role_refs:
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: False gods / deities served besides God
  description: Deities served besides God; questioned as unable to deliver their worshippers
    or themselves and disputed with by the seduced.
  role_refs:
  - role:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:4
  name_or_label: Host of Eblis
  description: The host of Eblis is included among those cast into the punishment.
  role_refs:
  - role:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:5
  name_or_label: Noah
  description: Called the brother of his people and a faithful messenger; he warns,
    refuses to drive away believers, is threatened, and prays for judgment and deliverance.
  role_refs:
  - role:6
  - role:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
- id: fig:6
  name_or_label: People of Noah
  description: They accuse God's messengers of imposture, object to Noah's followers,
    threaten to stone Noah, and are later represented among those not delivered.
  role_refs:
  - role:8
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
- id: fig:7
  name_or_label: True believers with Noah
  description: Believers whom Noah refuses to drive away and whom he asks God to deliver
    with him; they are delivered in the ark.
  role_refs:
  - role:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
- id: fig:8
  name_or_label: Men and animals in the ark
  description: The ark is described as filled with men and animals.
  role_refs:
  - role:10
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: fig:9
  name_or_label: Hud
  description: Called the brother of the tribe of Ad and a faithful messenger; he
    warns them to fear God and obey him.
  role_refs:
  - role:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: fig:10
  name_or_label: Tribe of Ad
  description: They charge God's messengers with falsehood and reject Hud's admonition.
  role_refs:
  - role:8
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: supreme deity
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: The passage names God as the Lord of all creatures.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:5
- id: role:2
  label: judge and deliverer
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: Noah asks the Lord to judge and deliver; the narrative says Noah and those
    with him are delivered while the rest are drowned.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: role:3
  label: condemned former worshippers
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: They served deities besides God, are cast into punishment, confess error,
    and lack intercessors.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:4
  label: powerless objects of worship
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: They are asked whether they can deliver worshippers or themselves, and are
    cast into punishment.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:5
  label: condemned hostile host
  assigned_to:
  - fig:4
  basis: The host of Eblis is included among those cast into the punishment.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:6
  label: faithful messenger and admonisher
  assigned_to:
  - fig:5
  - fig:9
  basis: Both Noah and Hud call themselves faithful messengers and ask their people
    to fear God and obey.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:5
- id: role:7
  label: supplicant for judgment and rescue
  assigned_to:
  - fig:5
  basis: Noah prays for public judgment and deliverance for himself and the true believers.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: role:8
  label: rejecting community
  assigned_to:
  - fig:6
  - fig:10
  basis: Noah's people and the tribe of Ad reject or charge God's messengers with
    falsehood.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:5
- id: role:9
  label: delivered believers
  assigned_to:
  - fig:7
  basis: Noah asks that the true believers with him be delivered, and those with him
    are delivered in the ark.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: role:10
  label: ark occupants
  assigned_to:
  - fig:8
  basis: The ark is described as filled with men and animals.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: ark
  literal_form: Ark filled with men and animals
  associated_figures:
  - fig:5
  - fig:7
  - fig:8
  taxonomy_refs:
  - ark_vessel
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: sym:2
  label: drowning waters
  literal_form: The rest are drowned after Noah and those with him are delivered in
    the ark
  associated_figures:
  - fig:6
  taxonomy_refs:
  - water
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: sym:3
  label: springs of water
  literal_form: Springs of water bestowed on the tribe of Ad
  associated_figures:
  - fig:10
  taxonomy_refs:
  - water
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: sym:4
  label: high-place landmarks
  literal_form: Landmarks built on every high place
  associated_figures:
  - fig:10
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: sym:5
  label: magnificent works
  literal_form: Magnificent works erected in hope of continuing possession forever
  associated_figures:
  - fig:10
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Condemned worshippers and false gods in punishment
  summary: Those who served deities besides God are questioned about whether the deities
    can deliver anyone; the false gods, seduced worshippers, and host of Eblis are
    cast into punishment, and the seduced confess error and lack of intercessors.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  - fig:4
  symbol_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: scene:2
  label: Noah warns his people
  summary: Noah identifies himself as a faithful messenger, asks his people to fear
    God and obey him, and says he asks no reward from them.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:5
  - fig:6
  symbol_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: scene:3
  label: Noah is rejected and threatened
  summary: Noah's people object to his low-status followers, Noah refuses to drive
    the believers away, and his opponents threaten to stone him unless he desists.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:5
  - fig:6
  - fig:7
  symbol_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: scene:4
  label: Noah's deliverance in the ark and drowning of the rest
  summary: Noah prays for judgment and deliverance; he and those with him are delivered
    in an ark filled with men and animals, while the rest are drowned.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:5
  - fig:6
  - fig:7
  - fig:8
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  - sym:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: scene:5
  label: Hud admonishes the tribe of Ad
  summary: Hud identifies himself as a faithful messenger, asks the tribe of Ad to
    fear God and obey him, criticizes their building projects and cruelty, reminds
    them of bestowed goods, and warns of grievous punishment; they reject his admonition.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:9
  - fig:10
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:3
  - sym:4
  - sym:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: divine judgment against false worship and rejecting communities
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  basis: The passage presents punishment for those who served deities besides God,
    Noah's prayer for public judgment, deliverance of believers, drowning of the rest,
    and Hud's warning of a grievous day.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage states judgment and punishment directly, but details of the
    opening punishment's setting are not expanded within this excerpt.
- id: motif:2
  label: ark as rescue vessel
  taxonomy_refs:
  - ark_vessel
  basis: Noah and those with him are delivered in an ark filled with men and animals.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  confidence: high
  cautions: The excerpt does not describe the ark's construction or voyage, only its
    use in deliverance.
- id: motif:3
  label: flood destruction with saved remnant
  taxonomy_refs:
  - flood_and_renewal
  basis: The narrative places rescue in an ark before the rest are drowned.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The drowning is explicit, but the excerpt does not describe a full flood
    scene or post-flood renewal.
- id: motif:4
  label: rejected messenger warning a community
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: Noah and Hud each declare themselves faithful messengers, ask their people
    to fear God and obey, and face rejection or dismissal.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:5
  confidence: high
  cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly names this prophetic warning pattern.
- id: motif:5
  label: absence of intercession in punishment
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  basis: The seduced say they have no intercessors and no caring friend after being
    cast into punishment.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  confidence: medium
  cautions: This is a subtheme within the judgment scene rather than a full independent
    narrative motif in the excerpt.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: lines 27321-27339; opening punishment scene
  quote_or_summary: Those who served deities besides God are asked whether the deities
    can deliver them; the false gods, seduced worshippers, and host of Eblis are cast
    into punishment, where the seduced confess error and lack intercessors.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:2
  type: summary
  locator: lines 27340-27350; Noah's first address
  quote_or_summary: The people of Noah accuse God's messengers, and Noah says he is
    a faithful messenger, asks them to fear God and obey, and says he asks no reward
    except from the Lord of all creatures.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:3
  type: summary
  locator: lines 27351-27362; Noah's rejection by his people
  quote_or_summary: Noah's people object that abject persons follow him; Noah says
    judgment of them belongs to his Lord, refuses to drive away believers, and is
    threatened with stoning unless he desists.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:4
  type: quote
  locator: lines 27363-27369; Noah's prayer and deliverance
  quote_or_summary: Noah asks God to judge and deliver him and the true believers;
    “we delivered him, and those who were with him, in the ark filled with men and
    animals; and afterwards we drowned the rest.”
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:5
  type: summary
  locator: lines 27370-27391; Hud and the tribe of Ad
  quote_or_summary: The tribe of Ad charges God's messengers with falsehood. Hud says
    he is a faithful messenger, asks them to fear God and obey, criticizes landmarks,
    magnificent works, and cruelty, names bestowed goods including springs of water,
    warns of grievous punishment, and is dismissed.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized for extraction.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: medium
  comparison_claims: uncertain
  notes: The main figures, actions, and motifs are explicit in the supplied passage.
    Flood renewal is marked medium because drowning and ark deliverance are explicit,
    while renewal is not narrated in this excerpt. No comparison claims were made
    because the passage itself does not support a specific cross-textual comparison.
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: |-
  Used only the supplied passage and metadata. Taxonomy refs were limited to the provided motif families and symbols.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg__l27321-l27391
  passage_sha256=3db59dc3adb07c742d0b3530488b00cd03cacb3deb06fbc9ff3e54e318eb061c