Comparative mythology corpus

batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l39848-l39924

batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l39848-l39924

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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l39848-l39924
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
  label: IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / FINIS / AN INDEX / OF THE; lines
    39848-39924
  start: '39848'
  end: '39924'
  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: An index section lists persons, groups, places, doctrines, and narrative
    topics, including martyrdom, prophets, angels, hell and its apartments, last-day
    events, idolaters and infidels, Isaac, Islam, iron from paradise, and episodes
    concerning the Israelites such as the Red Sea, miraculous feeding, the golden
    calf, the red cow sacrifice, requests to see God, refusal to enter the Holy Land,
    and curses by David and Jesus.
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: Habib is indexed with his martyrdom.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: Hart and Mart are indexed as two angels with a story and punishment.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:3
  text: The heavens are described in indexed topics as guarded by angels, manifesting
    God's wisdom with the earth, and falling at the last day.
  category: setting
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:4
  text: Hell is indexed with torments, as a portion of unbelievers, as prepared for
    those choosing the pomp of this life or hoarding money, as not hurting believers,
    as dragged toward God's tribunal at the last day, and as being filled.
  category: setting
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:5
  text: Idolaters are indexed as compared to brutes and to a spider, not to be prayed
    for while idolaters, and having a sentence.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:6
  text: Idols are indexed as insignificant, as appearing as witnesses against their
    worshippers, and as worshipped by antediluvians.
  category: object
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:7
  text: Infidels are indexed as appearing at the last day, drinking boiling water,
    being associated with blasphemy, war, prayer restrictions after death, and exclusion
    from Mecca.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:8
  text: Isaac is indexed as promised and born.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:9
  text: Iron is indexed as useful, with some utensils of that metal brought by Adam
    from paradise.
  category: object
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:10
  text: The Israelites are indexed as having males slain by Pharaoh, passing the Red
    Sea, receiving God's goodness, being miraculously fed in the wilderness, worshipping
    the golden calf, being punished, changing a word at Jericho, being commanded to
    sacrifice a red cow, demanding to see God and being punished, refusing to enter
    the Holy Land and being punished, transgressing, desiring a king, and being cursed
    by David and Jesus.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: Habib
  description: A figure indexed in connection with martyrdom.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Hart and Mart
  description: Two angels indexed with a story and punishment.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: God
  description: Divine figure associated in the index with wisdom manifested by heavens
    and earth, tribunal at the last day, and goodness to the Israelites.
  role_refs:
  - role:4
  - role:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:5
- id: fig:4
  name_or_label: angels
  description: Heavenly beings indexed as guarding the heavens; Hart and Mart are
    also identified as angels.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
- id: fig:5
  name_or_label: unbelievers / infidels
  description: Groups indexed in connection with hell, last-day appearance, boiling
    water, blasphemy, war, prayer restrictions after death, and exclusion from Mecca.
  role_refs:
  - role:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:4
- id: fig:6
  name_or_label: believers
  description: A group indexed as not being hurt by hell.
  role_refs:
  - role:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: fig:7
  name_or_label: idolaters
  description: A group indexed as compared to brutes and a spider, not to be prayed
    for while idolaters, and having a sentence.
  role_refs:
  - role:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: fig:8
  name_or_label: idols
  description: Cult objects indexed as insignificant, as witnesses against worshippers,
    and as worshipped by antediluvians.
  role_refs:
  - role:8
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: fig:9
  name_or_label: Isaac
  description: A figure indexed as promised and born.
  role_refs:
  - role:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: fig:10
  name_or_label: Adam
  description: A figure indexed as bringing some iron utensils down from paradise.
  role_refs:
  - role:10
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: fig:11
  name_or_label: Israelites
  description: A people indexed in multiple episodes involving Pharaoh, the Red Sea,
    wilderness feeding, the golden calf, punishment, Jericho, the red cow sacrifice,
    the Holy Land, transgression, desire for a king, and curses by David and Jesus.
  role_refs:
  - role:11
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: fig:12
  name_or_label: Pharaoh
  description: Ruler indexed as slaying Israelite males.
  role_refs:
  - role:12
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: fig:13
  name_or_label: David and Jesus
  description: Figures indexed as cursing the Israelites.
  role_refs:
  - role:13
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: martyr
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: The index connects Habib with martyrdom.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:2
  label: angelic being
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  - fig:4
  basis: Hart and Mart are called two angels, and angels are said to guard the heavens.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
- id: role:3
  label: punished being
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: Hart and Mart are indexed with punishment.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:4
  label: judge at tribunal
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: Hell is indexed as dragged toward God's tribunal at the last day.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: role:5
  label: source of wisdom and goodness
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: The heavens and earth manifest God's wisdom, and God's goodness to the Israelites
    is indexed.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:5
- id: role:6
  label: condemned group
  assigned_to:
  - fig:5
  - fig:7
  basis: Unbelievers, infidels, and idolaters are indexed with hell, sentence, last-day
    appearance, or punishment-related themes.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
- id: role:7
  label: protected group
  assigned_to:
  - fig:6
  basis: Hell is indexed as not hurting believers.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: role:8
  label: witnessing cult object
  assigned_to:
  - fig:8
  basis: Idols are indexed as appearing as witnesses against their worshippers.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: role:9
  label: promised child
  assigned_to:
  - fig:9
  basis: Isaac is indexed as promised and born.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: role:10
  label: paradise-associated culture figure
  assigned_to:
  - fig:10
  basis: Adam is indexed as bringing iron utensils from paradise.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: role:11
  label: tested and punished people
  assigned_to:
  - fig:11
  basis: The Israelites are indexed with divine goodness, commands, transgressions,
    punishments, and refusal to enter the Holy Land.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: role:12
  label: oppressor ruler
  assigned_to:
  - fig:12
  basis: Pharaoh is indexed as slaying Israelite males.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: role:13
  label: cursing figures
  assigned_to:
  - fig:13
  basis: David and Jesus are indexed as cursing the Israelites.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: hell
  literal_form: Hell and named apartments of hell, including Al Hwiyat and Al Hotama.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  - fig:5
  - fig:6
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: sym:2
  label: heavens and earth
  literal_form: The heavens and earth, with the heavens guarded by angels and falling
    at the last day.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  - fig:4
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: sym:3
  label: God's tribunal
  literal_form: A tribunal toward which hell is dragged at the last day.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: sym:4
  label: boiling water
  literal_form: Boiling water drunk by infidels.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:5
  taxonomy_refs:
  - water
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: sym:5
  label: Red Sea
  literal_form: The Red Sea crossed by the Israelites.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:11
  taxonomy_refs:
  - water
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: sym:6
  label: golden calf
  literal_form: The golden calf worshipped by the Israelites.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:11
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: sym:7
  label: red cow
  literal_form: A red cow the Israelites were commanded to sacrifice.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:11
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: sym:8
  label: iron utensils from paradise
  literal_form: Utensils of iron said to have been brought by Adam down from paradise.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:10
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: sym:9
  label: spider comparison
  literal_form: Idolaters compared to a spider.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:7
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Index notices on angels, heavens, and divine wisdom
  summary: The index lists Hart and Mart as punished angels, angels as guards of the
    heavens, and the heavens and earth as manifesting God's wisdom.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  - fig:4
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
- id: scene:2
  label: Index notices on hell and last-day judgment
  summary: The index gathers themes of hell torments, hell as the portion of unbelievers,
    hell not hurting believers, hell being dragged toward God's tribunal at the last
    day, and hell being filled.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:3
  - fig:5
  - fig:6
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  - sym:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: scene:3
  label: Index notices on idolatry and idolaters
  summary: The index describes idolaters through comparisons and sentence, and describes
    idols as insignificant objects that will witness against worshippers.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:7
  - fig:8
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: scene:4
  label: Index notices on infidels at the last day
  summary: The index says infidels will appear at the last day and drink boiling water,
    and also lists their blasphemy, war against them, prayer restrictions after death,
    and exclusion from Mecca.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:5
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: scene:5
  label: Index notices on Isaac and Adamic iron
  summary: The index lists Isaac as promised and born, and lists iron utensils brought
    by Adam from paradise.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:9
  - fig:10
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:8
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: scene:6
  label: Index notices on Israelite episodes
  summary: The index summarizes Israelite episodes involving Pharaoh's violence, the
    Red Sea, divine goodness, wilderness feeding, the golden calf, punishment, Jericho,
    the red cow sacrifice, the demand to see God, refusal of the Holy Land, transgression,
    desire for a king, and curses by David and Jesus.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:3
  - fig:11
  - fig:12
  - fig:13
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:5
  - sym:6
  - sym:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: Last-day divine judgment and hell punishment
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  basis: The index links hell, unbelievers, infidels, idolaters, sentence, God's tribunal,
    and the last day.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage is an index and does not narrate the judgment scene directly.
- id: motif:2
  label: Afterlife punishment with torment and boiling water
  taxonomy_refs:
  - afterlife_journey_map
  basis: Hell torments and infidels drinking boiling water are indexed as eschatological
    punishments.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:4
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The excerpt gives index references, not a full afterlife journey map.
- id: motif:3
  label: Cosmic collapse at the last day
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  basis: The heavens are indexed as falling at the last day.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  confidence: medium
  cautions: Only a brief index entry is present.
- id: motif:4
  label: Idols as witnesses against worshippers
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  basis: Idols are indexed as appearing as witnesses against their worshippers.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The index does not provide the surrounding judicial scene.
- id: motif:5
  label: Commanded animal sacrifice
  taxonomy_refs:
  - sacrifice
  basis: The Israelites are indexed as commanded to sacrifice a red cow.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage provides only the index notice, not the full episode.
- id: motif:6
  label: Promised birth
  taxonomy_refs:
  - sacred_birth
  basis: Isaac is indexed as promised and born.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The excerpt does not include the full annunciation or birth narrative.
- id: motif:7
  label: Divine wisdom manifested in the cosmos
  taxonomy_refs:
  - wisdom
  basis: The heavens and earth are indexed as manifesting God's wisdom.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  confidence: high
  cautions: This is a doctrinal index entry rather than a narrative motif.
- id: motif:8
  label: Liberation passage through water
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: The Israelites are indexed as passing the Red Sea after Pharaoh's slaying
    of their males.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  confidence: medium
  cautions: No available taxonomy reference exactly matches this water-crossing motif;
    the passage is an index summary.
- id: motif:9
  label: Sacred or paradisal origin of useful metal implements
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: Iron is indexed as useful, and some iron utensils are said to have been brought
    by Adam from paradise.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  confidence: medium
  cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly matches this motif.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: lines 39848-39860
  quote_or_summary: Index entries include Habib's martyrdom and Hart and Mart as two
    angels with a story and punishment.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:2
  type: summary
  locator: lines 39861-39875
  quote_or_summary: Index entries describe the heavens as guarded by angels, manifesting
    God's wisdom with the earth, and falling at the last day; hell is indexed with
    torments, unbelievers, believers, God's tribunal, and being filled; named hell
    apartments include Al Hwiyat and Al Hotama.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:3
  type: summary
  locator: lines 39880-39891
  quote_or_summary: Index entries describe idolaters as compared to brutes and to
    a spider and as having a sentence; idols are called insignificant, appear as witnesses
    against worshippers, and were worshipped by antediluvians.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:4
  type: summary
  locator: lines 39892-39911
  quote_or_summary: Index entries state that infidels will appear at the last day
    and drink boiling water; Isaac is promised and born; iron is useful, and some
    iron utensils were brought by Adam from paradise.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:5
  type: summary
  locator: lines 39912-39924
  quote_or_summary: 'Index entries summarize Israelite episodes: males slain by Pharaoh,
    passage through the Red Sea, God''s goodness, miraculous wilderness feeding, desire
    for Egyptian herbs, worship of the golden calf, punishment, Jericho word-changing,
    red cow sacrifice, demand to see God, refusal to enter the Holy Land, transgression,
    desire for a king, and curses by David and Jesus.'
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
confidence:
  extraction: medium
  motif_candidates: medium
  comparison_claims: uncertain
  notes: The passage is an index excerpt containing compressed references to many
    topics rather than full narrative passages. Motif extraction is therefore based
    on explicit index summaries only, with no inferred surrounding details.
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 passage does not itself make a broader comparative mythology claim beyond internal similes such as idolaters being compared to brutes or a spider.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg__l39848-l39924
  passage_sha256=aa16488b0d1227454cfceb1c57bf20ac744434ee99aad7972e6d5c1ecab38b97