Comparative mythology corpus

batch.motif.norse-myths-of-norsemen-guerber-gutenberg-l10215-l10329

batch.motif.norse-myths-of-norsemen-guerber-gutenberg-l10215-l10329

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record_id: batch.motif.norse-myths-of-norsemen-guerber-gutenberg-l10215-l10329
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
passage_locator:
  label: 'CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE
    ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 10215-10329'
  start: '10215'
  end: '10329'
  translation: 'Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas'
  notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
    human review required.
canonical_text:
  quote: ''
  summary: The passage recounts Brunhild’s punishment by Odin, her sleep on Hindarfiall
    behind a flame barrier, Sigurd’s betrothal oath with the ring Andvaranaut, alternate
    accounts of Aslaug’s fostering and marriage to Ragnar Lodbrog, Sigurd’s arrival
    among the Niblungs, Grimhild’s magic potion causing him to forget Brunhild and
    marry Gudrun, Gudrun’s altered nature after eating Fafnir’s heart, and Sigurd’s
    blood-brotherhood oath with Gunnar and Högni.
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: Odin punishes Brunhild for disobedience by depriving her of office, banishing
    her to earth, and decreeing that she should wed like other women.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: Odin touches Brunhild with the Thorn of Sleep and surrounds her with a flame
    barrier that only a hero would venture through.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:3
  text: Brunhild points Sigurd toward her former home at Lymdale or Hunaland and says
    he can find her there to claim her as wife.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:4
  text: Sigurd places Andvaranaut on Brunhild’s finger as a betrothal token and swears
    to love her alone while life endures.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:5
  text: Some accounts say Sigurd and Brunhild marry and have an infant daughter named
    Aslaug.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: obs:6
  text: Aslaug is concealed in a cunningly fashioned harp by Brunhild’s father during
    flight from home.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: obs:7
  text: A peasant couple murders Brunhild’s father for the gold they think the harp
    contains, then finds Aslaug inside it.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
- id: obs:8
  text: Aslaug is treated as mute because she does not speak, is trained as a drudge,
    grows into a beautiful maiden, and later tells her tale to Ragnar Lodbrog.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: obs:9
  text: Ragnar Lodbrog returns after a year and carries Aslaug away as his bride.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: obs:10
  text: Sigurd travels to seek adventures and is described as having vowed to right
    wrongs and defend the fatherless and oppressed.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: obs:11
  text: The land of the Niblungs is described as a land of continual mist ruled by
    Giuki and Grimhild.
  category: setting
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: obs:12
  text: Grimhild is described as skilled in magic lore, spells, and potions that can
    cause temporary forgetfulness and compel the drinker’s will.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: obs:13
  text: After Sigurd drinks Grimhild’s potion from Gudrun’s hand, he forgets Brunhild
    and his pledged troth, and his love turns to Gudrun.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
- id: obs:14
  text: Sigurd marries Gudrun amid public rejoicing.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
- id: obs:15
  text: Sigurd gives Gudrun some of Fafnir’s heart to eat, after which her nature
    changes and she becomes cold and silent to all except him.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
- id: obs:16
  text: Sigurd, Gunnar, and Högni enter a doom ring, stand beneath a sod placed on
    a shield, cut their right arms, mingle their blood in fresh earth, swear eternal
    friendship, and replace the sod.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:16
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: Brunhild
  description: A woman deprived of office and banished to earth by Odin; later betrothed
    to Sigurd on Hindarfiall.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  - role:2
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:4
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Odin / Allfather
  description: The figure who decrees Brunhild’s punishment, places her under sleep,
    and surrounds her with flame.
  role_refs:
  - role:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: Sigurd
  description: A hero who betroths himself to Brunhild, later travels among the Niblungs,
    drinks a potion, marries Gudrun, and forms blood-brotherhood with Gunnar and Högni.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  - role:5
  - role:6
  - role:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:10
  - ev:13
  - ev:14
  - ev:16
- id: fig:4
  name_or_label: Aslaug
  description: The infant daughter of Sigurd and Brunhild in some accounts; hidden
    in a harp, raised by peasants, and later married by Ragnar Lodbrog.
  role_refs:
  - role:8
  - role:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
- id: fig:5
  name_or_label: Brunhild’s father
  description: Aslaug’s fosterer who conceals her in a harp and is murdered by a peasant
    couple.
  role_refs:
  - role:10
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
- id: fig:6
  name_or_label: Peasant couple
  description: A couple who murders Brunhild’s father for supposed gold in a harp
    and discovers Aslaug inside.
  role_refs:
  - role:11
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
- id: fig:7
  name_or_label: Ragnar Lodbrog
  description: A passing viking and King of the Danes who hears Aslaug’s tale and
    later carries her away as his bride.
  role_refs:
  - role:9
  - role:12
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
- id: fig:8
  name_or_label: Giuki
  description: King of the Niblungs and husband of Grimhild.
  role_refs:
  - role:13
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: fig:9
  name_or_label: Grimhild
  description: Queen of the Niblungs, skilled in magic, who gives Sigurd a potion
    through Gudrun and seeks him as her daughter’s husband.
  role_refs:
  - role:13
  - role:14
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
  - ev:12
  - ev:13
- id: fig:10
  name_or_label: Gudrun
  description: Daughter of Giuki and Grimhild, described as gentle and beautiful;
    she gives Sigurd the potion, marries him, and eats Fafnir’s heart.
  role_refs:
  - role:3
  - role:15
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
  - ev:14
  - ev:15
- id: fig:11
  name_or_label: Gunnar
  description: One of Giuki and Grimhild’s sons; enters blood-brotherhood with Sigurd
    and Högni.
  role_refs:
  - role:16
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:16
- id: fig:12
  name_or_label: Högni
  description: One of Giuki and Grimhild’s sons; enters blood-brotherhood with Sigurd
    and Gunnar.
  role_refs:
  - role:16
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:16
- id: fig:13
  name_or_label: Guttorm
  description: One of Giuki and Grimhild’s sons, named among the brave young men of
    the Niblung household.
  role_refs:
  - role:17
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:17
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: punished and banished woman
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: Brunhild is deprived of office and banished to earth for disobedience.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:2
  label: betrothed lover
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  - fig:3
  basis: Brunhild and Sigurd exchange vows, and Sigurd places Andvaranaut on her finger
    as betrothal token.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: role:3
  label: bride or intended wife
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  - fig:10
  basis: Brunhild is to be claimed by Sigurd as wife, while Gudrun later becomes Sigurd’s
    bride.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:14
- id: role:4
  label: punishing divine authority
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: Odin decrees Brunhild’s punishment and sets the sleep and flame conditions
    around her.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
- id: role:5
  label: questing hero
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: Sigurd seeks adventures and vows to right wrongs and defend the fatherless
    and oppressed.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: role:6
  label: enchanted drinker
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: Sigurd drinks Grimhild’s potion and forgets Brunhild.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
- id: role:7
  label: blood-brotherhood participant
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: Sigurd participates in the doom-ring blood oath with Gunnar and Högni.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:16
- id: role:8
  label: hidden foster child
  assigned_to:
  - fig:4
  basis: Aslaug is concealed in a harp and later raised by the peasant couple.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:8
- id: role:9
  label: marriage partner
  assigned_to:
  - fig:4
  - fig:7
  basis: Ragnar returns and carries Aslaug away as his bride.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: role:10
  label: fosterer and protector
  assigned_to:
  - fig:5
  basis: Brunhild’s father fosters Aslaug and hides her in a harp while fleeing.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: role:11
  label: murdering fosterers
  assigned_to:
  - fig:6
  basis: The peasant couple kills Brunhild’s father and later raises Aslaug as a drudge.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
  - ev:8
- id: role:12
  label: viking king
  assigned_to:
  - fig:7
  basis: Ragnar is identified as a passing viking and King of the Danes.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: role:13
  label: Niblung ruler
  assigned_to:
  - fig:8
  - fig:9
  basis: Giuki and Grimhild are named king and queen in the land of the Niblungs.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: role:14
  label: magic-working queen
  assigned_to:
  - fig:9
  basis: Grimhild is skilled in magic lore and prepares the potion that changes Sigurd’s
    memory and desire.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
  - ev:13
- id: role:15
  label: potion-bearer and transformed wife
  assigned_to:
  - fig:10
  basis: Gudrun gives Sigurd the potion, marries him, and later changes after eating
    Fafnir’s heart.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
  - ev:14
  - ev:15
- id: role:16
  label: blood-brotherhood participant
  assigned_to:
  - fig:11
  - fig:12
  basis: Gunnar and Högni join Sigurd in the doom-ring blood oath.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:16
- id: role:17
  label: Niblung son
  assigned_to:
  - fig:13
  basis: Guttorm is named as one of Giuki and Grimhild’s sons.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:17
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: Thorn of Sleep
  literal_form: A thorn used by Odin to place Brunhild in sleep.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: sym:2
  label: flame barrier
  literal_form: A barrier of flame surrounding Brunhild on Hindarfiall.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  taxonomy_refs:
  - fire
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: sym:3
  label: Hindarfiall or Hindfell
  literal_form: A lonely mountain top where Brunhild sleeps and later stands with
    Sigurd.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:3
  taxonomy_refs:
  - mountain
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
- id: sym:4
  label: Andvaranaut
  literal_form: A ring placed by Sigurd on Brunhild’s finger as a betrothal token.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:3
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: sym:5
  label: concealing harp
  literal_form: A cunningly fashioned harp in which Aslaug is hidden.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:4
  - fig:5
  - fig:6
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
- id: sym:6
  label: magic potion of forgetfulness
  literal_form: A potion brewed by Grimhild that causes Sigurd to forget Brunhild
    and yield to Grimhild’s plan.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  - fig:9
  - fig:10
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
  - ev:13
- id: sym:7
  label: Fafnir’s heart
  literal_form: A portion of Fafnir’s heart given by Sigurd to Gudrun to eat.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  - fig:10
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
- id: sym:8
  label: doom ring blood oath
  literal_form: A ritual setting involving a doom ring, a cut sod on a shield, cut
    right arms, blood mingled in fresh earth, and an oath of eternal friendship.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  - fig:11
  - fig:12
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:16
- id: sym:9
  label: land of continual mist
  literal_form: The Niblung land described as continually misty.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:8
  - fig:9
  - fig:10
  - fig:11
  - fig:12
  - fig:13
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Brunhild’s punishment and sleep behind flame
  summary: Odin punishes Brunhild, places her in sleep on Hindarfiall, and surrounds
    her with a flame barrier reserved for a hero to cross.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  - sym:2
  - sym:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
- id: scene:2
  label: Betrothal on Hindarfiall
  summary: Brunhild directs Sigurd to her home, and Sigurd gives her Andvaranaut with
    a vow of exclusive lifelong love.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:3
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:3
  - sym:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
- id: scene:3
  label: Fostering and concealment of Aslaug
  summary: Aslaug is left orphaned, hidden inside a harp by Brunhild’s father, discovered
    after his murder, and raised as a drudge by the peasant couple.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:4
  - fig:5
  - fig:6
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
  - ev:8
- id: scene:4
  label: Aslaug and Ragnar
  summary: Aslaug tells her story to Ragnar Lodbrog, who leaves, returns after a year,
    and takes her as his bride.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:4
  - fig:7
  symbol_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
- id: scene:5
  label: Sigurd among the Niblungs and the potion
  summary: Sigurd reaches the misty land of the Niblungs, is welcomed by Giuki’s household,
    and drinks Grimhild’s potion from Gudrun’s hand, forgetting Brunhild and turning
    his love to Gudrun.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:3
  - fig:8
  - fig:9
  - fig:10
  - fig:11
  - fig:12
  - fig:13
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:6
  - sym:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
  - ev:12
  - ev:13
  - ev:17
- id: scene:6
  label: Marriage to Gudrun and blood-brotherhood
  summary: Sigurd marries Gudrun, gives her Fafnir’s heart to eat, and then enters
    a ritual blood-brotherhood with Gunnar and Högni in the doom ring.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:3
  - fig:10
  - fig:11
  - fig:12
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:7
  - sym:8
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
  - ev:15
  - ev:16
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: divine punishment followed by enchanted sleep and guarded bride
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  basis: Odin punishes Brunhild for disobedience, places her in sleep, and surrounds
    her with flame so that only a hero would approach.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The passage frames Odin’s act as punishment, but the specific guarded-sleeper
    pattern is not a supplied taxonomy category.
- id: motif:2
  label: flame barrier as heroic bride test
  taxonomy_refs:
  - initiation
  basis: Brunhild is enclosed by flame that none but a hero would venture through
    before her destined husband arrives.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The passage implies a heroic threshold but does not narrate the crossing
    in this excerpt.
- id: motif:3
  label: ring-sealed betrothal oath on a mountain
  taxonomy_refs:
  - sacred_marriage
  basis: Sigurd gives Brunhild Andvaranaut as a betrothal token and swears exclusive
    lifelong love while they stand on Hindarfiall.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  confidence: medium
  cautions: This is a betrothal rather than a completed marriage in the immediate
    scene.
- id: motif:4
  label: hidden noble child in an object
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: Aslaug, daughter of Sigurd and Brunhild in some accounts, is concealed in
    a harp, discovered after a murder, and raised in obscurity.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
  - ev:8
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage gives an alternate-authority framing for Aslaug’s parentage
    and early history.
- id: motif:5
  label: magic drink causing forgetfulness of a beloved
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: Grimhild’s potion makes Sigurd forget Brunhild and his troth, redirecting
    his love to Gudrun.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
  - ev:13
  confidence: high
  cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference exactly matches enchanted amnesia or love
    redirection.
- id: motif:6
  label: heroic vow to defend the oppressed
  taxonomy_refs:
  - culture_hero
  basis: Sigurd is said to seek adventures and to have vowed, as a true hero, to right
    wrongs and defend the fatherless and oppressed.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The passage states the vow but does not show a specific act of rescue
    in this excerpt.
- id: motif:7
  label: transformative ingestion of a dragon’s heart
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: Gudrun eats some of Fafnir’s heart, after which her nature changes and she
    becomes cold and silent except toward Sigurd.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage does not identify Fafnir in this excerpt beyond the name attached
    to the heart.
- id: motif:8
  label: blood-brotherhood oath with earth and blood
  taxonomy_refs:
  - sacred_exchange
  basis: Sigurd, Gunnar, and Högni ritually cut their arms, mingle blood in fresh
    earth, and swear eternal friendship in the doom ring.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:16
  confidence: high
  cautions: The taxonomy reference is broad; the passage specifically describes a
    friendship oath rather than an exchange of goods.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: 10215-10220
  quote_or_summary: 'Brunhild is punished for disobedience: deprived of office, banished
    to earth, and decreed by Allfather to wed.'
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
  type: summary
  locator: 10220-10225
  quote_or_summary: Odin takes Brunhild to Hindarfiall, touches her with the Thorn
    of Sleep, and surrounds her with flame that only a hero would brave.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
  type: summary
  locator: 10226-10230
  quote_or_summary: Brunhild points out her former home at Lymdale or Hunaland and
    tells Sigurd he may find her there to claim her as wife.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
  type: summary
  locator: 10230-10248
  quote_or_summary: On the mountain top, Sigurd places Andvaranaut on Brunhild’s finger
    as a betrothal token; the lovers swear to remember and seek one another.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
  type: summary
  locator: 10252-10257
  quote_or_summary: Some authorities say Sigurd and Brunhild wed, live happily for
    a while, and have an infant daughter Aslaug before Sigurd leaves.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
  type: summary
  locator: 10257-10260
  quote_or_summary: Aslaug, orphaned at three, is fostered by Brunhild’s father, who
    hides her in a cunningly fashioned harp while fleeing.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
  type: summary
  locator: 10260-10264
  quote_or_summary: In a distant land, a peasant couple murders Brunhild’s father
    for the gold they suppose the harp contains and discovers a little girl inside.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
  type: summary
  locator: 10264-10269
  quote_or_summary: Aslaug is thought mute, raised as a drudge, becomes beautiful,
    and wins the affection of Ragnar Lodbrog, to whom she tells her tale.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
  type: summary
  locator: 10269-10272
  quote_or_summary: Ragnar sails away, returns after a year of winning glory, and
    carries Aslaug away as his bride.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
  type: summary
  locator: 10286-10289
  quote_or_summary: Sigurd goes into the world seeking adventures and is said to have
    vowed to right wrongs and defend the fatherless and oppressed.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
  type: summary
  locator: 10292-10295
  quote_or_summary: Sigurd comes to the land of the Niblungs, described as a land
    of continual mist ruled by Giuki and Grimhild.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
  type: summary
  locator: 10295-10299
  quote_or_summary: Grimhild is skilled in magic lore and makes spells and potions
    that produce temporary forgetfulness and compel the drinker’s will.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
  type: summary
  locator: 10300-10310
  quote_or_summary: Grimhild brews a magic potion; after Sigurd drinks it from Gudrun’s
    hand, he forgets Brunhild and his troth, and his love turns to Gudrun.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:14
  type: summary
  locator: 10316-10319
  quote_or_summary: Despite a vague fear of a forgotten past event, Sigurd asks for
    and receives Gudrun’s hand, and the wedding is celebrated.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:15
  type: summary
  locator: 10319-10322
  quote_or_summary: Sigurd gives Gudrun some of Fafnir’s heart to eat; after tasting
    it, her nature changes and she grows cold and silent to all except him.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:16
  type: summary
  locator: 10322-10329
  quote_or_summary: Sigurd enters the doom ring with the two eldest Giukings; they
    stand beneath a sod on a shield, cut their arms, mingle blood in earth, and swear
    eternal friendship.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:17
  type: summary
  locator: 10300-10303
  quote_or_summary: Giuki and Grimhild have three sons, Gunnar, Högni, and Guttorm,
    and one daughter, Gudrun; the sons are brave and Gudrun is gentle and beautiful.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: medium
  comparison_claims: high
  notes: The passage gives clear narrative evidence for observations and symbols.
    Motif taxonomy mapping is partly approximate where the available taxonomy lacks
    exact categories for enchanted sleep, concealment in a harp, or magic-amnesia
    potion. No comparison claims were added because the passage does not itself make
    cross-traditional comparisons.
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 text and metadata; all interpretive motif labels are tied to internal passage evidence and available taxonomy only where support is reasonably direct.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:norse-myths-of-norsemen-guerber-gutenberg__l10215-l10329
  passage_sha256=7b69c247aa6e4825277a4fade99c3e4146550cd2c1367ea3e0646af52f617d94