Comparative mythology corpus

batch.motif.norse-myths-of-norsemen-guerber-gutenberg-l10571-l10664

batch.motif.norse-myths-of-norsemen-guerber-gutenberg-l10571-l10664

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record_id: batch.motif.norse-myths-of-norsemen-guerber-gutenberg-l10571-l10664
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 10571-10664'
  start: '10571'
  end: '10664'
  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 a variant comparison of Sigurd's death, Gudrun's flight
    and coerced marriage to Atli, Atli's plot to seize the Niblung treasure, Gudrun's
    attempted warning by runes and ring, Gunnar's burial of the hoard in the Rhine,
    the Niblungs' fatal visit to Atli's hall, Gudrun's armed support of her brothers,
    the defeat and imprisonment of Gunnar and Högni, and Gunnar's refusal under torture
    to reveal the treasure unless Högni is proven dead.
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: In the described Teutonic version, Sigurd/Siegfried is lured from a hunting
    party to a brook and stabbed through the back with a spear; his body is brought
    home and laid at his wife's feet.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: Gudrun flees from her father's house, takes refuge with Elf, becomes close
    to Thora, spends years embroidering Sigurd's deeds, and watches over her daughter
    Swanhild.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:3
  text: Atli, Brunhild's brother and King of the Huns, demands atonement for Brunhild's
    death; Gunnar promises that Gudrun will marry Atli after her widowhood.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:4
  text: Grimhild administers a magic potion, after which Gudrun is persuaded to leave
    Swanhild in Denmark and become Atli's wife in the land of the Huns.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:5
  text: Gudrun secretly detests Atli; the birth of Erp and Eitel does not console
    her; her descriptions of Niblung wealth stir Atli's greed.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:6
  text: Atli sends Knefrud or Wingi to invite the Niblung princes to his court while
    intending to slay them when they are in his power.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: obs:7
  text: Gudrun sends her brothers a rune message with the ring Andvaranaut and a wolf's
    hair; the messenger partly effaces the runes, changing their meaning.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: obs:8
  text: Gunnar accepts Atli's invitation despite warnings from Högni and Grimhild
    and an ominous dream of Glaumvor.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: obs:9
  text: Before leaving, Gunnar secretly buries the Niblung hoard in the Rhine, and
    the royal brothers swear never to reveal its location.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
- id: obs:10
  text: The Niblungs arrive at Atli's hall, realize they have been entrapped, kill
    Knefrud, and prepare to fight.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: obs:11
  text: Gudrun greets her brothers, takes up a weapon, and aids them during the fighting.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: obs:12
  text: Gunnar plays a harp between assaults; after three assaults all but Gunnar
    and Högni are dead, and the two wounded brothers are bound and put in a dungeon.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
- id: obs:13
  text: Atli offers freedom in exchange for the hoard's location; after torture, Gunnar
    says he swore not to reveal the secret while Högni lives and demands Högni's heart
    as proof of death.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: Sigurd / Siegfried
  description: A slain hero whose death is compared across versions; Gudrun's lost
    husband whose deeds she embroiders.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Unnamed treacherous assailant
  description: The attacker in the Teutonic version who lures Sigurd to a brook and
    stabs him from behind with a spear.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: Gudrun
  description: Sigurd's grieving widow, mother of Swanhild, later wife of Atli, sender
    of a warning message, and armed helper of her brothers.
  role_refs:
  - role:3
  - role:4
  - role:5
  - role:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:5
  - ev:9
- id: fig:4
  name_or_label: Elf
  description: Sigurd's foster father, with whom Gudrun takes refuge.
  role_refs:
  - role:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: fig:5
  name_or_label: Thora
  description: Elf's wife and daughter of King Hakon; she becomes Gudrun's close friend.
  role_refs:
  - role:8
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: fig:6
  name_or_label: Swanhild
  description: Gudrun's little daughter, left in Denmark when Gudrun becomes Atli's
    wife.
  role_refs:
  - role:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
- id: fig:7
  name_or_label: Atli
  description: Brunhild's brother and King of the Huns; he marries Gudrun, covets
    the Niblung wealth, entraps the Niblungs, and demands the hoard's location.
  role_refs:
  - role:10
  - role:11
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  - ev:11
- id: fig:8
  name_or_label: Gunnar
  description: A Niblung prince who promises Gudrun to Atli, accepts Atli's invitation,
    buries the hoard, fights at Atli's hall, is captured, and refuses to reveal the
    treasure while Högni lives.
  role_refs:
  - role:12
  - role:13
  - role:14
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
  - ev:11
- id: fig:9
  name_or_label: Grimhild
  description: Mother of the Niblung brothers; she administers the magic potion to
    Gudrun and later warns against Atli's invitation.
  role_refs:
  - role:15
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:5
- id: fig:10
  name_or_label: Högni
  description: Gunnar's brother, one of the two surviving captives, and the person
    whose life is tied to Gunnar's oath of secrecy.
  role_refs:
  - role:16
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  - ev:10
  - ev:11
- id: fig:11
  name_or_label: Knefrud / Wingi
  description: Atli's servant and messenger who invites the Niblungs and partly effaces
    Gudrun's runes.
  role_refs:
  - role:17
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  - ev:8
- id: fig:12
  name_or_label: Glaumvor
  description: Gunnar's second wife, whose ominous dream warns against accepting Atli's
    invitation.
  role_refs:
  - role:18
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: fig:13
  name_or_label: The Niblung princes / royal brothers
  description: The Niblung group who travel to Atli's hall, fight the Huns, and mostly
    perish.
  role_refs:
  - role:19
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
- id: fig:14
  name_or_label: The Huns
  description: Atli's people or forces who assault the Niblungs and capture Gunnar
    and Högni.
  role_refs:
  - role:20
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
- id: fig:15
  name_or_label: Erp and Eitel
  description: Gudrun and Atli's two sons, whose birth does not console Gudrun.
  role_refs:
  - role:21
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: fig:16
  name_or_label: Brunhild
  description: Atli's sister, whose death is cited as the reason for Atli's demand
    for atonement.
  role_refs:
  - role:22
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: slain husband and remembered hero
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: Sigurd is killed in the variant death scene and remembered by Gudrun through
    tapestry.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
- id: role:2
  label: treacherous killer
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: The assailant lures Sigurd to drink and stabs him from behind.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:3
  label: bereaved fugitive
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: Gudrun flees her father's house while inconsolable after Sigurd's death.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: role:4
  label: reluctant wife
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: A magic potion helps persuade Gudrun to marry Atli, whom she secretly detests.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
- id: role:5
  label: warning sender
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: Gudrun sends runes, the ring Andvaranaut, and a wolf's hair to warn her brothers.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: role:6
  label: armed loyal helper
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: Gudrun takes up a weapon and aids her brothers in the battle.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: role:7
  label: refuge host
  assigned_to:
  - fig:4
  basis: Gudrun takes refuge with Elf.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: role:8
  label: female companion
  assigned_to:
  - fig:5
  basis: Thora and Gudrun become great friends during Gudrun's refuge.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: role:9
  label: left-behind daughter
  assigned_to:
  - fig:6
  basis: Gudrun leaves Swanhild in Denmark when she goes to Atli.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: role:10
  label: king and husband
  assigned_to:
  - fig:7
  basis: Atli is King of the Huns and becomes Gudrun's husband.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: role:11
  label: greedy plotter and captor
  assigned_to:
  - fig:7
  basis: Atli plans to seize the Niblung wealth, entraps the princes, and demands
    the hoard's location from captives.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  - ev:11
- id: role:12
  label: promise maker
  assigned_to:
  - fig:8
  basis: Gunnar promises Gudrun's hand to Atli as atonement.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: role:13
  label: treasure hider and oath keeper
  assigned_to:
  - fig:8
  basis: Gunnar buries the hoard in the Rhine and later refuses to reveal the secret
    because of his oath.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:11
- id: role:14
  label: captured warrior
  assigned_to:
  - fig:8
  basis: Gunnar fights, survives the assaults, and is bound and imprisoned.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
- id: role:15
  label: potion-giver and warner
  assigned_to:
  - fig:9
  basis: Grimhild administers the magic potion and later warns against accepting the
    invitation.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:5
- id: role:16
  label: brother whose life guards the secret
  assigned_to:
  - fig:10
  basis: Gunnar says he cannot reveal the hoard's location while Högni lives.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: role:17
  label: deceptive or corrupting messenger
  assigned_to:
  - fig:11
  basis: The messenger partly effaces the runes, changing their meaning, and is later
    slain by the Niblungs.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  - ev:8
- id: role:18
  label: dream-warner
  assigned_to:
  - fig:12
  basis: Glaumvor has an ominous dream before Gunnar accepts the invitation.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: role:19
  label: doomed visiting warriors
  assigned_to:
  - fig:13
  basis: The Niblung princes travel to Atli's hall, discover the trap, and most die
    in battle.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
- id: role:20
  label: attacking host
  assigned_to:
  - fig:14
  basis: The Huns assault the Niblungs and take Gunnar and Högni captive.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
- id: role:21
  label: unconsoling sons
  assigned_to:
  - fig:15
  basis: The birth of Erp and Eitel does not console Gudrun.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: role:22
  label: dead sister requiring atonement
  assigned_to:
  - fig:16
  basis: Atli demands atonement for Brunhild's death.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: brook and Rhine water
  literal_form: A brook where Sigurd drinks; the Rhine where the hoard is hidden.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:8
  - fig:13
  taxonomy_refs:
  - water
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:6
- id: sym:2
  label: rune warning
  literal_form: A rune message sent by Gudrun and partly effaced by the messenger.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  - fig:11
  - fig:8
  - fig:10
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: sym:3
  label: Andvaranaut with wolf's hair
  literal_form: The ring Andvaranaut around which Gudrun twines a wolf's hair.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  - fig:11
  - fig:13
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: sym:4
  label: Niblung hoard
  literal_form: The golden hoard buried secretly in a deep hole in the bed of the
    Rhine.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:7
  - fig:8
  - fig:10
  - fig:13
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
  - ev:11
- id: sym:5
  label: tapestry of Sigurd's deeds
  literal_form: Embroidery upon tapestry showing the great deeds of Sigurd.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:3
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: sym:6
  label: Gunnar's harp
  literal_form: A harp played by Gunnar to keep up the spirits of his followers.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:8
  - fig:13
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: sym:7
  label: dungeon
  literal_form: A dungeon where Gunnar and Högni are cast bound to await death.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:8
  - fig:10
  - fig:14
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: sym:8
  label: heart on a platter
  literal_form: Högni's heart, which Gunnar says must be brought to him on a platter
    before he will believe Högni dead.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:8
  - fig:10
  - fig:7
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Variant death of Sigurd
  summary: Sigurd is lured from a hunting party to a brook, stabbed from behind with
    a spear, carried home, and laid at his wife's feet.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: scene:2
  label: Gudrun's refuge after Sigurd's death
  summary: Gudrun flees her father's house, stays with Elf and Thora, embroiders Sigurd's
    deeds, and cares for Swanhild.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:3
  - fig:4
  - fig:5
  - fig:6
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: scene:3
  label: Gudrun's marriage to Atli
  summary: Atli demands atonement for Brunhild's death, Gunnar promises Gudrun's marriage,
    and Grimhild's potion helps persuade Gudrun to leave Swanhild and marry Atli.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:3
  - fig:6
  - fig:7
  - fig:8
  - fig:9
  - fig:16
  symbol_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: scene:4
  label: Atli's plot and Gudrun's warning
  summary: Atli covets the Niblung wealth and sends Knefrud/Wingi to lure the princes,
    while Gudrun sends a rune message, ring, and wolf's hair; the runes are altered
    and Gunnar accepts the invitation despite warnings.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:3
  - fig:7
  - fig:8
  - fig:9
  - fig:10
  - fig:11
  - fig:12
  - fig:13
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:2
  - sym:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
- id: scene:5
  label: Burial of the Niblung treasure
  summary: Before departing, Gunnar hides the Niblung hoard in the Rhine and the royal
    brothers swear never to reveal the place.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:8
  - fig:10
  - fig:13
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  - sym:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
- id: scene:6
  label: Battle at Atli's hall
  summary: The Niblungs arrive, discover the trap, kill Knefrud, and resist the Huns;
    Gudrun helps them with a weapon and Gunnar plays his harp between assaults.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:3
  - fig:8
  - fig:10
  - fig:11
  - fig:13
  - fig:14
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
- id: scene:7
  label: Captivity and demand for the hoard
  summary: After the assaults, Gunnar and Högni are bound and imprisoned; Atli demands
    the hidden treasure's location, but Gunnar refuses to reveal it while Högni lives.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:7
  - fig:8
  - fig:10
  - fig:14
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:4
  - sym:7
  - sym:8
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
  - ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: treacherous killing at a water source
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: The passage describes Sigurd being lured to a brook to drink and then stabbed
    from behind with a spear.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage presents this as a Teutonic/Nibelungenlied variant rather
    than the main narrative sequence of the surrounding retelling.
- id: motif:2
  label: bereaved flight and refuge
  taxonomy_refs:
  - departure
  basis: Gudrun flees her father's house after Sigurd's death and stays for years
    with Elf and Thora.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  confidence: high
  cautions: The departure is grief-driven rather than a quest departure.
- id: motif:3
  label: magic potion leading to unwanted marriage
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: Grimhild administers a magic potion, after which Gudrun is persuaded to leave
    her daughter and marry Atli, whom she later secretly detests.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage does not specify the potion's composition or exact mental
    effect beyond aiding persuasion.
- id: motif:4
  label: warning message corrupted in transit
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: Gudrun sends a rune warning with symbolic objects, but the messenger partly
    effaces the runes and changes their meaning.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  confidence: high
  cautions: The motive for the messenger's alteration is not fully described in the
    passage.
- id: motif:5
  label: ominous warnings ignored before a fatal visit
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: Gunnar accepts Atli's invitation despite warnings from Högni and Grimhild
    and Glaumvor's ominous dream.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage summarizes the warnings and dream without giving their detailed
    content.
- id: motif:6
  label: treasure hidden in a river under oath of secrecy
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: Gunnar buries the Niblung hoard in the Rhine, and the royal brothers swear
    never to reveal its location.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
  confidence: high
  cautions: No broader cosmological or ritual status for the treasure is stated here.
- id: motif:7
  label: betrayed guests make a doomed last stand
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: The Niblungs discover the trap at Atli's hall, kill the messenger, resist
    repeated assaults, and are killed or captured.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage gives a compressed account of the battle.
- id: motif:8
  label: captive refuses treasure secret under torture
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: Atli offers freedom for the hoard's location, but Gunnar keeps silent under
    torture and conditions disclosure on proof of Högni's death.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage ends before reporting whether the demanded proof is produced.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
  claim: The passage explicitly compares Sigurd's death scene with the Nibelungenlied/Teutonic
    version, treating them as variants of the same death episode with different narrative
    details.
  claim_level: same_motif
  target: Nibelungenlied / Teutonic version of Sigurd-Siegfried's death
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: high
  limitations: The comparison is limited to the death scene as summarized in this
    passage; it does not establish historical transmission details beyond the passage's
    own wording.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: 10571-10576
  quote_or_summary: The passage says the Nibelungenlied death scene is more powerful
    and summarizes a Teutonic version in which Sigurd/Siegfried is lured from a forest
    hunt to a brook, stabbed in the back with a spear, and laid at his wife's feet.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:2
  type: summary
  locator: 10578-10587
  quote_or_summary: Gudrun, inconsolable after Sigurd's death, flees her father's
    house, takes refuge with Elf, befriends Thora, embroiders Sigurd's deeds, and
    watches over Swanhild.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:3
  type: summary
  locator: 10589-10600
  quote_or_summary: Atli demands atonement for Brunhild's death; Gunnar promises Gudrun's
    hand; Grimhild's magic potion helps persuade Gudrun to leave Swanhild in Denmark
    and marry Atli in the land of the Huns.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:4
  type: summary
  locator: 10601-10608
  quote_or_summary: Gudrun secretly detests Atli; Erp and Eitel do not console her;
    her talk of Niblung wealth arouses Atli's greed and prompts plans to seize it.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:5
  type: summary
  locator: 10609-10619
  quote_or_summary: Atli sends Knefrud/Wingi to invite the Niblungs while intending
    to kill them; Gudrun sends runes, Andvaranaut, and a wolf's hair; the messenger
    alters the runes; Gunnar accepts despite warnings and Glaumvor's dream.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:6
  type: summary
  locator: 10621-10625
  quote_or_summary: Before departing, Gunnar is persuaded to bury the Niblung hoard
    secretly in a deep hole in the Rhine, known only to the royal brothers, who swear
    never to reveal it.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:7
  type: quote
  locator: 10626-10632
  quote_or_summary: '"Down then and whirling outward the ruddy Gold fell forth"; the
    waters close over the treasure, leaving it "Unheard, unseen for ever."'
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt from provided passage.
- id: ev:8
  type: summary
  locator: 10634-10640
  quote_or_summary: The Niblungs ride to Atli's hall, discover they have been entrapped,
    kill Knefrud, and prepare to sell their lives dearly.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:9
  type: summary
  locator: 10641-10649
  quote_or_summary: Gudrun embraces the Niblungs, takes a weapon to aid them, and
    Gunnar plays his harp to encourage his followers between renewed assaults.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:10
  type: summary
  locator: 10649-10654
  quote_or_summary: After three assaults, all but Gunnar and Högni have perished;
    the wounded brothers are bound and cast into a dungeon to await death.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:11
  type: summary
  locator: 10656-10664
  quote_or_summary: Atli brings the captives before him and offers freedom for the
    hoard's hiding place; after torture, Gunnar says he swore not to reveal it while
    Högni lived and would believe Högni dead only if his heart were brought on a platter.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from provided passage.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: medium
  comparison_claims: high
  notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied public-domain passage. Motif labels
    are descriptive candidates and require human review for taxonomy alignment.
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 figures, symbols, or comparisons were added beyond those supported by the supplied passage and metadata.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:norse-myths-of-norsemen-guerber-gutenberg__l10571-l10664
  passage_sha256=c3d7d7367be253e5b239263e503eb1d08573ff188fd31c3cb3e0dc15dfda0008