Comparative mythology corpus

batch.motif.norse-myths-of-norsemen-guerber-gutenberg-l10939-l11058

batch.motif.norse-myths-of-norsemen-guerber-gutenberg-l10939-l11058

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record_id: batch.motif.norse-myths-of-norsemen-guerber-gutenberg-l10939-l11058
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
passage_locator:
  label: 'CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD
    SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF; lines 10939-11058'
  start: '10939'
  end: '11058'
  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: 'A game between the sons of Njorfe and Viking leads to a killing and a
    blood feud. Viking banishes the killer, but his sons accompany the exile and are
    attacked through magic-aided winter warfare. Thorsten survives, later restores
    Belé, marries Ingeborg after a spell is lifted, and with Belé and Angantyr gains
    major treasures: the dragon ship Ellida and a magic ring guarded in a mound by
    Soté''s ghost. The passage ends with the births and fosterage of Frithiof and
    Ingeborg.'
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: A quarrel during a game leads one of Njorfe's sons to strike an opponent,
    and the injured opponent later kills him when they meet alone.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: Viking banishes the young killer because of his oath to avenge Njorfe's wrongs,
    and the killer's brothers vow to accompany him.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:3
  text: Viking gives the sword Angurvadel to Thorsten and tells him to remain on an
    island in Lake Wener until danger passes.
  category: object
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:4
  text: Njorfe's sons use a conjurer's art to bring a great frost, cross the ice with
    armed men, and attack Thorsten and his brothers.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:5
  text: Viking finds Thorsten and Thorer alive among the dead and secretly brings
    them to a cellar beneath his dwelling, where they recover.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:6
  text: Njorfe's surviving sons discover by magic that their opponents are alive and
    make a second unsuccessful attempt to kill them.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: obs:7
  text: Jokul kills the king of Sogn, banishes Belé, takes the kingdom, and changes
    Ingeborg into the semblance of an old witch.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: obs:8
  text: Jokul raises tempests; Thorsten suffers two shipwrecks and is saved by the
    seeming witch, whom he promises to marry.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
- id: obs:9
  text: Thorsten finds Belé, restores him to his hereditary throne, swears eternal
    friendship with him, and later marries Ingeborg after the spell is removed.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: obs:10
  text: Thorsten, Belé, and Angantyr recover Ellida, a magic dragon ship once given
    by Ægir to Viking and later stolen.
  category: object
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
- id: obs:11
  text: Thorsten and Belé seek a magic ring or armlet forged by Völund and stolen
    by the pirate Soté, whose ghost guards it in a mound.
  category: object
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: obs:12
  text: Thorsten enters Soté's tomb; Belé hears violent blows and sees supernatural
    fire, and Thorsten emerges pale, bloody, and triumphant with the treasure.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
- id: obs:13
  text: Ingeborg bears Thorsten a son named Frithiof; Belé has sons Halfdan and Helgé
    and later a daughter named Ingeborg, who is entrusted to Hilding.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: Viking
  description: Father of sons involved in the feud; oath-bound friend of Njorfe; earlier
    recipient of Ellida from Ægir.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  - role:10
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:4
  - ev:9
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Njorfe's sons
  description: Sons of Njorfe who participate in the game, pursue vengeance, and use
    magic arts against Viking's sons.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:3
  - ev:5
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: Thorsten
  description: Eldest of Viking's sons; bearer of Angurvadel; survivor of attacks;
    restorer and sworn friend of Belé; husband of Ingeborg; winner of treasures.
  role_refs:
  - role:3
  - role:4
  - role:5
  - role:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:4
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
  - ev:13
  - ev:14
- id: fig:4
  name_or_label: Thorer
  description: One of Viking's sons who survives the attack and is hidden in Viking's
    cellar.
  role_refs:
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: fig:5
  name_or_label: Jokul
  description: Njorfe's eldest son; seizes Sogn, uses magic against Thorsten, and
    transforms Ingeborg.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  - role:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
- id: fig:6
  name_or_label: Belé
  description: Banished heir of Sogn restored by Thorsten; sworn friend and expedition
    companion of Thorsten; father of Halfdan, Helgé, and Ingeborg.
  role_refs:
  - role:8
  - role:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
  - ev:11
  - ev:14
- id: fig:7
  name_or_label: Ingeborg, daughter of the king of Sogn
  description: Changed by Jokul into the likeness of an old witch; saves Thorsten
    from the waves; later revealed in beauty and married to Thorsten.
  role_refs:
  - role:11
  - role:12
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
  - ev:8
  - ev:14
- id: fig:8
  name_or_label: Angantyr
  description: A former foe whose prowess is tested; joins Thorsten and Belé and receives
    the Orkney Islands as a tributary kingdom.
  role_refs:
  - role:13
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  - ev:11
- id: fig:9
  name_or_label: Ægir
  description: God of the sea who once gave Ellida to Viking as a reward for hospitality.
  role_refs:
  - role:14
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: fig:10
  name_or_label: Völund
  description: Smith said to have forged the magic ring or armlet sought by Thorsten
    and Belé.
  role_refs:
  - role:15
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: fig:11
  name_or_label: Soté
  description: Famous pirate who stole the magic ring and buried himself alive with
    it; his ghost guards it in a mound.
  role_refs:
  - role:16
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
  - ev:13
- id: fig:12
  name_or_label: Frithiof
  description: Son of Thorsten and Ingeborg; raised with Hilding as foster father.
  role_refs:
  - role:17
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
- id: fig:13
  name_or_label: Hilding
  description: Foster father of Frithiof and later caretaker of Belé's daughter Ingeborg.
  role_refs:
  - role:18
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
- id: fig:14
  name_or_label: Ingeborg, daughter of Belé
  description: Belé's younger daughter, entrusted to Hilding and raised near Frithiof.
  role_refs:
  - role:17
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: oath-bound avenger and father
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: Viking is mindful of an oath to avenge Njorfe's wrongs and banishes his own
    son.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: role:2
  label: vengeful feud opponent
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  - fig:5
  basis: Njorfe's sons seek vengeance through armed attack and magic; Jokul continues
    hostile acts.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
- id: role:3
  label: exiled survivor
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  - fig:4
  basis: Thorsten and Thorer survive the attack and recover in hiding after Viking
    finds them alive.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: role:4
  label: treasure-winning hero
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: Thorsten helps recover Ellida and wins the magic ring from the guarded mound.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  - ev:13
- id: role:5
  label: restorer of rightful ruler
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: Thorsten finds Belé and replaces him upon his hereditary throne.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: role:6
  label: bridegroom of transformed rescuer
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: Thorsten promises to marry the seeming witch who saves him, and later marries
    Ingeborg after the spell is lifted.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
  - ev:8
- id: role:7
  label: magical usurper
  assigned_to:
  - fig:5
  basis: Jokul takes Sogn by force, kills its king, banishes Belé, transforms Ingeborg,
    and uses tempests.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
- id: role:8
  label: restored heir and sworn friend
  assigned_to:
  - fig:6
  basis: Belé is banished but later restored to his hereditary throne and swears eternal
    friendship with Thorsten.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:8
- id: role:9
  label: expedition companion
  assigned_to:
  - fig:6
  basis: Belé repeatedly sails with Thorsten and joins treasure quests and conquests.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  - ev:11
  - ev:12
- id: role:10
  label: recipient of divine sea-gift
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: Ægir once gave Ellida to Viking in reward for hospitality.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: role:11
  label: transformed maiden
  assigned_to:
  - fig:7
  basis: Ingeborg is changed into the similitude of an old witch and later revealed
    in her native beauty.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:8
- id: role:12
  label: rescuer from waves
  assigned_to:
  - fig:7
  basis: The seeming witch saves Thorsten from the waves after shipwrecks.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
- id: role:13
  label: tested ally and tributary ruler
  assigned_to:
  - fig:8
  basis: Angantyr joins Thorsten and Belé after his mettle is tested and later receives
    Orkney as a kingdom with tribute owed to Belé.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  - ev:11
- id: role:14
  label: sea-god donor
  assigned_to:
  - fig:9
  basis: Ægir, god of the sea, gives the magic ship to Viking as a reward.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: role:15
  label: mythic smith
  assigned_to:
  - fig:10
  basis: Völund is named as the smith who forged the magic ring or armlet.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: role:16
  label: dead treasure guardian
  assigned_to:
  - fig:11
  basis: Soté buries himself alive with the ring and his ghost keeps watch over it.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: role:17
  label: fostered child
  assigned_to:
  - fig:12
  - fig:14
  basis: Frithiof has Hilding as foster father, and Belé's daughter Ingeborg is entrusted
    to Hilding's care.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
- id: role:18
  label: foster father and caretaker
  assigned_to:
  - fig:13
  basis: Hilding is Frithiof's foster father and receives care of Belé's daughter
    Ingeborg.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: Angurvadel
  literal_form: sword given by Viking to Thorsten
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:3
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: sym:2
  label: Lake Wener and island refuge
  literal_form: island in Lake Wener used as a temporary place of safety
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  taxonomy_refs:
  - water
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: sym:3
  label: magically made frost and ice crossing
  literal_form: great frost created by conjurer's art, enabling armed men to cross
    the lake ice
  associated_figures:
  - fig:2
  taxonomy_refs:
  - water
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: sym:4
  label: hidden cellar
  literal_form: cellar beneath Viking's dwelling where wounded sons recover
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:3
  - fig:4
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: sym:5
  label: seeming witch form
  literal_form: old-witch likeness imposed on Ingeborg by Jokul's spell
  associated_figures:
  - fig:5
  - fig:7
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:8
- id: sym:6
  label: tempests and waves
  literal_form: storms raised by Jokul and waves from which Thorsten is saved
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  - fig:5
  - fig:7
  taxonomy_refs:
  - water
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
- id: sym:7
  label: Ellida
  literal_form: magic dragon ship, a sea-god's gift, described with dragon shape,
    wings, scales, gold, silver, and great speed
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:3
  - fig:6
  - fig:8
  - fig:9
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
- id: sym:8
  label: magic ring or armlet
  literal_form: ring or armlet forged by Völund, stolen by Soté, and won by Thorsten
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  - fig:10
  - fig:11
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
  - ev:13
- id: sym:9
  label: mound tomb
  literal_form: burial mound in Bretland where Soté is buried with the ring and where
    his ghost keeps watch
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  - fig:6
  - fig:11
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
  - ev:13
- id: sym:10
  label: supernatural fire
  literal_form: lurid gleams seen from outside the tomb during Thorsten's struggle
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  - fig:6
  - fig:11
  taxonomy_refs:
  - fire
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
- id: sym:11
  label: three greatest treasures of the North
  literal_form: the accumulated treasures owned by Thorsten after winning the ring,
    including Ellida and the ring
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
  - ev:14
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Game killing and blood-feud sentence
  summary: A dispute at a game results in a killing; Viking, bound by oath to Njorfe,
    banishes the killer, while the brothers choose exile together.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  - sym:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
- id: scene:2
  label: Ice attack and secret recovery
  summary: Njorfe's sons use magic frost to cross the lake and attack; Thorsten and
    Thorer survive and are hidden in Viking's cellar until healed.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  - fig:4
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:3
  - sym:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
- id: scene:3
  label: Jokul's usurpation and Ingeborg's transformation
  summary: Jokul seizes Sogn, banishes Belé, transforms Ingeborg, raises storms, and
    indirectly brings Thorsten into obligation to marry the seeming witch who saves
    him.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:3
  - fig:5
  - fig:6
  - fig:7
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:5
  - sym:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
- id: scene:4
  label: Restoration of Belé and marriage to Ingeborg
  summary: Thorsten restores Belé to his throne, swears friendship with him, and marries
    Ingeborg after the spell on her is lifted.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:3
  - fig:6
  - fig:7
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: scene:5
  label: Recovery of Ellida and northern conquests
  summary: Thorsten, Belé, and Angantyr recover the stolen dragon ship Ellida; in
    a later season they conquer Orkney and establish Angantyr there as tributary ruler.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:3
  - fig:6
  - fig:8
  - fig:9
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
  - ev:11
- id: scene:6
  label: Tomb combat for the magic ring
  summary: Thorsten enters Soté's mound to win the magic ring; Belé hears blows and
    sees supernatural fire before Thorsten returns wounded but victorious.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:3
  - fig:6
  - fig:10
  - fig:11
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:8
  - sym:9
  - sym:10
  - sym:11
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
  - ev:13
- id: scene:7
  label: Births and fosterage of the next generation
  summary: Thorsten and Ingeborg have Frithiof; Belé has sons and a daughter named
    Ingeborg, who is entrusted to Hilding alongside Frithiof.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:3
  - fig:6
  - fig:7
  - fig:12
  - fig:13
  - fig:14
  symbol_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: blood feud leading to exile
  taxonomy_refs:
  - departure
  basis: A killing between allied families produces an oath-driven banishment, and
    the brothers depart together into danger.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  confidence: high
  cautions: The available taxonomy lacks a specific blood-feud category; departure
    captures only the exile aspect.
- id: motif:2
  label: magic-aided feud attack
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: Njorfe's sons use conjurer's art and later magic discovery to continue the
    feud and attempt murder.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:5
  confidence: medium
  cautions: No close available taxonomy reference supplied for magical vendetta or
    weather attack.
- id: motif:3
  label: rightful ruler restored after usurpation
  taxonomy_refs:
  - royal_legitimacy
  basis: Jokul kills the king and banishes Belé, while Thorsten later restores Belé
    to his hereditary throne.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:8
  confidence: high
  cautions: ''
- id: motif:4
  label: transformed beloved revealed and married
  taxonomy_refs:
  - shapeshifter
  basis: Ingeborg is magically changed into an old-witch likeness, rescues Thorsten,
    and is later revealed in beauty and married to him.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
  - ev:8
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The passage presents an imposed spell rather than voluntary shapeshifting.
- id: motif:5
  label: sea-god gift and recovered magic vessel
  taxonomy_refs:
  - sacred_exchange
  - sacred_theft
  - mystical_quest
  basis: Ægir gives Ellida to Viking in reward for hospitality; the magic ship is
    stolen and later recovered by Thorsten, Belé, and Angantyr.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
  confidence: high
  cautions: The taxonomy terms are broad; the passage's literal object is a magic
    ship.
- id: motif:6
  label: descent into tomb to win guarded treasure
  taxonomy_refs:
  - hero_descent
  - mystical_quest
  - initiation
  basis: Thorsten enters a mound tomb where a ghost guards a magic ring, endures hidden
    combat with supernatural fire, and emerges wounded but victorious.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
  - ev:13
  confidence: high
  cautions: The text does not explicitly call the episode an initiation; that aspect
    remains interpretive.
- id: motif:7
  label: fostered hero and companion childhood
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: Frithiof is fostered by Hilding, and Belé's daughter Ingeborg is also entrusted
    to Hilding after the children grow near one another.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
  confidence: medium
  cautions: This is a narrative setup rather than a complete motif in the supplied
    passage.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
  claim: The passage itself states that Thorsten and Thorer's adventures on the way
    to Halfdan's court resemble those of Theseus on his way to Athens in many points.
  claim_level: same_function
  target: Theseus on his way to Athens
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: medium
  limitations: The passage gives only the comparison statement and no detailed parallels,
    so a stronger same-motif or historical-contact claim is not supported here.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: 10939-10945
  quote_or_summary: A game between Njorfe's and Viking's sons culminates in a treacherous
    blow; the injured man later returns alone and kills his assailant.
  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: 10947-10957
  quote_or_summary: Viking, mindful of his oath to avenge Njorfe's wrongs, banishes
    the killer; the brothers accompany him, and Viking gives Angurvadel to Thorsten
    and advises refuge on an island in Lake Wener.
  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: 10959-10966
  quote_or_summary: Njorfe's sons use conjurer's art to create a great frost, cross
    the ice with armed men, and attack Thorsten and his brothers; only two attackers
    escape.
  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: 10968-10972
  quote_or_summary: Viking comes to bury his sons, finds Thorsten and Thorer alive,
    secretly conveys them to a cellar beneath his dwelling, and they recover.
  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: 10974-10980
  quote_or_summary: Njorfe's surviving sons discover by magic that their opponents
    live and make another failed attack; Viking sends his sons to Halfdan, after adventures
    said to resemble those of Theseus on his way to Athens.
  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: 10982-10988
  quote_or_summary: Thorsten encounters Jokul, who has killed the king of Sogn, banished
    Belé, seized the kingdom, and changed Ingeborg into the likeness of an old witch.
  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: 10990-10996
  quote_or_summary: Jokul prefers magic, stirs up tempests, and Thorsten is twice
    shipwrecked before being saved from the waves by the seeming witch, whom he promises
    to marry.
  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: 10996-11001
  quote_or_summary: Advised by Ingeborg, Thorsten finds Belé, restores him to his
    throne, swears eternal friendship with him, and after the spell is removed marries
    Ingeborg.
  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: 11003-11009
  quote_or_summary: Thorsten and Belé sail each spring; with Angantyr they recover
    Ellida, a magic dragon ship given by Ægir to Viking for hospitality and later
    stolen.
  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: quote
  locator: 11011-11023
  quote_or_summary: Ellida is described as dragon-shaped, with gold at its throat,
    silver scales, black wings edged with red, and speed surpassing the eagle.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; short descriptive summary of verse quotation.
- id: ev:11
  type: summary
  locator: 11027-11030
  quote_or_summary: Thorsten, Belé, and Angantyr conquer the Orkney Islands, which
    are given to Angantyr as a kingdom in exchange for yearly tribute to Belé.
  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: 11030-11037
  quote_or_summary: Thorsten and Belé seek a magic ring or armlet forged by Völund
    and stolen by Soté, who buried himself alive with it in a Bretland mound where
    his ghost guards it.
  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: 11038-11045
  quote_or_summary: Thorsten enters the tomb; Belé hears frightful blows and sees
    supernatural fire. Thorsten exits pale, bloody, triumphant, and says he trembled
    when he seized the treasure.
  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: 11047-11058
  quote_or_summary: Thorsten returns with the three greatest treasures of the North;
    Ingeborg bears Frithiof, Belé has Halfdan, Helgé, and later Ingeborg, and Hilding
    fosters or cares for Frithiof and young Ingeborg.
  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: medium
  notes: Extraction is based only on the provided passage. Motif assignments are cautious
    where available taxonomy categories are broader than the passage details. The
    only explicit comparison is the passage's own Theseus 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: |-
  Two distinct figures named Ingeborg are present: Thorsten's wife, daughter of the king of Sogn, and Belé's later-born daughter entrusted to Hilding.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:norse-myths-of-norsemen-guerber-gutenberg__l10939-l11058
  passage_sha256=a0d8a46466e281b2eb6e1651f49ca1039458a6af90807434b151815c0cf59b1e