Comparative mythology corpus

batch.motif.norse-myths-of-norsemen-guerber-gutenberg-l2123-l2236

batch.motif.norse-myths-of-norsemen-guerber-gutenberg-l2123-l2236

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record_id: batch.motif.norse-myths-of-norsemen-guerber-gutenberg-l2123-l2236
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
passage_locator:
  label: 'INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III:
    FRIGGA; lines 2123-2236'
  start: '2123'
  end: '2236'
  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 lists attendants of Frigga and their functions, narrates Gefjon’s
    acquisition of land from King Gylfi and the formation of Seeland and Lake Mälar,
    describes Gefjon’s link to the Danish royal Skioldungs, describes Eira, Vara,
    Vör, and Snotra, and compares Frigga with the Southern German goddess Holda, who
    presides over weather, weaving, and the gift of flax. It then begins a Tyrolean
    story in which a peasant shepherd pursuing a chamois reaches a glacier doorway
    on a mountain.
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: Vjofn is described as inclining resistant hearts to love, maintaining peace
    and concord, and reconciling quarrelling spouses.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: Syn guards the door of Frigga’s palace, refuses entry to unauthorized persons,
    and is associated with tribunals, trials, and vetoes.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:3
  text: Gefjon receives those who die unwedded and makes them happy forever.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:4
  text: One tradition says Gefjon married a giant and had four sons.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:5
  text: Odin sends Gefjon to King Gylfi of Sweden to ask for land; Gylfi grants as
    much as she can plough around in one day and night.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: obs:6
  text: Gefjon changes her four sons into oxen, harnesses them to a plough, cuts a
    wide and deep furrow, tears away a land mass, drags it into the sea, fastens it
    there, and names it Seeland.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: obs:7
  text: The hollow left by the removed land fills with water and becomes the lake
    now called Mälar, whose indentations correspond to Seeland’s headlands.
  category: setting
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
- id: obs:8
  text: Gefjon marries Skiold, becomes ancestress of the royal Danish Skioldungs,
    and founds Hleidra or Lethra, described as a principal place of sacrifice for
    heathen Danes.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: obs:9
  text: Eira is described as a skilled physician who gathers healing herbs and teaches
    medicine to women.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: obs:10
  text: Vara hears oaths, punishes perjurers, and rewards oath-keepers; Vör knows
    what will occur throughout the world; Snotra has mastered all knowledge.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: obs:11
  text: Frigga is described as powerful because of her attendants, but as having no
    special temple or shrine and little worship except with Odin.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: obs:12
  text: Holda is described as a Southern German goddess with attributes like Frigga’s;
    she gives gifts, presides over weather, and is associated with snow, rain, clouds,
    weaving, spinning, housekeeping, flax, and instruction in its use.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: obs:13
  text: In the Tyrolean flax story, a peasant shepherd takes sheep to mountain pasture,
    hunts a chamois, climbs to the snowy mountain top, and sees a doorway in a glacier.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: Frigga
  description: A powerful deity with a palace and attendants; worshipped little except
    in company with Odin.
  role_refs:
  - role:12
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:11
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Vjofn
  description: An attendant associated with love, peace, concord, and reconciliation
    of spouses.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: Syn
  description: Truth; guardian of Frigga’s palace door and figure associated with
    tribunals, trials, and vetoes.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: fig:4
  name_or_label: Gefjon
  description: A maiden in Frigga’s palace; receiver of the unwedded dead; land-winner
    and maker of Seeland; later wife of Skiold and ancestress of the Skioldungs.
  role_refs:
  - role:4
  - role:5
  - role:6
  - role:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
  - ev:8
- id: fig:5
  name_or_label: Gylfi
  description: King of Sweden who grants Gefjon as much land as she can plough around
    in one day and night.
  role_refs:
  - role:8
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: fig:6
  name_or_label: Gefjon’s four sons
  description: Sons of Gefjon and a giant; changed into oxen and made to drag the
    reft land mass.
  role_refs:
  - role:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:6
- id: fig:7
  name_or_label: Odin
  description: Sends Gefjon ahead to visit King Gylfi and ask for land; also named
    as the deity with whom Frigga is worshipped.
  role_refs:
  - role:10
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  - ev:11
- id: fig:8
  name_or_label: Skiold
  description: One of Odin’s sons; marries Gefjon and is linked to the royal Danish
    Skioldungs.
  role_refs:
  - role:11
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: fig:9
  name_or_label: Eira
  description: Frigga’s attendant; skilled physician and teacher of medicine to women.
  role_refs:
  - role:13
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: fig:10
  name_or_label: Vara
  description: Goddess who hears oaths, punishes perjurers, and rewards those who
    keep their word.
  role_refs:
  - role:14
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: fig:11
  name_or_label: Vör
  description: Figure associated with faith and knowledge of all that will occur throughout
    the world.
  role_refs:
  - role:15
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: fig:12
  name_or_label: Snotra
  description: Goddess of virtue who has mastered all knowledge.
  role_refs:
  - role:16
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: fig:13
  name_or_label: Holda / Hulda / Frau Holle
  description: Southern German goddess whose attributes are compared with Frigga’s;
    giver of rich gifts, weather deity, weaver, spinner, housekeeper, and giver and
    teacher of flax.
  role_refs:
  - role:17
  - role:18
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: fig:14
  name_or_label: Peasant shepherd
  description: A peasant who leaves his family in the valley, pastures sheep on a
    mountain, hunts chamois, and discovers a glacier doorway.
  role_refs:
  - role:19
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
- id: fig:15
  name_or_label: Chamois
  description: Animal pursued by the peasant before he sees the doorway in the glacier.
  role_refs:
  - role:20
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: reconciler of love and spouses
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: Vjofn inclines hearts to love and reconciles quarrelling husbands and wives.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:2
  label: threshold guardian
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: Syn guards Frigga’s palace door and denies unauthorized entry.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: role:3
  label: trial and veto authority
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: Syn presides over tribunals and trials and is invoked when a thing is vetoed.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: role:4
  label: receiver of the unwedded dead
  assigned_to:
  - fig:4
  basis: Gefjon receives those who died unwedded and makes them happy forever.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: role:5
  label: land claimant
  assigned_to:
  - fig:4
  basis: Gefjon asks King Gylfi for land and receives a ploughing condition.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: role:6
  label: island maker
  assigned_to:
  - fig:4
  basis: Gefjon tears away land, drags it into the sea, and names it Seeland.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: role:7
  label: royal ancestress and city founder
  assigned_to:
  - fig:4
  basis: Gefjon becomes ancestress of the Skioldungs and founds Hleidra or Lethra.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: role:8
  label: land-granting king
  assigned_to:
  - fig:5
  basis: Gylfi promises Gefjon as much land as she can plough around in one day and
    night.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: role:9
  label: transformed draught animals
  assigned_to:
  - fig:6
  basis: Gefjon’s four sons are changed into oxen and harnessed to a plough.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: role:10
  label: divine sender
  assigned_to:
  - fig:7
  basis: Odin sends Gefjon before him to visit Gylfi.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: role:11
  label: royal husband
  assigned_to:
  - fig:8
  basis: Skiold marries Gefjon and is linked to the Skioldung royal line.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: role:12
  label: powerful goddess with attendants
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: Frigga’s many attendants make her a powerful deity, though she lacks a special
    temple or shrine.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: role:13
  label: healer and teacher of medicine
  assigned_to:
  - fig:9
  basis: Eira cures wounds and diseases and teaches medicine to women.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: role:14
  label: oath judge
  assigned_to:
  - fig:10
  basis: Vara hears oaths, punishes perjurers, and rewards oath-keepers.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: role:15
  label: knower of future events
  assigned_to:
  - fig:11
  basis: Vör knows all that will occur throughout the world.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: role:16
  label: mistress of knowledge and virtue
  assigned_to:
  - fig:12
  basis: Snotra is goddess of virtue and has mastered all knowledge.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: role:17
  label: weather and household goddess
  assigned_to:
  - fig:13
  basis: Holda presides over weather and is linked with weaving, spinning, and housekeeping.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: role:18
  label: giver and teacher of flax
  assigned_to:
  - fig:13
  basis: Holda gives flax to mankind and teaches its use.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: role:19
  label: mountain shepherd and hunter
  assigned_to:
  - fig:14
  basis: The peasant pastures sheep on the mountain and hunts a chamois.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
- id: role:20
  label: pursued mountain animal
  assigned_to:
  - fig:15
  basis: The chamois is pursued before disappearing behind a boulder.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: palace door
  literal_form: Door of Frigga’s palace guarded by Syn
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:3
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: sym:2
  label: plough and furrow
  literal_form: Plough used by Gefjon and the wide, deep furrow cut around the land
  associated_figures:
  - fig:4
  - fig:6
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: sym:3
  label: four oxen
  literal_form: Gefjon’s four sons transformed into oxen with four heads and eight
    eyes
  associated_figures:
  - fig:4
  - fig:6
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: sym:4
  label: Seeland
  literal_form: Land mass dragged into the sea and fastened as an island
  associated_figures:
  - fig:4
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: sym:5
  label: water-filled hollow / Lake Mälar
  literal_form: Hollow filled with water and formed into the lake now called Mälar
  associated_figures:
  - fig:4
  taxonomy_refs:
  - water
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
- id: sym:6
  label: sacrificial city
  literal_form: Hleidra or Lethra, founded by Gefjon and described as a principal
    place of sacrifice
  associated_figures:
  - fig:4
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: sym:7
  label: healing herbs
  literal_form: Simples gathered by Eira to cure wounds and diseases
  associated_figures:
  - fig:9
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: sym:8
  label: oaths
  literal_form: Oaths heard by Vara and linked to punishment or reward
  associated_figures:
  - fig:10
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: sym:9
  label: snow, rain, and clouds
  literal_form: Snowflakes, rain, white clouds, and grey cloud-strips explained as
    Holda’s household actions
  associated_figures:
  - fig:13
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: sym:10
  label: flax
  literal_form: Flax given by Holda to mankind and taught for use
  associated_figures:
  - fig:13
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: sym:11
  label: mountain and glacier doorway
  literal_form: Mountain top with everlasting snow and a doorway in a neighbouring
    glacier
  associated_figures:
  - fig:14
  - fig:15
  taxonomy_refs:
  - mountain
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Functions of Frigga’s attendants
  summary: Vjofn, Syn, Gefjon, Eira, Vara, Vör, and Snotra are described by their
    duties around love, thresholds, the dead, healing, oaths, foreknowledge, and knowledge.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  - fig:4
  - fig:9
  - fig:10
  - fig:11
  - fig:12
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  - sym:7
  - sym:8
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
  - ev:11
- id: scene:2
  label: Gefjon obtains and removes land
  summary: Odin sends Gefjon to Gylfi; Gylfi grants a ploughing condition; Gefjon
    transforms her sons into oxen, ploughs around a land mass, tears it away, drags
    it into the sea, and names it Seeland.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:4
  - fig:5
  - fig:6
  - fig:7
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:2
  - sym:3
  - sym:4
  - sym:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
- id: scene:3
  label: Gefjon’s royal and sacrificial foundation
  summary: Gefjon marries Skiold, becomes ancestress of the Danish Skioldungs, and
    founds Hleidra or Lethra, a principal place of sacrifice.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:4
  - fig:8
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: scene:4
  label: Holda’s weather and domestic powers
  summary: Holda is presented as a Southern German counterpart-like figure to Frigga,
    associated with gifts, weather phenomena, weaving, spinning, housekeeping, and
    flax.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:13
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:9
  - sym:10
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: scene:5
  label: Opening of the flax-discovery tale
  summary: A peasant shepherd pastures sheep on a mountain, hunts a chamois, climbs
    to the snowy summit, and discovers a doorway in a glacier.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:14
  - fig:15
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:11
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: divine guardian of threshold and judgment
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  basis: Syn controls access to Frigga’s palace and is associated with tribunals,
    trials, and vetoes.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage frames Syn’s judicial function directly, but does not narrate
    a specific trial.
- id: motif:2
  label: afterlife reception of a special class of dead
  taxonomy_refs:
  - afterlife_journey_map
  basis: Gefjon receives those who die unwedded and makes them happy forever.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The passage gives an afterlife destination or receiver, not a detailed
    journey map.
- id: motif:3
  label: transformation into draught animals for supernatural land-making
  taxonomy_refs:
  - shapeshifter
  basis: Gefjon changes her four sons into oxen to plough, remove, and relocate land.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  confidence: high
  cautions: The transformation is performed by Gefjon on others; the passage does
    not say the sons are habitual shapeshifters.
- id: motif:4
  label: island creation by ploughing and removal of land
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: Gefjon ploughs around a land mass, tears it away, drags it into the sea,
    and calls it Seeland, while the hollow becomes Lake Mälar.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
  confidence: high
  cautions: No matching supplied taxonomy family is exact for landform creation by
    ploughing.
- id: motif:5
  label: royal ancestry from a goddess
  taxonomy_refs:
  - royal_legitimacy
  basis: Gefjon becomes the ancestress of the royal Danish race of Skioldungs.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage states ancestry but does not describe a royal inauguration
    or charter.
- id: motif:6
  label: divine foundation of a sacrificial center
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: Gefjon founds Hleidra or Lethra, described as the principal place of sacrifice
    for the heathen Danes.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The passage gives a foundation notice rather than a full temple-origin
    myth.
- id: motif:7
  label: divine oath witness and punishment of perjury
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  basis: Vara hears all oaths, punishes perjurers, and rewards faithful oath-keepers.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
  confidence: high
  cautions: No individual oath case is narrated.
- id: motif:8
  label: divine knowledge and foreknowledge
  taxonomy_refs:
  - wisdom
  basis: Vör knows all that will occur, and Snotra has mastered all knowledge.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage lists attributes rather than narrating an acquisition of wisdom.
- id: motif:9
  label: culture gift of flax and textile knowledge
  taxonomy_refs:
  - culture_hero
  basis: Holda gives flax to mankind and teaches them how to use it.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage begins, but does not complete, the Tyrolean story explaining
    the gift.
- id: motif:10
  label: weather explained as actions of a goddess
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: Snow, rain, and cloud formations are explained as Holda shaking her bed,
    washing clothes, bleaching linen, or weaving.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
  confidence: high
  cautions: No exact supplied taxonomy family corresponds to meteorological etiologies.
- id: motif:11
  label: mountain encounter at a hidden glacier doorway
  taxonomy_refs:
  - mystical_quest
  basis: The peasant climbs after a chamois to the snowy mountain top and finds a
    doorway in a glacier.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The passage only begins the tale; the purpose and outcome of the encounter
    are not yet given.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
  claim: The passage itself presents Holda, Hulda, or Frau Holle as a Southern German
    goddess whose attributes are very close to Frigga’s, while noting that she bears
    different local names.
  claim_level: same_function
  target: Frigga and Southern German Holda / Hulda / Frau Holle traditions
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: high
  limitations: The claim is limited to the passage’s assertion of similar attributes;
    it does not independently establish historical identity or transmission.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: lines 2123-2236, Vjofn paragraph
  quote_or_summary: Vjofn’s duty is to incline obdurate hearts to love, maintain peace
    and concord, and reconcile quarrelling husbands and wives.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summary of supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
  type: summary
  locator: lines 2123-2236, Syn paragraph
  quote_or_summary: Syn guards Frigga’s palace door, refuses unauthorized entry, and
    presides over tribunals and trials; a veto may be phrased as Syn being against
    it.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summary of supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
  type: quote
  locator: lines 2123-2236, Gefjon section
  quote_or_summary: "“to her were entrusted all those who died unwedded, whom she
    received and made happy for ever.”"
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
  type: summary
  locator: lines 2123-2236, Gefjon section
  quote_or_summary: Some authorities say Gefjon married one of the giants and had
    four sons.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summary of supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
  type: summary
  locator: lines 2123-2236, Gefjon and Gylfi episode
  quote_or_summary: Odin sends Gefjon to visit Gylfi, King of Sweden, and ask for
    land; Gylfi promises as much land as she can plough around in one day and night.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summary of supplied passage.
- id: ev:6
  type: summary
  locator: lines 2123-2236, Gefjon and Seeland episode
  quote_or_summary: Gefjon changes her four sons into oxen, harnesses them to a plough,
    cuts a wide and deep furrow, wrenches away a large piece of land, drags it into
    the sea, fastens it, and calls it Seeland.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summary of supplied passage.
- id: ev:7
  type: summary
  locator: lines 2123-2236, Lake Mälar note
  quote_or_summary: The hollow left behind is filled with water and becomes a lake,
    now Mälar, whose indentations correspond with Seeland’s headlands.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summary of supplied passage.
- id: ev:8
  type: summary
  locator: lines 2123-2236, Gefjon after Seeland
  quote_or_summary: Gefjon marries Skiold, one of Odin’s sons, becomes ancestress
    of the royal Danish Skioldungs, and founds Hleidra or Lethra, a principal sacrificial
    place for heathen Danes.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summary of supplied passage.
- id: ev:9
  type: summary
  locator: lines 2123-2236, Eira section
  quote_or_summary: Eira, Frigga’s attendant, is a skilled physician who gathers simples
    to cure wounds and diseases and teaches medicine to women.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summary of supplied passage.
- id: ev:10
  type: summary
  locator: lines 2123-2236, Vara, Vör and Snotra section
  quote_or_summary: Vara hears oaths, punishes perjurers, and rewards oath-keepers;
    Vör knows what will occur throughout the world; Snotra is goddess of virtue and
    has mastered all knowledge.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summary of supplied passage.
- id: ev:11
  type: summary
  locator: lines 2123-2236, Frigga note before Holda
  quote_or_summary: Frigga is considered powerful because of her attendants, but has
    no special temple or shrine and is little worshipped except with Odin.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summary of supplied passage.
- id: ev:12
  type: summary
  locator: lines 2123-2236, Holda section
  quote_or_summary: In Southern Germany, goddesses such as Holda, Hulda, or Frau Holle
    are described as having attributes like Frigga’s; Holda gives gifts, presides
    over weather, is linked with snow, rain, clouds, weaving, spinning, housekeeping,
    and gives flax to mankind and teaches its use.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summary of supplied passage.
- id: ev:13
  type: summary
  locator: lines 2123-2236, The Discovery of Flax opening
  quote_or_summary: A peasant leaves his family in the valley to pasture sheep on
    a mountain; while hunting a chamois he climbs to the snowy mountain top and sees
    a doorway in a neighbouring glacier.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summary of supplied passage.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: medium
  comparison_claims: medium
  notes: Literal extraction is strong because the passage is explicit. Motif labeling
    is partly interpretive, especially for afterlife mapping, mystical quest, and
    weather etiologies. Only one comparison claim is included because the passage
    itself explicitly compares Holda-like goddesses with Frigga.
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 external sources used; all figures, symbols, motifs, and the single comparison claim are based only on 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__l2123-l2236
  passage_sha256=2e96527bdfcc95af405af5171d2408393360551f86513187977d3abbb36bf749