batch.motif.norse-myths-of-norsemen-guerber-gutenberg-l9644-l9745
---
record_id: batch.motif.norse-myths-of-norsemen-guerber-gutenberg-l9644-l9745
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 9644-9745'
start: '9644'
end: '9745'
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 Helgi and Sinfiotli fighting the Hundings, Gudrun
becoming Helgi’s wife, Dag killing Helgi with Odin’s spear, Gudrun entering Helgi’s
tomb and ceasing to weep so his wounds stop bleeding, Helgi riding to Valhalla
and Gudrun rejoining him as a Valkyr. It then describes Sinfiotli’s poisoning
by Borghild, Sigmund carrying his son to a skiff taken away by an old one-eyed
boatman identified by Sigmund as Odin, Sigmund marrying Hiordis, Lygni attacking
him, and a one-eyed warrior shattering Sigmund’s sword before Sigmund is mortally
wounded.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Helgi and Sinfiotli gather an army and fight the Hundings while Valkyrs hover
over the battle to convey the slain to Valhalla.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Gudrun, described as one of the battle-maidens, is moved by Helgi’s courage
and promises to become his wife.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Dag is spared after promising not to avenge his kin, but later obtains Odin’s
spear Gungnir and kills Helgi with it.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Gudrun mourns Helgi, curses his murderer, and enters Helgi’s burial mound
at night after hearing that he calls for her from the tomb.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Helgi tells Gudrun that her grief prevents him from resting happily and that
every tear she sheds causes a drop of his blood to flow.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Gudrun stops weeping to appease Helgi’s spirit; Helgi rides over Bifröst to
Valhalla and becomes leader of the Einheriar.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Gudrun later joins Helgi as a Valkyr and leaves him at Odin’s command to seek
recruits for the army Helgi will lead at Ragnarok.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Borghild attempts to poison Sinfiotli three times after he kills her brother
in a quarrel.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: Sigmund drinks Sinfiotli’s poisoned cup twice because venom cannot harm him,
but Sinfiotli drinks the third cup and dies.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Sigmund carries Sinfiotli’s body to the shore and places it in a skiff brought
by an old one-eyed boatman, who rows away before Sigmund can board.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Sigmund interprets the boatman as Odin coming to claim the young hero and
rowing him away into the west.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: Sigmund deposes Borghild and later marries Hiordis, a princess who chooses
him over other suitors including Lygni.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:13
text: Lygni attacks Sigmund with an army after Hiordis chooses Sigmund, and Hiordis
watches the battle from a thicket with her maid.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:14
text: A tall one-eyed warrior appears in the battle, shatters Sigmund’s sword with
a blow, vanishes, and Sigmund is left defenseless and mortally wounded.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Helgi
description: A young warrior who fights the Hundings, marries Gudrun, is killed
by Dag with Gungnir, calls to Gudrun from the tomb, rides to Valhalla, and becomes
leader of the Einheriar.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:7
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Sinfiotli
description: Sigmund’s eldest son; he fights alongside Helgi and later dies after
drinking poisoned wine prepared by Borghild.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Gudrun
description: A battle-maiden and later Helgi’s wife; she mourns Helgi, enters his
tomb, stops weeping, and rejoins him as a Valkyr.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Dag
description: The only surviving member of the Hunding race; spared under oath, he
later kills Helgi with Odin’s spear Gungnir.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Valkyrs
description: Battle-maidens who hover over the battlefield to convey the slain to
Valhalla.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Odin
description: Named as owner of the spear Gungnir and as the god whom Sigmund believes
came in the form of an old one-eyed boatman to claim Sinfiotli.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:11
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Old one-eyed boatman
description: A boatman who brings a skiff at Sigmund’s call, takes Sinfiotli’s body,
and rows away before Sigmund can board.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Sigmund
description: Father of Sinfiotli; immune to venom, he mourns Sinfiotli, deposes
Borghild, marries Hiordis in old age, fights Lygni’s army, and is mortally wounded
after his sword is shattered.
role_refs:
- role:11
- role:12
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:12
- ev:13
- ev:14
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Borghild
description: Sigmund’s wife and queen who poisons Sinfiotli in revenge for her brother’s
death and is deposed by Sigmund.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:12
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Hiordis
description: A princess, daughter of Eglimi, who chooses Sigmund as husband and
watches his final battle from a thicket.
role_refs:
- role:14
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Lygni
description: A king of Hunding’s race and discarded suitor of Hiordis who attacks
Sigmund after she chooses Sigmund.
role_refs:
- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Tall one-eyed warrior
description: A warrior who appears suddenly in battle, terrifies the press of combat,
shatters Sigmund’s sword, and vanishes.
role_refs:
- role:17
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Hundings
description: The kin-group against whom Helgi and Sinfiotli fight; Dag and Lygni
are associated with this race.
role_refs:
- role:18
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:12
roles:
- id: role:1
label: battle hero
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
basis: Helgi and Sinfiotli gather an army and fight the Hundings.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: battle-maiden bride
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Gudrun is called one of the battle-maidens and promises to be Helgi’s wife
after seeing his courage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: mourning wife entering tomb
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Gudrun weeps for Helgi, curses his killer, and enters the mound at night.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: oath-breaker and killer
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Dag is spared after promising not to avenge his kin, but later kills Helgi
with Gungnir.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: collectors of battle-slain
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The Valkyrs hover over battle to convey the slain to Valhalla.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: divine claimant of the dead
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:7
basis: The old one-eyed boatman takes Sinfiotli’s body away, and Sigmund believes
Odin came to claim the hero.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:7
label: restless dead husband
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Helgi calls from the tomb and says Gudrun’s tears make his wounds bleed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: poisoning avenger
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Borghild poisons Sinfiotli after he kills her brother.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:9
label: returned Valkyr attendant
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Gudrun joins Helgi as a Valkyr and resumes loving tendance of him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:10
label: leader of Einheriar
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Helgi enters Valhalla to become leader of the Einheriar.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:11
label: bereaved father
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Sigmund carries Sinfiotli’s body and grieves over his death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:12
label: venom-immune father
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The passage says no venom could injure Sigmund as he drains the poisoned
bowl.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:13
label: old warrior facing final defeat
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Sigmund fights Lygni’s army, loses his sword, and is wounded unto death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:14
- id: role:14
label: chosen bride
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Hiordis chooses Sigmund despite other suitors.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: role:15
label: battle witness
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Hiordis watches the battle from a thicket with her maid.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: role:16
label: rejected suitor and attacker
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Lygni attacks Sigmund after Hiordis rejects him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: role:17
label: mysterious one-eyed disarmer
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: The one-eyed warrior appears, shatters Sigmund’s sword, and vanishes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: role:18
label: enemy kin-group
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: The Hundings are the opponents in battle and the kin of Dag and Lygni.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:12
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Gungnir
literal_form: Odin’s spear used by Dag to kill Helgi
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:6
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: burial mound
literal_form: Helgi’s tomb or mound entered by Gudrun at night
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: bloody tears and bleeding wounds
literal_form: Gudrun’s tears cause drops of Helgi’s blood to flow after death
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: Bifröst
literal_form: The bridge or route over which Helgi’s spirit rides to Valhalla
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: Valhalla
literal_form: The destination of the battle-slain and Helgi’s afterlife dwelling
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: sym:6
label: poisoned cup
literal_form: Cup or bowl of poisoned wine offered to Sinfiotli
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: sym:7
label: skiff
literal_form: Frail craft in which the one-eyed boatman carries away Sinfiotli’s
body
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: sym:8
label: one eye
literal_form: One-eyed appearance of the boatman and the warrior
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:14
- id: sym:9
label: broken sword
literal_form: Sigmund’s matchless blade shattered by the one-eyed warrior’s blow
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: sym:10
label: thicket overlooking battlefield
literal_form: The place from which Hiordis and her maid watch the battle
associated_figures:
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: sym:11
label: Ragnarok army
literal_form: The army for which Gudrun seeks recruits and which Helgi will lead
at Ragnarok
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Battle against the Hundings
summary: Helgi and Sinfiotli gather an army, fight the Hundings, and the Valkyrs
hover over the battle to convey the slain to Valhalla.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Gudrun chooses Helgi
summary: Gudrun is impressed by Helgi’s courage and promises to marry him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Dag kills Helgi
summary: Dag breaks his promise not to avenge his kin and kills Helgi with Odin’s
spear Gungnir.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Gudrun in Helgi’s tomb
summary: After hearing Helgi call from the tomb, Gudrun enters the mound at night;
Helgi explains that her tears cause his wounds to bleed.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Helgi and Gudrun in Valhalla
summary: Gudrun stops weeping, Helgi rides over Bifröst to Valhalla, and Gudrun
later joins him as a Valkyr who seeks recruits for Ragnarok.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:6
label: Sinfiotli’s poisoning
summary: Borghild repeatedly attempts to poison Sinfiotli; Sigmund drinks two cups,
but Sinfiotli drinks the third and dies.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:7
label: Boatman claims Sinfiotli
summary: Sigmund carries Sinfiotli’s body to the shore and places it in a skiff
brought by a one-eyed boatman, who rows away; Sigmund concludes Odin has claimed
the hero.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: scene:8
label: Hiordis chooses Sigmund and Lygni attacks
summary: Hiordis accepts the elderly Sigmund over other suitors, and the rejected
Lygni raises an army against him.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: scene:9
label: Sigmund’s sword shattered
summary: During battle, Hiordis watches as a tall one-eyed warrior appears, shatters
Sigmund’s sword, vanishes, and leaves him vulnerable to mortal wounding.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
- fig:10
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
- sym:9
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:14
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Valkyrs gathering the battle-slain for Valhalla
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: The Valkyrs hover over the battle to convey the slain to Valhalla, and Gudrun
later seeks recruits for Helgi’s Ragnarok army.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy reference is broad; the passage gives a Norse-specific battlefield
afterlife pattern rather than a mapped itinerary.
- id: motif:2
label: Dead beloved calls from the tomb
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: Helgi calls Gudrun from the tomb; she enters the mound at night and learns
that her tears keep his wounds bleeding.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The beloved relationship is explicit, but the taxonomy label is only approximate
because Helgi is a heroic dead figure, not clearly a deity in this passage.
- id: motif:3
label: Tears of mourning bind or disturb the dead
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Helgi says he cannot rest because of Gudrun’s grief and that each tear causes
his blood to flow.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy family directly names this motif.
- id: motif:4
label: Hero’s passage to Valhalla over Bifröst
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: Helgi’s spirit rides over Bifröst and enters Valhalla, where he becomes leader
of the Einheriar.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives only a brief route and destination, not a full afterlife
journey cycle.
- id: motif:5
label: Poisoned cup kills the hero immune father cannot save
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Borghild poisons Sinfiotli; Sigmund safely drinks the first two poisoned
cups, but Sinfiotli drinks the third and dies.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy family directly matches poisoning by cup.
- id: motif:6
label: One-eyed boatman carries the heroic dead away
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: An old one-eyed boatman takes Sinfiotli’s body in a skiff, and Sigmund believes
Odin has come to claim the young hero.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage frames this as Sigmund’s interpretation; the boatman is not
directly narrated as Odin except through Sigmund’s thought.
- id: motif:7
label: Rejected suitor’s war over a bride
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Lygni, angered that Hiordis chooses Sigmund, gathers an army and attacks
Sigmund.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
confidence: high
cautions: Although marriage choice drives the conflict, no supplied taxonomy family
precisely captures this secular feud pattern.
- id: motif:8
label: Mysterious one-eyed warrior breaks the hero’s sword before death
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A tall one-eyed warrior suddenly appears, shatters Sigmund’s sword, vanishes,
and Sigmund is left defenseless and mortally wounded.
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not explicitly name the one-eyed warrior as Odin, so
identification must remain literal and cautious.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 9644-9648
quote_or_summary: Helgi joins Sinfiotli, they gather an army and fight the Hundings
while Valkyrs hover to convey the slain to Valhalla.
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: lines 9648-9651
quote_or_summary: Gudrun, one of the battle-maidens, is struck by Helgi’s courage
and openly promises to become his wife.
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: lines 9651-9656
quote_or_summary: Dag alone survives among the Hundings, is spared under oath, breaks
the oath, obtains Odin’s spear Gungnir, and kills Helgi.
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: lines 9656-9661
quote_or_summary: Gudrun, now Helgi’s wife, weeps, curses Dag, hears that Helgi
calls from the tomb, and enters the mound at night to ask why he calls and why
his wounds bleed.
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: quote
locator: lines 9661-9674
quote_or_summary: Helgi says he cannot rest because of Gudrun’s grief and that each
tear she sheds makes a drop of his blood flow.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/myths-of-the-norsemen-guerber.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary of quoted verse and prose.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 9678-9682
quote_or_summary: Gudrun ceases to weep; Helgi’s spirit rides over Bifröst into
Valhalla and becomes leader of the Einheriar.
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: lines 9682-9686
quote_or_summary: Gudrun joins Helgi as a Valkyr and, at Odin’s command, seeks recruits
for the army Helgi will lead at Ragnarok.
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: lines 9688-9692
quote_or_summary: Sinfiotli, Sigmund’s eldest son, dies young after Borghild resolves
to poison him because he killed her brother in a quarrel.
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: lines 9692-9700
quote_or_summary: Sinfiotli detects poison twice and Sigmund drains the cups unharmed;
after Borghild’s third attempt, Sinfiotli drinks and falls lifeless.
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: lines 9714-9719
quote_or_summary: Sigmund raises Sinfiotli’s body, carries it to the shore, and
places it in a skiff brought by an old one-eyed boatman, who pushes off before
Sigmund can board.
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: lines 9719-9722
quote_or_summary: Sigmund returns home comforted by thinking that Odin himself came
to claim the young hero and rowed away with him into the west.
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: lines 9724-9732
quote_or_summary: Sigmund deposes Borghild, later seeks and receives the hand of
Hiordis, while Lygni, a rejected suitor from Hunding’s race, becomes angry.
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: lines 9732-9739
quote_or_summary: Lygni gathers an army against Sigmund; Hiordis and her maid watch
from a thicket as Sigmund fights and piles the dead around him.
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: lines 9739-9745
quote_or_summary: A tall one-eyed warrior appears, terrifies the battle, strikes
Sigmund’s sword so that it shatters, then vanishes; Sigmund is left defenseless
and mortally wounded.
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: Literal extraction is supported by the supplied passage. Motif taxonomy alignment
is partly approximate because several strong passage motifs do not map directly
to the supplied taxonomy list. No comparison claims were added because the passage
itself does not support a specific external 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: |-
Used only the supplied passage and metadata. Taxonomy references are limited to supplied motif-family IDs; supplied symbol taxonomy did not directly match the passage’s central symbols.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:norse-myths-of-norsemen-guerber-gutenberg__l9644-l9745
passage_sha256=c254e037047c2358cd51a34f63df0c34bfdbd3d0b3194cfdce37092f55654b05