Comparative mythology corpus

batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l22557-l22607

batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l22557-l22607

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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l22557-l22607
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
  label: Canto LXXXII. The Departure. / Canto LXXXIII. The Journey Begun. / Canto
    LXXXV. Guha And Bharat. / Canto XC. The Hermitage.; lines 22557-22607
  start: '22557'
  end: '22607'
  translation: The Ramayan of Valmiki
  notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
    human review required.
canonical_text:
  quote: ''
  summary: A hermit tells Bharat to bring his host, performs ritual purification by
    water before a sacred fire, and prays for divine aid in providing a vast hospitable
    feast. He invokes Viśvakarmá, Indra and world-guardians, streams, gods, celestial
    musicians, Apsarases, Kuvera’s garden, Soma, flowering trees, wines, and meats
    to supply the multitude.
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: The hermit commands Bharat to bring all his host, and Bharat complies joyfully.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: The hermit goes to a chapel where a sacred fire continually burns.
  category: setting
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:3
  text: The hermit purifies his lips with sips of water before praying.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:4
  text: The hermit prays to Viśvakarmá to assist with a hospitable feast and to supply
    his needs for a mighty banquet.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:5
  text: The hermit calls Indra and three guardians of the worlds to aid in feeding
    a mighty host.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:6
  text: The hermit calls streams flowing eastward and westward, on earth and in the
    sky, to come and supply his needs.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:7
  text: The invoked streams are asked to include ardent liquor, flower-distilled wine,
    and cool sweet water.
  category: object
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:8
  text: The hermit summons gods, their minstrels, Háhá, Huhú, Viśvávasu, heavenly
    wives, Apsarases, named nymphs, and Tumburu to lead the music.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:9
  text: The hermit asks for Kuvera’s garden from Northern Kuru to arise, with cloth
    and gems as leaves and divine nymphs as fruit.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: obs:10
  text: The hermit asks Soma to provide varied noble food for the multitude, along
    with wreaths, wines, and meats.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: the hermit / the sire
  description: The ritual officiant who commands Bharat, enters the chapel, purifies
    himself, and invokes divine and celestial aid for the feast.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Bharat
  description: The person who joyfully complies when told by the hermit to bring all
    his host.
  role_refs:
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: Bharat’s host
  description: The large company to be brought and fed at the feast.
  role_refs:
  - role:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:5
- id: fig:4
  name_or_label: Viśvakarmá
  description: The god addressed as one who forms and fashions all, called to aid
    the hospitable feast.
  role_refs:
  - role:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: fig:5
  name_or_label: Indra and the three guardians of the worlds
  description: Divine powers called by the hermit to help supply the needs of the
    feast.
  role_refs:
  - role:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: fig:6
  name_or_label: streams of earth and sky
  description: Eastward and westward flowing waters, on earth and in the sky, invoked
    to flow to the hermit and supply liquids.
  role_refs:
  - role:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: fig:7
  name_or_label: gods, minstrels, Apsarases, and Tumburu
  description: Celestial beings summoned to attend, including named minstrels, nymphs,
    and Tumburu to lead the strain.
  role_refs:
  - role:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: fig:8
  name_or_label: Kuvera
  description: Associated with the garden in Northern Kuru that the hermit asks to
    arise at the site.
  role_refs:
  - role:8
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: fig:9
  name_or_label: Soma
  description: Called upon to provide noble food of every kind for the multitude.
  role_refs:
  - role:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: ritual host
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: He arranges a hospitable feast for Bharat’s host and asks that every need
    be supplied.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:5
- id: role:2
  label: invoker
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: He performs purification and repeatedly calls divine, natural, and celestial
    powers.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
- id: role:3
  label: guest leader
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: He is told to bring all his host and complies.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:4
  label: multitude to be fed
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: The passage refers to a mighty host and multitude for whom food is requested.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:5
- id: role:5
  label: divine supplier
  assigned_to:
  - fig:4
  - fig:5
  - fig:9
  basis: These figures are invoked to aid or supply the feast and its needs.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:5
- id: role:6
  label: liquid supplier
  assigned_to:
  - fig:6
  basis: The streams are invoked to flow to the site and provide liquor, wine, or
    cool sweet water.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: role:7
  label: celestial attendants and performers
  assigned_to:
  - fig:7
  basis: The gods, minstrels, Apsarases, and Tumburu are summoned as a celestial company,
    with Tumburu leading the strain.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: role:8
  label: owner or patron of invoked garden
  assigned_to:
  - fig:8
  basis: The garden requested to arise is described as Kuvera’s garden in Northern
    Kuru.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: sacred fire
  literal_form: The fire continually burning in the chapel.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  taxonomy_refs:
  - fire
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:2
  label: purifying water
  literal_form: Water sipped by the hermit to purify his lips.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  taxonomy_refs:
  - water
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:3
  label: summoned streams
  literal_form: Earthly and heavenly streams flowing eastward and westward, invoked
    to provide liquor, wine, and cool sweet water.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:6
  taxonomy_refs:
  - water
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: sym:4
  label: Kuvera’s garden
  literal_form: A garden from Northern Kuru, requested to arise with cloth and gems
    as leaves and divine nymphs as fruit.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:8
  taxonomy_refs:
  - tree
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: sym:5
  label: abundant feast
  literal_form: Noble food of every kind, wreaths, wines, and meats provided for the
    multitude.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:3
  - fig:9
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Bharat is told to bring the host
  summary: The hermit tells Bharat to bring all his host, and Bharat complies joyfully.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  symbol_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: scene:2
  label: Ritual preparation in the chapel
  summary: The hermit enters the chapel, where the sacred fire burns, and purifies
    his lips with water before invoking aid.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  - sym:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: scene:3
  label: Invocation for a supernatural feast
  summary: The hermit invokes Viśvakarmá, Indra and world-guardians, streams, celestial
    beings, Kuvera’s garden, and Soma to furnish food, drink, music, flowers, and
    abundance for the multitude.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:3
  - fig:4
  - fig:5
  - fig:6
  - fig:7
  - fig:8
  - fig:9
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:3
  - sym:4
  - sym:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: ritual invocation produces divine hospitality
  taxonomy_refs:
  - sacred_exchange
  basis: The hermit ritually purifies himself and calls multiple divine, natural,
    and celestial powers to supply a vast feast for Bharat’s host.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The passage shows invocation and requested abundance, but the excerpt
    does not include the completed manifestation or guests eating.
- id: motif:2
  label: cosmic abundance gathered to one place
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: The hermit summons streams from earth and sky, divine beings, a distant northern
    garden, Soma’s food, wines, wreaths, and meats into the hermitage setting.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  confidence: medium
  cautions: This is a descriptive pattern in the passage; no supplied taxonomy family
    directly names it.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: lines 22557-22563
  quote_or_summary: The hermit tells Bharat to bring all his host; Bharat complies.
    The hermit goes to the chapel where the sacred fire burns and purifies his lips
    with water.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
  rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
  type: summary
  locator: lines 22564-22572
  quote_or_summary: The hermit prays to Viśvakarmá, described as the god who forms
    and fashions all, and calls Indra with the three guardians of the worlds to supply
    a mighty banquet for a host.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
  rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
  type: summary
  locator: lines 22573-22584
  quote_or_summary: The hermit calls streams flowing east and west, on earth and in
    the sky, asking some to provide liquor, some flower-distilled wine, and some cool
    sweet water.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
  rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
  type: summary
  locator: lines 22585-22598
  quote_or_summary: The hermit summons gods, divine minstrels including Háhá, Huhú,
    and Viśvávasu, heavenly wives, Apsarases, named nymphs, and Tumburu to lead the
    music.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
  rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
  type: summary
  locator: lines 22599-22607
  quote_or_summary: The hermit calls for Kuvera’s garden in Northern Kuru to arise,
    with cloth and gems as leaves and divine nymphs as fruit, and asks Soma to provide
    food, wreaths, wines, and meats.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
  rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized from supplied passage.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: medium
  comparison_claims: uncertain
  notes: Literal extraction is direct from the supplied passage. Motif labeling is
    cautious because the excerpt presents the invocation more than the fulfillment.
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. No comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not explicitly support a comparison to another text or tradition.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg__l22557-l22607
  passage_sha256=cd6e292fd7fa3951c4446d6cd49155db64d052ac392cdcfaf11bb8ca9056d3ee