From 38f6c806db3981012dc1024811c6aa3986de8db0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nicoldamelio Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 16:30:06 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Create orlando-furioso.ttl --- ontology/graphs/orlando-furioso.ttl | 0 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 ontology/graphs/orlando-furioso.ttl diff --git a/ontology/graphs/orlando-furioso.ttl b/ontology/graphs/orlando-furioso.ttl new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29 From e329b4fbce038fb7c7f5a99d3140c15b0bb10941 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nicoldamelio Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 23:55:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] modeling work and characters --- ontology/graphs/orlando-furioso.ttl | 476 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 476 insertions(+) diff --git a/ontology/graphs/orlando-furioso.ttl b/ontology/graphs/orlando-furioso.ttl index e69de29..195990a 100644 --- a/ontology/graphs/orlando-furioso.ttl +++ b/ontology/graphs/orlando-furioso.ttl @@ -0,0 +1,476 @@ +@base . +@prefix monomyth: . +@prefix dcterms: . +@prefix owl: . +@prefix rdf: . +@prefix rdfs: . +@prefix schema: . +@prefix void: . +@prefix wd: . +@prefix xsd: . + +# ============================================================================== +# ORLANDO FURIOSO (Epic Poem, 1532) +# ============================================================================== + + a monomyth:NarrativeWork, + schema:Book ; + rdfs:label "Orlando Furioso"@en ; + dcterms:title "Orlando Furioso"@en ; + dcterms:created "1532"^^xsd:gYear ; + dcterms:creator "Ludovico Ariosto" ; + schema:countryOfOrigin wd:Q38 ; + schema:genre "Epic Poetry"@en, + "Chivalric Romance"@en ; + owl:sameAs wd:Q48922 ; + monomyth:interpretedBy ; + rdfs:comment """The great Renaissance epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto, structured around the wars +between Charlemagne's Christian paladins and the Saracen armies while constantly interrupting and +interweaving multiple narrative threads centered on heroes such as Orlando, Ruggiero, Bradamante, +and Astolfo."""@en . + +# --- Monomyth Expressions -------------- + + a monomyth:MonomythExpression ; + rdfs:label "Ruggiero's Hero's Journey in Orlando Furioso"@en ; + rdfs:comment """A specific interpretation of the monomyth structure as it is realized in the +narrative of 'Orlando Furioso', focusing on the character Ruggiero's fragmented and repeatedly delayed +journey from enchanted Saracen knight to Christian convert and dynastic founder of the Este lineage +through his union with Bradamante."""@en ; + monomyth:interprets ; + monomyth:hasHero ; + monomyth:hasCharacter , + , + , + , + , + , + , + , + ; + monomyth:hasStageRealization , + , + , + , + , + , + , + , + , + , + , + , + , + , + , + , + . + +# --- Characters ----------------------- + + a monomyth:Character ; + rdfs:label "Ruggiero"@en ; + rdfs:comment """A Saracen knight raised under the magical protection of the sorcerer Atlante, +whose destiny is divided between Islamic and Christian civilization. Constantly displaced through +enchanted spaces, romantic temptations, and dynastic prophecies, he gradually evolves from a passive +object of magical manipulation into the heroic founder of the Este lineage through his conversion and +marriage to Bradamante."""@en ; + monomyth:heroOf ; + monomyth:characterOf ; + monomyth:embodiesArchetype monomyth:Hero ; + owl:sameAs wd:Q1163476 . + + a monomyth:Character ; + rdfs:label "Bradamante"@en ; + rdfs:comment """The Christian warrior maiden destined to marry Ruggiero and generate the future +Este dynasty. More than a romantic interest, she repeatedly acts as the moral and structural force +that redirects the hero toward his providential destiny whenever enchantment, delay, or hesitation +threaten to dissolve his trajectory."""@en ; + monomyth:characterOf ; + monomyth:embodiesArchetype monomyth:Ally ; + owl:sameAs wd:Q1163427 . + + a monomyth:Character ; + rdfs:label "Alcina"@en ; + rdfs:comment """The seductive enchantress who traps knights inside a realm of sensual pleasure, +transforming abandoned lovers into beasts, plants, and stones once her desire fades. Through erotic +captivity and magical illusion, she represents the most complete temptation away from Ruggiero's heroic +and dynastic destiny."""@en ; + monomyth:characterOf ; + monomyth:embodiesArchetype monomyth:Shapeshifter, + monomyth:Shadow . + + a monomyth:Character ; + rdfs:label "Melissa"@en ; + rdfs:comment """The benevolent sorceress aligned with Bradamante's dynastic future, who repeatedly +intervenes to free Ruggiero from magical imprisonment and guide him toward conversion, marriage, and +historical fulfillment."""@en ; + monomyth:characterOf ; + monomyth:embodiesArchetype monomyth:Mentor, + monomyth:Ally . + + a monomyth:Character ; + rdfs:label "Atlante"@en ; + rdfs:comment """The powerful magician who raises Ruggiero and desperately attempts to prevent the +hero's prophesied conversion and death by trapping him inside increasingly elaborate systems of magical +protection and illusion."""@en ; + monomyth:characterOf ; + monomyth:embodiesArchetype monomyth:Mentor, + monomyth:ThresholdGuardian, + monomyth:Shadow ; + owl:sameAs wd:Q3628218 . + + a monomyth:Character ; + rdfs:label "Logistilla"@en ; + rdfs:comment """The wise enchantress whose orderly island opposes Alcina's domain of sensual +illusion. Under her guidance, Ruggiero receives ethical instruction and preparation before returning +from magical suspension into the wider world of knightly action and destiny."""@en ; + monomyth:characterOf ; + monomyth:embodiesArchetype monomyth:Mentor ; + owl:sameAs wd:Q16573342 . + + a monomyth:Character ; + rdfs:label "Hippogriff"@en ; + rdfs:comment """The marvelous hybrid beast that violently transports Ruggiero across geographic and +ontological boundaries, repeatedly functioning as the unpredictable vehicle through which the hero is +removed from ordinary warfare and propelled into enchanted adventure."""@en ; + monomyth:characterOf ; + monomyth:embodiesArchetype monomyth:Herald . + + a monomyth:Character ; + rdfs:label "Astolfo"@en ; + rdfs:comment """The eccentric Christian knight whose magical journeys and interventions repeatedly +intersect with Ruggiero's path, helping dismantle enchantments and restore order to fragmented heroic +trajectories."""@en ; + monomyth:characterOf ; + monomyth:embodiesArchetype monomyth:Ally, + monomyth:Trickster ; + owl:sameAs wd:Q1263627 . + + a monomyth:Character ; + rdfs:label "Charlemagne"@en ; + rdfs:comment """The Christian emperor whose imperial world ultimately receives and legitimizes +Ruggiero after the hero's conversion and defection from the Saracen sphere."""@en ; + monomyth:characterOf ; + monomyth:embodiesArchetype monomyth:ThresholdGuardian ; + owl:sameAs wd:Q3044 . + +# --- Stage Realizations --------------- + + a monomyth:StageRealization ; + rdfs:label "Flight from Albracca"@en ; + monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:TheCallToAdventure ; + monomyth:involvesCharacter , + ; + monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:StrongFit ; + monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 1 ; + monomyth:realizationDescription """During the chaos of war around Albracca, Ruggiero loses control +of the Hippogriff and is violently carried away through the sky into unknown territories. This forced +displacement abruptly tears him out of the ordinary rhythm of martial conflict and introduces him into +Ariosto's wider universe of enchantment, wandering, and destiny. The involuntary flight initiates the +hero's separation from stable identity and begins his long passage through magical and spiritual +transformation."""@en . + + a monomyth:StageRealization ; + rdfs:label "Enchanted Delays"@en ; + monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:RefusalOfTheCall ; + monomyth:involvesCharacter , + , + ; + monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:ModerateFit ; + monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 2 ; + monomyth:realizationDescription """Rather than explicitly refusing his destiny, Ruggiero repeatedly +becomes suspended inside enchanted systems designed to delay or dissolve his heroic development. His +captivity within Alcina's island of pleasure and Atlante's illusory palace traps him in cycles of +forgetfulness, sensual distraction, and temporal stagnation. These recurring detours function as a +fragmented refusal in which the hero continually postpones the irreversible transformation awaiting +him."""@en ; + monomyth:hasNarrativeDivergence . + + a monomyth:StageRealization ; + rdfs:label "Melissa's Ring"@en ; + monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:SupernaturalAid ; + monomyth:involvesCharacter , + ; + monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:PerfectFit ; + monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 3 ; + monomyth:realizationDescription """Disguised as the magician Atlante, Melissa approaches Ruggiero +inside Alcina's enchanted domain and delivers the magic ring capable of dispelling every illusion. +Through this supernatural object, the hero suddenly perceives the horrifying truth behind the island's +beauty and recovers the capacity for autonomous judgment. The ring functions as the quintessential +Campbellian talisman: a magical aid that allows the hero to pierce deception and continue the journey +toward his destined transformation."""@en . + + a monomyth:StageRealization ; + rdfs:label "Departure from Logistilla"@en ; + monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:TheCrossingOfTheFirstThreshold ; + monomyth:involvesCharacter , + ; + monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:StrongFit ; + monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 4 ; + monomyth:realizationDescription """After escaping Alcina's island, Ruggiero reaches the rational +and disciplined realm of Logistilla, where he receives instruction regarding virtue, self-control, +and destiny. His departure from this protected environment marks the decisive threshold crossing into +Ariosto's unstable world of wandering adventures, martial tests, and dynastic responsibility. The +hero leaves behind passive enchantment and begins acting within the larger historical movement of the +poem."""@en . + + a monomyth:StageRealization ; + rdfs:label "Atlante's Palace"@en ; + monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:TheBellyOfTheWhale ; + monomyth:involvesCharacter , + ; + monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:StrongFit ; + monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 5 ; + monomyth:realizationDescription """Inside Atlante's enchanted palace, knights endlessly pursue +phantoms corresponding to their deepest desires while losing all stable orientation and identity. +Ruggiero becomes absorbed into this closed system of illusion where time, purpose, and heroic progress +collapse into repetition. The palace functions as a symbolic dissolution of the self, temporarily +swallowing the hero inside a magical labyrinth from which genuine transformation can occur only through +escape and disillusionment."""@en . + + a monomyth:StageRealization ; + rdfs:label "Wandering Adventures"@en ; + monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:TheRoadOfTrials ; + monomyth:involvesCharacter , + ; + monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:StrongFit ; + monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 6 ; + monomyth:realizationDescription """Across dozens of cantos, Ruggiero passes through an immense +series of duels, rescues, voyages, magical confrontations, and knightly ordeals dispersed throughout +Ariosto's fragmented narrative structure. Each episode tests a different aspect of his identity: +martial courage, loyalty, erotic discipline, and spiritual direction. Rather than forming a linear +sequence, these trials accumulate through interruption and narrative suspension, gradually constructing +the hero's readiness for dynastic and religious transformation."""@en ; + monomyth:hasSequentialDivergence . + + a monomyth:StageRealization ; + rdfs:label "Bradamante's Destiny"@en ; + monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:TheMeetingWithTheGoddess ; + monomyth:involvesCharacter , + ; + monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:StrongFit ; + monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 7 ; + monomyth:realizationDescription """Ruggiero's relationship with Bradamante transcends ordinary +courtly romance and becomes the spiritual axis organizing his entire destiny. Through her, the hero +encounters not merely erotic fulfillment but a vision of future historical continuity, conversion, and +dynastic foundation. Bradamante repeatedly recalls him from distraction and magical captivity, +functioning as the stabilizing force that anchors his fragmented journey toward providential meaning."""@en . + + a monomyth:StageRealization ; + rdfs:label "Alcina's Pleasure"@en ; + monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:WomanAsTheTemptress ; + monomyth:involvesCharacter , + ; + monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:PerfectFit ; + monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 8 ; + monomyth:realizationDescription """Within Alcina's enchanted island, Ruggiero abandons martial +honor and heroic purpose to live in sensual luxury under the spell of the sorceress. The enchantress +reduces the hero to a passive object of pleasure, isolating him from memory, duty, and destiny while +concealing the monstrous reality beneath her seductive beauty. Few literary works realize Campbell's +Temptress archetype so directly, as erotic enchantment itself becomes the mechanism threatening to +erase the hero's transformative path."""@en . + + a monomyth:StageRealization ; + rdfs:label "Breaking from Atlante"@en ; + monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:AtonementWithTheFather ; + monomyth:involvesCharacter , + ; + monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:StrongFit ; + monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 9 ; + monomyth:realizationDescription """Ruggiero's relationship with Atlante is defined by the tension +between loving protection and spiritual imprisonment. The magician repeatedly attempts to shield the +hero from his prophesied death by enclosing him inside magical systems that prevent maturity, +conversion, and marriage. The atonement occurs when Ruggiero ultimately escapes Atlante's authority, +accepting the risks of destiny rather than remaining suspended within paternal control and illusion."""@en . + + a monomyth:StageRealization ; + rdfs:label "Baptism and Conversion"@en ; + monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:Apotheosis ; + monomyth:involvesCharacter , + , + ; + monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:PerfectFit ; + monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 10 ; + monomyth:realizationDescription """Ruggiero's baptism marks the symbolic death of his previous +identity and his elevation into a new spiritual condition. The hero abandons his former religious and +political affiliation to enter the Christian order associated with Bradamante and Charlemagne's court. +This transformation functions as a literal apotheosis in which personal conversion simultaneously +becomes dynastic destiny, historical legitimation, and metaphysical rebirth."""@en ; + monomyth:hasSemioticDivergence . + + a monomyth:StageRealization ; + rdfs:label "Este Foundation"@en ; + monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:TheUltimateBoon ; + monomyth:involvesCharacter , + ; + monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:StrongFit ; + monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 11 ; + monomyth:realizationDescription """The union between Ruggiero and Bradamante produces a boon that +extends beyond the hero's private fulfillment and into the future history of an entire civilization. +Their marriage establishes the mythical origin of the Este dynasty celebrated by Ariosto's poem, +transforming the hero's personal journey into the foundation of political continuity, noble lineage, +and collective cultural identity."""@en . + + a monomyth:StageRealization ; + rdfs:label "Delayed Conversion"@en ; + monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:RefusalOfTheReturn ; + monomyth:involvesCharacter ; + monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:StrongFit ; + monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 12 ; + monomyth:realizationDescription """Even after repeated prophecies and encounters directing him +toward Christian conversion and dynastic destiny, Ruggiero continually postpones his definitive return +from enchantment and ambiguity. His hesitation unfolds across numerous cantos through detours, +interruptions, and deferred decisions that slow the transition from Saracen knight to Christian founder. +The refusal emerges not as a single dramatic rejection but as a prolonged resistance to irreversible +transformation."""@en ; + monomyth:hasNarrativeDivergence . + + a monomyth:StageRealization ; + rdfs:label "Escapes from Enchantment"@en ; + monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:TheMagicFlight ; + monomyth:involvesCharacter , + , + ; + monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:ModerateFit ; + monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 13 ; + monomyth:realizationDescription """Ruggiero repeatedly flees magical prisons and enchanted spaces, +including Alcina's island and Atlante's domains of illusion. These escapes preserve the structural +function of Campbell's Magic Flight while dispersing it across multiple episodes rather than condensing +it into a single climactic return sequence. Each flight represents another temporary recovery of heroic +agency from forces attempting to immobilize the hero within fantasy and delay."""@en ; + monomyth:hasSequentialDivergence . + + a monomyth:StageRealization ; + rdfs:label "Bradamante's Rescues"@en ; + monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:RescueFromWithout ; + monomyth:involvesCharacter , + , + ; + monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:StrongFit ; + monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 14 ; + monomyth:realizationDescription """Throughout the poem, Bradamante and her allies repeatedly +intervene to recover Ruggiero from enchantment, hesitation, or narrative dispersion. Whether through +Melissa's magical assistance or Bradamante's direct actions, the hero is continually redirected toward +his providential role whenever he risks becoming trapped within illusion or passivity. The rescue +therefore operates as a sustained corrective force distributed throughout the narrative."""@en . + + a monomyth:StageRealization ; + rdfs:label "Defection to Christendom"@en ; + monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:TheCrossingOfTheReturnThreshold ; + monomyth:involvesCharacter , + ; + monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:StrongFit ; + monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 15 ; + monomyth:realizationDescription """By definitively abandoning the Saracen side and entering the +Christian order, Ruggiero crosses the return threshold separating his former divided existence from +his transformed historical role. The hero successfully reintegrates the experiences accumulated through +wandering, enchantment, and spiritual crisis into a stable political and religious identity recognized +by Charlemagne's world."""@en . + + a monomyth:StageRealization ; + rdfs:label "Bridge Between Civilizations"@en ; + monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:MasterOfTheTwoWorlds ; + monomyth:involvesCharacter , + ; + monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:PerfectFit ; + monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 16 ; + monomyth:realizationDescription """Ruggiero ultimately embodies a reconciliation between worlds +that are normally represented as irreconcilable enemies throughout the poem. As a Saracen knight who +converts to Christianity and founds a Christian dynasty without erasing his origins, he becomes a +literal bridge between civilizations, genealogies, and cultural identities. The hero masters both +worlds by integrating them into a new dynastic synthesis rather than annihilating one in favor of the +other."""@en ; + monomyth:hasSemioticDivergence . + + a monomyth:StageRealization ; + rdfs:label "Dynastic Peace"@en ; + monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:FreedomToLive ; + monomyth:involvesCharacter , + ; + monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:ModerateFit ; + monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 17 ; + monomyth:realizationDescription """Ruggiero achieves a provisional state of fulfillment through +marriage, dynastic foundation, and integration into the Christian world. Yet Ariosto's celebratory +closure remains partially shadowed by the later tradition surrounding the hero's premature death, +introducing instability into the monomyth's final promise of peaceful transcendence. Freedom is +therefore achieved historically and genealogically more than existentially or personally."""@en ; + monomyth:hasNarrativeDivergence . + +# --- Narrative Divergences ------------ + + a monomyth:NarrativeDivergence ; + rdfs:label "Dispersed Refusal divergence"@en ; + monomyth:divergenceOf ; + monomyth:divergesFrom monomyth:RefusalOfTheCall ; + monomyth:divergenceRationale """Instead of presenting a single moment of hesitation immediately +following the call, Ariosto disperses the refusal across multiple enchanted episodes that collectively +suspend the hero's destiny. Ruggiero does not consciously reject transformation; rather, he repeatedly +forgets, postpones, or loses sight of it within systems of magical distraction. The divergence replaces +Campbell's concentrated psychological hesitation with a cyclical structure of narrative delay that +mirrors the poem's recursive and labyrinthine form."""@en . + + a monomyth:NarrativeDivergence ; + rdfs:label "Prolonged Return divergence"@en ; + monomyth:divergenceOf ; + monomyth:divergesFrom monomyth:RefusalOfTheReturn ; + monomyth:divergenceRationale """The Refusal of the Return is radically expanded across the entire +middle architecture of the poem. Rather than resisting the return after apotheosis, Ruggiero delays +reaching the transformative threshold itself through a long accumulation of interruptions, enchantments, +and postponed decisions. Ariosto converts the stage from a brief post-revelatory hesitation into a +structural principle governing the rhythm of the narrative as a whole."""@en . + + a monomyth:NarrativeDivergence ; + rdfs:label "Freedom through Dynasty divergence"@en ; + monomyth:divergenceOf ; + monomyth:divergesFrom monomyth:FreedomToLive ; + monomyth:divergenceRationale """Campbell's final stage usually culminates in the hero's personal +liberation from fear and existential anxiety. In Orlando Furioso, this freedom is displaced from the +individual hero onto the historical future generated by his marriage and descendants. The narrative's +true stability belongs to the Este dynasty rather than to Ruggiero himself, whose later death continues +to shadow the apparent closure of the poem."""@en . + +# --- Sequential Divergences ----------- + + a monomyth:SequentialDivergence ; + rdfs:label "Dispersed Trials divergence"@en ; + monomyth:divergenceOf ; + monomyth:divergesFrom monomyth:TheRoadOfTrials ; + monomyth:divergenceRationale """In the canonical monomyth, the Road of Trials usually unfolds as +a relatively continuous developmental sequence. Ariosto instead fragments Ruggiero's trials across a +vast interlaced narrative repeatedly interrupted by unrelated adventures and shifts in perspective. +The hero's development therefore emerges cumulatively through dispersion and delay rather than through +linear escalation, reflecting the poem's deliberately centrifugal structure."""@en . + + a monomyth:SequentialDivergence ; + rdfs:label "Repeated Flight divergence"@en ; + monomyth:divergenceOf ; + monomyth:divergesFrom monomyth:TheMagicFlight ; + monomyth:divergenceRationale """The Magic Flight archetype is structurally repeated throughout the +poem instead of occurring as a single return movement near the end of the hero's transformation. +Ruggiero continually escapes from magical domains only to become vulnerable to new forms of delay and +captivity later in the narrative. Ariosto transforms the stage into a recursive mechanism of temporary +liberation that rhythmically interrupts the hero's progress toward final integration."""@en . + +# --- Semiotic Divergences ------------- + + a monomyth:SemioticDivergence ; + rdfs:label "Religious Apotheosis divergence"@en ; + monomyth:divergenceOf ; + monomyth:divergesFrom monomyth:Apotheosis ; + monomyth:divergenceRationale """Campbell's Apotheosis generally operates through mythic revelation, +cosmic consciousness, or metaphysical transcendence. Ariosto translates this transformative elevation +into the specifically Christian language of baptism, conversion, and sacramental rebirth. The hero's +spiritual ascent is therefore expressed not through universal mythology but through the religious and +political semiotics of Renaissance Christendom."""@en . + + a monomyth:SemioticDivergence ; + rdfs:label "Dynastic Mastery divergence"@en ; + monomyth:divergenceOf ; + monomyth:divergesFrom monomyth:MasterOfTheTwoWorlds ; + monomyth:divergenceRationale """The reconciliation of worlds in Orlando Furioso is articulated +through dynastic genealogy and intercultural politics rather than through purely spiritual balance. +Ruggiero's mastery derives from his ability to unite Christian and Saracen civilizations inside a new +historical lineage legitimizing the Este family. Ariosto therefore re-signifies Campbell's metaphysical +integration into a Renaissance discourse of bloodline, political continuity, and cultural synthesis."""@en . + From ddc600e6a222c54de052ae898e3cf3dcee483c39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nicoldamelio Date: Sat, 9 May 2026 00:17:30 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] stages --- ontology/graphs/orlando-furioso.ttl | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/ontology/graphs/orlando-furioso.ttl b/ontology/graphs/orlando-furioso.ttl index 195990a..35b12ea 100644 --- a/ontology/graphs/orlando-furioso.ttl +++ b/ontology/graphs/orlando-furioso.ttl @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ through his union with Bradamante."""@en ; , , ; - monomyth:hasStageRealization , + monomyth:hasStageRealization , , , , @@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ Ruggiero after the hero's conversion and defection from the Saracen sphere."""@e # --- Stage Realizations --------------- - a monomyth:StageRealization ; - rdfs:label "Flight from Albracca"@en ; + a monomyth:StageRealization ; + rdfs:label "Carried away from Albracca"@en ; monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:TheCallToAdventure ; monomyth:involvesCharacter , ; @@ -167,9 +167,9 @@ Ruggiero after the hero's conversion and defection from the Saracen sphere."""@e monomyth:realizationDescription """During the chaos of war around Albracca, Ruggiero loses control of the Hippogriff and is violently carried away through the sky into unknown territories. This forced displacement abruptly tears him out of the ordinary rhythm of martial conflict and introduces him into -Ariosto's wider universe of enchantment, wandering, and destiny. The involuntary flight initiates the -hero's separation from stable identity and begins his long passage through magical and spiritual -transformation."""@en . +Ariosto's wider universe of enchantment, wandering, and destiny."""@en ; + monomyth:fitNote """The involuntary flight led by the hippogriff initiates the hero's separation +from stable identity and begins his long passage through magical and spiritual transformation."""@en . a monomyth:StageRealization ; rdfs:label "Enchanted Delays"@en ; From 8e3b4f0ded2c530fa4ce485ea0a3fb797ce34ec0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nicoldamelio Date: Sat, 9 May 2026 14:33:23 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] finished modeling --- ontology/graphs/orlando-furioso.ttl | 389 +++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 232 insertions(+), 157 deletions(-) diff --git a/ontology/graphs/orlando-furioso.ttl b/ontology/graphs/orlando-furioso.ttl index 35b12ea..6489ba3 100644 --- a/ontology/graphs/orlando-furioso.ttl +++ b/ontology/graphs/orlando-furioso.ttl @@ -50,20 +50,20 @@ through his union with Bradamante."""@en ; ; monomyth:hasStageRealization , , + , , , , + , , , - , - , - , - , , - , , + , + , + , , - , + , . # --- Characters ----------------------- @@ -168,8 +168,10 @@ Ruggiero after the hero's conversion and defection from the Saracen sphere."""@e of the Hippogriff and is violently carried away through the sky into unknown territories. This forced displacement abruptly tears him out of the ordinary rhythm of martial conflict and introduces him into Ariosto's wider universe of enchantment, wandering, and destiny."""@en ; - monomyth:fitNote """The involuntary flight led by the hippogriff initiates the hero's separation -from stable identity and begins his long passage through magical and spiritual transformation."""@en . + monomyth:fitNote """The call is enacted as literal physical abduction rather than as invitation, +omen, or summons, which gives it an unusual coercive force absent from most monomyth manifestations. +The involuntary flight led by the hippogriff initiates the hero's separation from stable identity and +begins his long passage through magical and spiritual transformation."""@en . a monomyth:StageRealization ; rdfs:label "Enchanted Delays"@en ; @@ -187,19 +189,34 @@ fragmented refusal in which the hero continually postpones the irreversible tran him."""@en ; monomyth:hasNarrativeDivergence . + a monomyth:StageRealization ; + rdfs:label "Alcina's Seduction"@en ; + monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:WomanAsTheTemptress ; + monomyth:involvesCharacter , + ; + monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:PerfectFit ; + monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 3 ; + monomyth:realizationDescription """Within Alcina's enchanted island where the Hippogryph deposits +him, Ruggiero abandons martial honor and heroic purpose to live in sensual luxury under the spell of +the sorceress. The enchantress reduces the hero to a passive object of pleasure, isolating him from +memory, duty, and destiny while concealing the monstrous reality beneath her seductive beauty. Here, +erotic enchantment itself becomes the mechanism threatening to erase the hero's transformative path."""@en ; + monomyth:hasSequentialDivergence . + a monomyth:StageRealization ; rdfs:label "Melissa's Ring"@en ; monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:SupernaturalAid ; monomyth:involvesCharacter , ; monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:PerfectFit ; - monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 3 ; + monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 4 ; monomyth:realizationDescription """Disguised as the magician Atlante, Melissa approaches Ruggiero inside Alcina's enchanted domain and delivers the magic ring capable of dispelling every illusion. Through this supernatural object, the hero suddenly perceives the horrifying truth behind the island's beauty and recovers the capacity for autonomous judgment. The ring functions as the quintessential Campbellian talisman: a magical aid that allows the hero to pierce deception and continue the journey -toward his destined transformation."""@en . +toward his destined transformation."""@en ; + monomyth:hasSequentialDivergence . a monomyth:StageRealization ; rdfs:label "Departure from Logistilla"@en ; @@ -207,27 +224,43 @@ toward his destined transformation."""@en . monomyth:involvesCharacter , ; monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:StrongFit ; - monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 4 ; + monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 5 ; monomyth:realizationDescription """After escaping Alcina's island, Ruggiero reaches the rational and disciplined realm of Logistilla, where he receives instruction regarding virtue, self-control, -and destiny. His departure from this protected environment marks the decisive threshold crossing into -Ariosto's unstable world of wandering adventures, martial tests, and dynastic responsibility. The -hero leaves behind passive enchantment and begins acting within the larger historical movement of the -poem."""@en . +and destiny and also learns to control the Hippogryph. His departure from this protected environment +marks the decisive threshold crossing into Ariosto's unstable world of wandering adventures, martial +tests, and dynastic responsibility. The hero leaves behind passive enchantment and begins acting within +the larger historical movement of the poem."""@en . a monomyth:StageRealization ; rdfs:label "Atlante's Palace"@en ; monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:TheBellyOfTheWhale ; monomyth:involvesCharacter , ; - monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:StrongFit ; - monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 5 ; + monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:ModerateFit ; + monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 6 ; monomyth:realizationDescription """Inside Atlante's enchanted palace, knights endlessly pursue phantoms corresponding to their deepest desires while losing all stable orientation and identity. -Ruggiero becomes absorbed into this closed system of illusion where time, purpose, and heroic progress -collapse into repetition. The palace functions as a symbolic dissolution of the self, temporarily -swallowing the hero inside a magical labyrinth from which genuine transformation can occur only through -escape and disillusionment."""@en . +Ruggiero enters the palace having glimpsed an apparition of Bradamante within its corridors, and loses +himself entirely in the labyrinth of his own longing. The hero becomes absorbed into this closed system +of illusion where time, purpose, and heroic progress collapse into repetition. The palace functions +as a symbolic dissolution of the self, temporarily swallowing the hero inside a magical labyrinth from +which genuine transformation can occur only through escape and disillusionment."""@en ; + monomyth:hasNarrativeDivergence . + + a monomyth:StageRealization ; + rdfs:label "Breaking from Atlante"@en ; + monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:AtonementWithTheFather ; + monomyth:involvesCharacter , + ; + monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:StrongFit ; + monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 7 ; + monomyth:realizationDescription """Ruggiero's relationship with Atlante is defined by the tension +between loving protection and spiritual imprisonment. The magician repeatedly attempts to shield the +hero from his prophesied death by enclosing him inside magical systems that prevent maturity, +conversion, and marriage. The atonement occurs when Ruggiero ultimately escapes Atlante's authority, +accepting the risks of destiny rather than remaining suspended within paternal control and illusion."""@en ; + monomyth:hasSequentialDivergence . a monomyth:StageRealization ; rdfs:label "Wandering Adventures"@en ; @@ -235,14 +268,14 @@ escape and disillusionment."""@en . monomyth:involvesCharacter , ; monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:StrongFit ; - monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 6 ; - monomyth:realizationDescription """Across dozens of cantos, Ruggiero passes through an immense -series of duels, rescues, voyages, magical confrontations, and knightly ordeals dispersed throughout -Ariosto's fragmented narrative structure. Each episode tests a different aspect of his identity: -martial courage, loyalty, erotic discipline, and spiritual direction. Rather than forming a linear -sequence, these trials accumulate through interruption and narrative suspension, gradually constructing -the hero's readiness for dynastic and religious transformation."""@en ; - monomyth:hasSequentialDivergence . + monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 8 ; + monomyth:realizationDescription """Astolfo frees Ruggiero from Atlante's castle and the hero's +journey can start again. Across dozens of cantos, Ruggiero passes through an immense series of duels, +rescues, voyages, magical confrontations, and knightly ordeals dispersed throughout Ariosto's fragmented +narrative structure. Each episode tests a different aspect of his identity: martial courage, loyalty, +erotic discipline, and spiritual direction. Rather than forming a linear sequence, these trials +accumulate through interruption and narrative suspension, gradually constructing the hero's readiness +for dynastic and religious transformation."""@en . a monomyth:StageRealization ; rdfs:label "Bradamante's Destiny"@en ; @@ -250,39 +283,51 @@ the hero's readiness for dynastic and religious transformation."""@en ; monomyth:involvesCharacter , ; monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:StrongFit ; - monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 7 ; - monomyth:realizationDescription """Ruggiero's relationship with Bradamante transcends ordinary -courtly romance and becomes the spiritual axis organizing his entire destiny. Through her, the hero -encounters not merely erotic fulfillment but a vision of future historical continuity, conversion, and -dynastic foundation. Bradamante repeatedly recalls him from distraction and magical captivity, -functioning as the stabilizing force that anchors his fragmented journey toward providential meaning."""@en . - - a monomyth:StageRealization ; - rdfs:label "Alcina's Pleasure"@en ; - monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:WomanAsTheTemptress ; - monomyth:involvesCharacter , - ; - monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:PerfectFit ; - monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 8 ; - monomyth:realizationDescription """Within Alcina's enchanted island, Ruggiero abandons martial -honor and heroic purpose to live in sensual luxury under the spell of the sorceress. The enchantress -reduces the hero to a passive object of pleasure, isolating him from memory, duty, and destiny while -concealing the monstrous reality beneath her seductive beauty. Few literary works realize Campbell's -Temptress archetype so directly, as erotic enchantment itself becomes the mechanism threatening to -erase the hero's transformative path."""@en . + monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 9 ; + monomyth:realizationDescription """Along all the trials, the hero is occasionally reunited with +his love interest. The recurring reunions between Ruggiero and Bradamante collectively constitute +the hero's encounter with the feminine principle that gives direction and ultimate meaning to his +journey. Bradamante is not a passive beloved awaiting rescue but a formidable warrior who has herself +descended into Merlin's cave and received the prophetic vision of their future dynasty. Through her, +Ruggiero perceives not only personal love but a transpersonal destiny, since the founding of the Este +lineage depends entirely on his successful transformation."""@en ; + monomyth:fitNote """The Meeting with the Goddess is not realized through a single decisive +encounter but through multiple interrupted reunions between Ruggiero and Bradamante dispersed across +the poem's battles and adventures. Ariosto's technique of entrelacement fragments the stage into +recurring moments of encounter, separation, and rediscovery."""@en ; + monomyth:hasSemioticDivergence . - a monomyth:StageRealization ; - rdfs:label "Breaking from Atlante"@en ; - monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:AtonementWithTheFather ; + a monomyth:StageRealization ; + rdfs:label "Delayed Conversion"@en ; + monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:RefusalOfTheReturn ; + monomyth:involvesCharacter ; + monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:ModerateFit ; + monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 10 ; + monomyth:realizationDescription """Even after repeated prophecies and encounters directing him +toward Christian conversion and dynastic destiny, Ruggiero continually postpones his definitive return +from enchantment and ambiguity. His hesitation unfolds across numerous cantos through detours, +interruptions, and deferred decisions that slow the transition from Saracen knight to Christian founder."""@en ; + monomyth:fitNote """The refusal emerges not as a single dramatic rejection but as a prolonged +resistance to irreversible transformation. Ruggiero delays reaching the transformative threshold itself +through a long accumulation of interruptions, enchantments, and postponed decisions of which he is +not always directly responsable."""@en ; + monomyth:hasSequentialDivergence . + + a monomyth:StageRealization ; + rdfs:label "Bradamante's Rescues"@en ; + monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:RescueFromWithout ; monomyth:involvesCharacter , - ; + , + ; monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:StrongFit ; - monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 9 ; - monomyth:realizationDescription """Ruggiero's relationship with Atlante is defined by the tension -between loving protection and spiritual imprisonment. The magician repeatedly attempts to shield the -hero from his prophesied death by enclosing him inside magical systems that prevent maturity, -conversion, and marriage. The atonement occurs when Ruggiero ultimately escapes Atlante's authority, -accepting the risks of destiny rather than remaining suspended within paternal control and illusion."""@en . + monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 11 ; + monomyth:realizationDescription """Throughout the poem, Bradamante and her allies repeatedly +intervene to recover Ruggiero from enchantment, hesitation, or narrative dispersion. Whether through +Melissa's magical assistance or Bradamante's direct actions, the hero is continually redirected toward +his providential role whenever he risks becoming trapped within illusion or passivity. The rescue +therefore operates as a sustained corrective force distributed throughout the narrative."""@en ; + monomyth:hasSequentialDivergence ; + monomyth:hasNarrativeDivergence . a monomyth:StageRealization ; rdfs:label "Baptism and Conversion"@en ; @@ -291,7 +336,7 @@ accepting the risks of destiny rather than remaining suspended within paternal c , ; monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:PerfectFit ; - monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 10 ; + monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 12 ; monomyth:realizationDescription """Ruggiero's baptism marks the symbolic death of his previous identity and his elevation into a new spiritual condition. The hero abandons his former religious and political affiliation to enter the Christian order associated with Bradamante and Charlemagne's court. @@ -305,55 +350,29 @@ becomes dynastic destiny, historical legitimation, and metaphysical rebirth."""@ monomyth:involvesCharacter , ; monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:StrongFit ; - monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 11 ; - monomyth:realizationDescription """The union between Ruggiero and Bradamante produces a boon that -extends beyond the hero's private fulfillment and into the future history of an entire civilization. -Their marriage establishes the mythical origin of the Este dynasty celebrated by Ariosto's poem, -transforming the hero's personal journey into the foundation of political continuity, noble lineage, -and collective cultural identity."""@en . - - a monomyth:StageRealization ; - rdfs:label "Delayed Conversion"@en ; - monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:RefusalOfTheReturn ; - monomyth:involvesCharacter ; - monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:StrongFit ; - monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 12 ; - monomyth:realizationDescription """Even after repeated prophecies and encounters directing him -toward Christian conversion and dynastic destiny, Ruggiero continually postpones his definitive return -from enchantment and ambiguity. His hesitation unfolds across numerous cantos through detours, -interruptions, and deferred decisions that slow the transition from Saracen knight to Christian founder. -The refusal emerges not as a single dramatic rejection but as a prolonged resistance to irreversible -transformation."""@en ; - monomyth:hasNarrativeDivergence . - - a monomyth:StageRealization ; - rdfs:label "Escapes from Enchantment"@en ; - monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:TheMagicFlight ; - monomyth:involvesCharacter , - , - ; - monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:ModerateFit ; monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 13 ; - monomyth:realizationDescription """Ruggiero repeatedly flees magical prisons and enchanted spaces, -including Alcina's island and Atlante's domains of illusion. These escapes preserve the structural -function of Campbell's Magic Flight while dispersing it across multiple episodes rather than condensing -it into a single climactic return sequence. Each flight represents another temporary recovery of heroic -agency from forces attempting to immobilize the hero within fantasy and delay."""@en ; - monomyth:hasSequentialDivergence . - - a monomyth:StageRealization ; - rdfs:label "Bradamante's Rescues"@en ; - monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:RescueFromWithout ; - monomyth:involvesCharacter , - , - ; + monomyth:realizationDescription """The union in marriage between Ruggiero and Bradamante produces +a boon that extends beyond the hero's private fulfillment and into the future history of an entire +civilization. Their marriage establishes the mythical origin of the Este dynasty celebrated by +Ariosto's poem, transforming the hero's personal journey into the foundation of political continuity, +noble lineage, and collective cultural identity."""@en . + + a monomyth:StageRealization ; + rdfs:label "Flight from the Saracen camp"@en ; + monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:TheMagicFlight ; + monomyth:involvesCharacter ; monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:StrongFit ; monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 14 ; - monomyth:realizationDescription """Throughout the poem, Bradamante and her allies repeatedly -intervene to recover Ruggiero from enchantment, hesitation, or narrative dispersion. Whether through -Melissa's magical assistance or Bradamante's direct actions, the hero is continually redirected toward -his providential role whenever he risks becoming trapped within illusion or passivity. The rescue -therefore operates as a sustained corrective force distributed throughout the narrative."""@en . + monomyth:realizationDescription """After his baptism, Ruggiero must sever himself physically and +legally from the Saracen world that defined his identity. His withdrawal from their camp is not a +sudden magical escape, but a painful break from shared loyalty and military belonging. This departure +is enabled by a providential structure: the Saracen leader truce-breaking releases Ruggiero from his +oath of fealty. What appears as “magic” is instead the moral failure of his former leader, which +dissolves his obligations and opens the path back to the Christian world."""@en ; + monomyth:fitNote """The Magic Flight for Ruggiero doesn't concearn any physical chase but is +instead realised at the level of juridical and moral severance rather than physical flight, and its +'magic' is entirely structural — the providential dissolution of the oath rather than any literal +enchantment."""@en . a monomyth:StageRealization ; rdfs:label "Defection to Christendom"@en ; @@ -362,17 +381,19 @@ therefore operates as a sustained corrective force distributed throughout the na ; monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:StrongFit ; monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 15 ; - monomyth:realizationDescription """By definitively abandoning the Saracen side and entering the -Christian order, Ruggiero crosses the return threshold separating his former divided existence from -his transformed historical role. The hero successfully reintegrates the experiences accumulated through -wandering, enchantment, and spiritual crisis into a stable political and religious identity recognized -by Charlemagne's world."""@en . - - a monomyth:StageRealization ; - rdfs:label "Bridge Between Civilizations"@en ; + monomyth:realizationDescription """Ruggiero’s passage to the Christian side marks the full +crossing of the return threshold: a public defection and entry into the order of Christian knights. +This is not merely a change of allegiance but a translation of his Saracen martial identity into a +new theological and cultural register, where he appears as both convert and supreme exemplar. The +threshold itself is civilizational rather than physical, requiring him to carry his transformed self +wholly into a new historical role shaped by Merlin’s prophecy. By definitively abandoning his former +side, he reintegrates the experiences of wandering, enchantment, and crisis into a stable identity +recognized by Charlemagne’s world, completing the passage from divided existence to unified purpose."""@en . + + a monomyth:StageRealization ; + rdfs:label "Knight of the Two Worlds"@en ; monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:MasterOfTheTwoWorlds ; - monomyth:involvesCharacter , - ; + monomyth:involvesCharacter ; monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:PerfectFit ; monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 16 ; monomyth:realizationDescription """Ruggiero ultimately embodies a reconciliation between worlds @@ -380,8 +401,7 @@ that are normally represented as irreconcilable enemies throughout the poem. As converts to Christianity and founds a Christian dynasty without erasing his origins, he becomes a literal bridge between civilizations, genealogies, and cultural identities. The hero masters both worlds by integrating them into a new dynastic synthesis rather than annihilating one in favor of the -other."""@en ; - monomyth:hasSemioticDivergence . +other."""@en . a monomyth:StageRealization ; rdfs:label "Dynastic Peace"@en ; @@ -410,15 +430,29 @@ forgets, postpones, or loses sight of it within systems of magical distraction. Campbell's concentrated psychological hesitation with a cyclical structure of narrative delay that mirrors the poem's recursive and labyrinthine form."""@en . - a monomyth:NarrativeDivergence ; - rdfs:label "Prolonged Return divergence"@en ; - monomyth:divergenceOf ; - monomyth:divergesFrom monomyth:RefusalOfTheReturn ; - monomyth:divergenceRationale """The Refusal of the Return is radically expanded across the entire -middle architecture of the poem. Rather than resisting the return after apotheosis, Ruggiero delays -reaching the transformative threshold itself through a long accumulation of interruptions, enchantments, -and postponed decisions. Ariosto converts the stage from a brief post-revelatory hesitation into a -structural principle governing the rhythm of the narrative as a whole."""@en . + a monomyth:NarrativeDivergence ; + rdfs:label "Paternal Imprisonment divergence"@en ; + monomyth:divergenceOf ; + monomyth:divergesFrom monomyth:TheBellyOfTheWhale ; + monomyth:divergenceRationale """The Belly of the Whale is usually an impersonal abyss initiating +the hero into symbolic death. In Orlando Furioso, however, Atlante's enchanted palace is a paternal +prison built out of protective love rather than cosmic fate or malice. Ruggiero's symbolic death +therefore becomes psychological rather than cosmic: he must free himself not from an external darkness +but from the foster-father's protective control that has shaped and confined his identity since +childhood."""@en . + + a monomyth:NarrativeDivergence ; + rdfs:label "Dispersed Rescue divergence"@en ; + monomyth:divergenceOf ; + monomyth:divergesFrom monomyth:RescueFromWithout ; + monomyth:divergenceRationale """This stage subverts the 'Rescue from Without' by transforming a +singular narrative event into a dispersed, structural motif. While Campbell’s model envisions a final, +definitive intervention to pull the hero home, Ruggiero’s rescue is fragmented across the entire epic, +reflecting the 'entrelacement' structure of the poem. Each time the hero falls into enchantment or +loses his path due to his own passivity, Bradamante or her surrogate Melissa must intervene. The +'Rescue' thus loses its character as a final threshold crossing and becomes a constant, corrective +cycle of retrieval, highlighting a hero who is perpetually slipping away from his destiny and a +heroine who functions as his necessary external conscience."""@en . a monomyth:NarrativeDivergence ; rdfs:label "Freedom through Dynasty divergence"@en ; @@ -432,45 +466,86 @@ to shadow the apparent closure of the poem."""@en . # --- Sequential Divergences ----------- - a monomyth:SequentialDivergence ; - rdfs:label "Dispersed Trials divergence"@en ; - monomyth:divergenceOf ; - monomyth:divergesFrom monomyth:TheRoadOfTrials ; - monomyth:divergenceRationale """In the canonical monomyth, the Road of Trials usually unfolds as -a relatively continuous developmental sequence. Ariosto instead fragments Ruggiero's trials across a -vast interlaced narrative repeatedly interrupted by unrelated adventures and shifts in perspective. -The hero's development therefore emerges cumulatively through dispersion and delay rather than through -linear escalation, reflecting the poem's deliberately centrifugal structure."""@en . - - a monomyth:SequentialDivergence ; - rdfs:label "Repeated Flight divergence"@en ; - monomyth:divergenceOf ; - monomyth:divergesFrom monomyth:TheMagicFlight ; - monomyth:divergenceRationale """The Magic Flight archetype is structurally repeated throughout the -poem instead of occurring as a single return movement near the end of the hero's transformation. -Ruggiero continually escapes from magical domains only to become vulnerable to new forms of delay and -captivity later in the narrative. Ariosto transforms the stage into a recursive mechanism of temporary -liberation that rhythmically interrupts the hero's progress toward final integration."""@en . + a monomyth:SequentialDivergence ; + rdfs:label "Temptress before Trials divergence"@en ; + monomyth:divergenceOf ; + monomyth:divergesFrom monomyth:WomanAsTheTemptress ; + monomyth:divergenceRationale """In Campbell's canonical sequence, Woman as the Temptress appears +late in the Initiation act, after the hero has already undergone trials and encountered the Goddess. +In Orlando Furioso, however, the Alcina episode occurs almost immediately after the Call to Adventure, +before Ruggiero has achieved any heroic stability or encountered Bradamante. Ariosto deliberately +inverts the sequence so that the hero's first encounter with the feminine is seductive dissolution +rather than spiritual fulfillment, portraying Ruggiero as a hero initially trapped in enchantment and +dependent on external rescue rather than earned mastery."""@en . + + a monomyth:SequentialDivergence ; + rdfs:label "Aid after Temptation divergence"@en ; + monomyth:divergenceOf ; + monomyth:divergesFrom monomyth:SupernaturalAid ; + monomyth:divergenceRationale """In Campbell's monomyth, Supernatural Aid appears before the hero's +trials, preparing him for the journey ahead. In Orlando Furioso, however, Melissa's intervention arrives +only after Ruggiero has already fallen into Alcina's enchantment and enacted a prolonged refusal of +destiny. The aid therefore functions not as preparation but as rescue: the magic ring becomes a remedy +for collapse rather than a tool for future trials, but it allows the hero to resume the journey to his +transformation."""@en . + + a monomyth:SequentialDivergence ; + rdfs:label "Atonement before Trials divergence"@en ; + monomyth:divergenceOf ; + monomyth:divergesFrom monomyth:AtonementWithTheFather ; + monomyth:divergenceRationale """Typically, the Atonement with the Father stage typically serves +as the spiritual climax of the Initiation act, occurring after the hero has been tempered and purified +by the Road of Trials. As for Ruggiero's journey, his confrontation with Atlante's paternal authority +— and the subsequent dissolution of the magician's protective enchantments — occurs early in the +narrative sequence. This break from the father figure acts as a prerequisite that enables the +'Wandering Adventures' to begin, rather than being the reward for completing them. Ariosto thus +reorders the sequence so that the hero's liberation from paternal control is the starting point of +his independent knightly development rather than its final initiation."""@en . + + a monomyth:SequentialDivergence ; + rdfs:label "Refusal before Apotheosis divergence"@en ; + monomyth:divergenceOf ; + monomyth:divergesFrom monomyth:RefusalOfTheReturn ; + monomyth:divergenceRationale """The Refusal of the Return normally follows the Apotheosis and +Ultimate Boon, when the hero resists re-entering ordinary life after transcendence. In Ruggiero’s case, +however, this sequence is displaced: his prolonged delay occurs before both baptism and the attainment +of the Boon. He refuses not the return from enlightenment, but the movement toward it, postponing the +transformation that would lead to conversion and marriage. What he clings to is not transcendence but +his existing Saracen identity, so the refusal becomes a resistance to ascent rather than descent."""@en . + + a monomyth:SequentialDivergence ; + rdfs:label "Rescue before Apotheosis divergence"@en ; + monomyth:divergenceOf ; + monomyth:divergesFrom monomyth:RescueFromWithout ; + monomyth:divergenceRationale """In the standard monomythic sequence, the 'Rescue from Without' +occurs during the Return, serving to support a hero who has already achieved enlightenment or the +ultimate boon but is too exhausted or unwilling to cross back into the ordinary world. Ariosto +radically displaces this stage by making the rescue a recurring necessity long before Ruggiero’s +spiritual 'Apotheosis'. This reordering is central to the poem’s thematic focus on human frailty and +the power of love, as Ruggiero cannot reach his divine transformation on his own will but requires +multiple 'rescues' from Bradamante and Melissa."""@en . # --- Semiotic Divergences ------------- + a monomyth:SemioticDivergence ; + rdfs:label "Warrior Goddess divergence"@en ; + monomyth:divergenceOf ; + monomyth:divergesFrom monomyth:TheMeetingWithTheGoddess ; + monomyth:divergenceRationale """Campbell’s Meeting with the Goddess draws on the idea of the +divine feminine as cosmic totality, where her love reveals unity beneath division. In 'Orlando +Furioso', this role is reworked in Bradamante: a warrior knight who fights, wins duels, and pursues +Ruggiero with equal determination. Her love is unconditional in Campbell’s sense, as she never abandons +their destined union, but it is expressed through martial agency rather than nurturing receptivity. +Renaissance chivalric tradition thus replaces the sacred goddess with the female heroine, preserving +the structure of the archetype while transforming its semiotic form."""@en . + a monomyth:SemioticDivergence ; rdfs:label "Religious Apotheosis divergence"@en ; monomyth:divergenceOf ; monomyth:divergesFrom monomyth:Apotheosis ; - monomyth:divergenceRationale """Campbell's Apotheosis generally operates through mythic revelation, + monomyth:divergenceRationale """The Apotheosis stage generally operates through mythic revelation, cosmic consciousness, or metaphysical transcendence. Ariosto translates this transformative elevation into the specifically Christian language of baptism, conversion, and sacramental rebirth. The hero's spiritual ascent is therefore expressed not through universal mythology but through the religious and political semiotics of Renaissance Christendom."""@en . - a monomyth:SemioticDivergence ; - rdfs:label "Dynastic Mastery divergence"@en ; - monomyth:divergenceOf ; - monomyth:divergesFrom monomyth:MasterOfTheTwoWorlds ; - monomyth:divergenceRationale """The reconciliation of worlds in Orlando Furioso is articulated -through dynastic genealogy and intercultural politics rather than through purely spiritual balance. -Ruggiero's mastery derives from his ability to unite Christian and Saracen civilizations inside a new -historical lineage legitimizing the Este family. Ariosto therefore re-signifies Campbell's metaphysical -integration into a Renaissance discourse of bloodline, political continuity, and cultural synthesis."""@en . -