@base <https://monomyth.metamuses.org/graph/> .
@prefix monomyth: <https://monomyth.metamuses.org/ontology#> .
@prefix dcterms: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix schema: <http://schema.org/> .
@prefix wd: <http://www.wikidata.org/entity/> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

# ==============================================================================
# ORLANDO FURIOSO (Epic Poem, 1532)
# ==============================================================================

<orlando-furioso> 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 <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    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 --------------

<orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> 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 <orlando-furioso> ;
    monomyth:hasHero <orlando-furioso/characters/ruggiero> ;
    monomyth:hasCharacter <orlando-furioso/characters/ruggiero>,
        <orlando-furioso/characters/bradamante>,
        <orlando-furioso/characters/alcina>,
        <orlando-furioso/characters/melissa>,
        <orlando-furioso/characters/atlante>,
        <orlando-furioso/characters/logistilla>,
        <orlando-furioso/characters/hippogriff>,
        <orlando-furioso/characters/astolfo>,
        <orlando-furioso/characters/charlemagne> ;
    monomyth:hasStageRealization <orlando-furioso/stages/carried-away-from-albracca>,
        <orlando-furioso/stages/enchanted-delays>,
        <orlando-furioso/stages/alcinas-seduction>,
        <orlando-furioso/stages/melissas-ring>,
        <orlando-furioso/stages/departure-from-logistilla>,
        <orlando-furioso/stages/atlantes-palace>,
        <orlando-furioso/stages/breaking-from-atlante>,
        <orlando-furioso/stages/wandering-adventures>,
        <orlando-furioso/stages/bradamante-destiny>,
        <orlando-furioso/stages/delayed-conversion>,
        <orlando-furioso/stages/bradamantes-rescues>,
        <orlando-furioso/stages/baptism-and-conversion>,
        <orlando-furioso/stages/este-foundation>,
        <orlando-furioso/stages/flight-from-saracens>,
        <orlando-furioso/stages/defection-to-christendom>,
        <orlando-furioso/stages/knight-of-two-worlds>,
        <orlando-furioso/stages/dynastic-peace> .

# --- Characters -----------------------

<orlando-furioso/characters/ruggiero> 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 <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    monomyth:characterOf <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    monomyth:embodiesArchetype monomyth:Hero ;
    owl:sameAs wd:Q1163476 .

<orlando-furioso/characters/bradamante> 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 <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    monomyth:embodiesArchetype monomyth:Ally ;
    owl:sameAs wd:Q1163427 .

<orlando-furioso/characters/alcina> 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 <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    monomyth:embodiesArchetype monomyth:Shapeshifter,
        monomyth:Shadow ;
    owl:sameAs wd:Q3609002 .

<orlando-furioso/characters/melissa> 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 <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    monomyth:embodiesArchetype monomyth:Mentor,
        monomyth:Ally .

<orlando-furioso/characters/atlante> 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 <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    monomyth:embodiesArchetype monomyth:Mentor,
        monomyth:ThresholdGuardian,
        monomyth:Shadow ;
    owl:sameAs wd:Q3628218 .

<orlando-furioso/characters/logistilla> 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 <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    monomyth:embodiesArchetype monomyth:Mentor ;
    owl:sameAs wd:Q16573342 .

<orlando-furioso/characters/hippogriff> 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 <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    monomyth:embodiesArchetype monomyth:Herald .

<orlando-furioso/characters/astolfo> 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 <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    monomyth:embodiesArchetype monomyth:Ally,
        monomyth:Trickster ;
    owl:sameAs wd:Q1263627 .

<orlando-furioso/characters/charlemagne> 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 <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    monomyth:embodiesArchetype monomyth:ThresholdGuardian ;
    owl:sameAs wd:Q3044 .

# --- Stage Realizations ---------------

<orlando-furioso/stages/carried-away-from-albracca> a monomyth:StageRealization ;
    rdfs:label "Carried away from Albracca"@en ;
    monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:TheCallToAdventure ;
    monomyth:stageRealizationOf <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    monomyth:involvesCharacter <orlando-furioso/characters/ruggiero>,
        <orlando-furioso/characters/hippogriff> ;
    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."""@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 .

<orlando-furioso/stages/enchanted-delays> a monomyth:StageRealization ;
    rdfs:label "Enchanted Delays"@en ;
    monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:RefusalOfTheCall ;
    monomyth:stageRealizationOf <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    monomyth:involvesCharacter <orlando-furioso/characters/ruggiero>,
        <orlando-furioso/characters/alcina>,
        <orlando-furioso/characters/atlante> ;
    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 <orlando-furioso/divergences/narrative/dispersed-refusal> .

<orlando-furioso/stages/alcinas-seduction> a monomyth:StageRealization ;
    rdfs:label "Alcina's Seduction"@en ;
    monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:WomanAsTheTemptress ;
    monomyth:stageRealizationOf <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    monomyth:involvesCharacter <orlando-furioso/characters/ruggiero>,
        <orlando-furioso/characters/alcina> ;
    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 <orlando-furioso/divergences/sequential/temptress-before-trials> .

<orlando-furioso/stages/melissas-ring> a monomyth:StageRealization ;
    rdfs:label "Melissa's Ring"@en ;
    monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:SupernaturalAid ;
    monomyth:stageRealizationOf <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    monomyth:involvesCharacter <orlando-furioso/characters/ruggiero>,
        <orlando-furioso/characters/melissa> ;
    monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:PerfectFit ;
    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 ;
    monomyth:hasSequentialDivergence <orlando-furioso/divergences/sequential/aid-after-temptation> .

<orlando-furioso/stages/departure-from-logistilla> a monomyth:StageRealization ;
    rdfs:label "Departure from Logistilla"@en ;
    monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:TheCrossingOfTheFirstThreshold ;
    monomyth:stageRealizationOf <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    monomyth:involvesCharacter <orlando-furioso/characters/ruggiero>,
        <orlando-furioso/characters/logistilla> ;
    monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:StrongFit ;
    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 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 .

<orlando-furioso/stages/atlantes-palace> a monomyth:StageRealization ;
    rdfs:label "Atlante's Palace"@en ;
    monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:TheBellyOfTheWhale ;
    monomyth:stageRealizationOf <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    monomyth:involvesCharacter <orlando-furioso/characters/ruggiero>,
        <orlando-furioso/characters/atlante> ;
    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 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 <orlando-furioso/divergences/narrative/paternal-imprisonment> .

<orlando-furioso/stages/breaking-from-atlante> a monomyth:StageRealization ;
    rdfs:label "Breaking from Atlante"@en ;
    monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:AtonementWithTheFather ;
    monomyth:stageRealizationOf <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    monomyth:involvesCharacter <orlando-furioso/characters/ruggiero>,
        <orlando-furioso/characters/atlante> ;
    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 <orlando-furioso/divergences/sequential/atonement-before-trials> .

<orlando-furioso/stages/wandering-adventures> a monomyth:StageRealization ;
    rdfs:label "Wandering Adventures"@en ;
    monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:TheRoadOfTrials ;
    monomyth:stageRealizationOf <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    monomyth:involvesCharacter <orlando-furioso/characters/ruggiero>,
        <orlando-furioso/characters/astolfo> ;
    monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:StrongFit ;
    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 .

<orlando-furioso/stages/bradamante-destiny> a monomyth:StageRealization ;
    rdfs:label "Bradamante's Destiny"@en ;
    monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:TheMeetingWithTheGoddess ;
    monomyth:stageRealizationOf <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    monomyth:involvesCharacter <orlando-furioso/characters/ruggiero>,
        <orlando-furioso/characters/bradamante> ;
    monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:StrongFit ;
    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 <orlando-furioso/divergences/semiotic/warrior-goddess> .

<orlando-furioso/stages/delayed-conversion> a monomyth:StageRealization ;
    rdfs:label "Delayed Conversion"@en ;
    monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:RefusalOfTheReturn ;
    monomyth:stageRealizationOf <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    monomyth:involvesCharacter <orlando-furioso/characters/ruggiero> ;
    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 <orlando-furioso/divergences/sequential/refusal-before-apotheosis> .

<orlando-furioso/stages/bradamantes-rescues> a monomyth:StageRealization ;
    rdfs:label "Bradamante's Rescues"@en ;
    monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:RescueFromWithout ;
    monomyth:stageRealizationOf <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    monomyth:involvesCharacter <orlando-furioso/characters/ruggiero>,
        <orlando-furioso/characters/bradamante>,
        <orlando-furioso/characters/melissa> ;
    monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:StrongFit ;
    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 <orlando-furioso/divergences/sequential/rescue-before-apotheosis> ;
    monomyth:hasNarrativeDivergence <orlando-furioso/divergences/narrative/dispersed-rescue> .

<orlando-furioso/stages/baptism-and-conversion> a monomyth:StageRealization ;
    rdfs:label "Baptism and Conversion"@en ;
    monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:Apotheosis ;
    monomyth:stageRealizationOf <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    monomyth:involvesCharacter <orlando-furioso/characters/ruggiero>,
        <orlando-furioso/characters/bradamante>,
        <orlando-furioso/characters/charlemagne> ;
    monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:PerfectFit ;
    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.
This transformation functions as a literal apotheosis in which personal conversion simultaneously
becomes dynastic destiny, historical legitimation, and metaphysical rebirth."""@en ;
    monomyth:hasSemioticDivergence <orlando-furioso/divergences/semiotic/religious-apotheosis> .

<orlando-furioso/stages/este-foundation> a monomyth:StageRealization ;
    rdfs:label "Este Foundation"@en ;
    monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:TheUltimateBoon ;
    monomyth:stageRealizationOf <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    monomyth:involvesCharacter <orlando-furioso/characters/ruggiero>,
        <orlando-furioso/characters/bradamante> ;
    monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:StrongFit ;
    monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 13 ;
    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 .

<orlando-furioso/stages/flight-from-saracens> a monomyth:StageRealization ;
    rdfs:label "Flight from the Saracen camp"@en ;
    monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:TheMagicFlight ;
    monomyth:stageRealizationOf <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    monomyth:involvesCharacter <orlando-furioso/characters/ruggiero> ;
    monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:StrongFit ;
    monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 14 ;
    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 .

<orlando-furioso/stages/defection-to-christendom> a monomyth:StageRealization ;
    rdfs:label "Defection to Christendom"@en ;
    monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:TheCrossingOfTheReturnThreshold ;
    monomyth:stageRealizationOf <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    monomyth:involvesCharacter <orlando-furioso/characters/ruggiero>,
        <orlando-furioso/characters/charlemagne> ;
    monomyth:hasFitQuality monomyth:StrongFit ;
    monomyth:stageRealizationOrder 15 ;
    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 .

<orlando-furioso/stages/knight-of-two-worlds> a monomyth:StageRealization ;
    rdfs:label "Knight of the Two Worlds"@en ;
    monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:MasterOfTheTwoWorlds ;
    monomyth:stageRealizationOf <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    monomyth:involvesCharacter <orlando-furioso/characters/ruggiero> ;
    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 .

<orlando-furioso/stages/dynastic-peace> a monomyth:StageRealization ;
    rdfs:label "Dynastic Peace"@en ;
    monomyth:realizesStage monomyth:FreedomToLive ;
    monomyth:stageRealizationOf <orlando-furioso/monomyths/ruggiero-journey> ;
    monomyth:involvesCharacter <orlando-furioso/characters/ruggiero>,
        <orlando-furioso/characters/bradamante> ;
    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 <orlando-furioso/divergences/narrative/freedom-through-dynasty> .

# --- Narrative Divergences ------------

<orlando-furioso/divergences/narrative/dispersed-refusal> a monomyth:NarrativeDivergence ;
    rdfs:label "Dispersed Refusal divergence"@en ;
    monomyth:divergenceOf <orlando-furioso/stages/enchanted-delays> ;
    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 .

<orlando-furioso/divergences/narrative/paternal-imprisonment> a monomyth:NarrativeDivergence ;
    rdfs:label "Paternal Imprisonment divergence"@en ;
    monomyth:divergenceOf <orlando-furioso/stages/atlantes-palace> ;
    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 .

<orlando-furioso/divergences/narrative/dispersed-rescue> a monomyth:NarrativeDivergence ;
    rdfs:label "Dispersed Rescue divergence"@en ;
    monomyth:divergenceOf <orlando-furioso/stages/bradamantes-rescues> ;
    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 .

<orlando-furioso/divergences/narrative/freedom-through-dynasty> a monomyth:NarrativeDivergence ;
    rdfs:label "Freedom through Dynasty divergence"@en ;
    monomyth:divergenceOf <orlando-furioso/stages/dynastic-peace> ;
    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 -----------

<orlando-furioso/divergences/sequential/temptress-before-trials> a monomyth:SequentialDivergence ;
    rdfs:label "Temptress before Trials divergence"@en ;
    monomyth:divergenceOf <orlando-furioso/stages/alcinas-seduction> ;
    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 .

<orlando-furioso/divergences/sequential/aid-after-temptation> a monomyth:SequentialDivergence ;
    rdfs:label "Aid after Temptation divergence"@en ;
    monomyth:divergenceOf <orlando-furioso/stages/melissas-ring> ;
    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 .

<orlando-furioso/divergences/sequential/atonement-before-trials> a monomyth:SequentialDivergence ;
    rdfs:label "Atonement before Trials divergence"@en ;
    monomyth:divergenceOf <orlando-furioso/stages/breaking-from-atlante> ;
    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 .

<orlando-furioso/divergences/sequential/refusal-before-apotheosis> a monomyth:SequentialDivergence ;
    rdfs:label "Refusal before Apotheosis divergence"@en ;
    monomyth:divergenceOf <orlando-furioso/stages/delayed-conversion> ;
    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 .

<orlando-furioso/divergences/sequential/rescue-before-apotheosis> a monomyth:SequentialDivergence ;
    rdfs:label "Rescue before Apotheosis divergence"@en ;
    monomyth:divergenceOf <orlando-furioso/stages/bradamantes-rescues> ;
    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 -------------

<orlando-furioso/divergences/semiotic/warrior-goddess> a monomyth:SemioticDivergence ;
    rdfs:label "Warrior Goddess divergence"@en ;
    monomyth:divergenceOf <orlando-furioso/stages/bradamante-destiny> ;
    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 .

<orlando-furioso/divergences/semiotic/religious-apotheosis> a monomyth:SemioticDivergence ;
    rdfs:label "Religious Apotheosis divergence"@en ;
    monomyth:divergenceOf <orlando-furioso/stages/baptism-and-conversion> ;
    monomyth:divergesFrom monomyth:Apotheosis ;
    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 .