batch.motif.celtic-irish-gods-and-fighting-men-gregory-gutenberg-l10297-l10305
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-gods-and-fighting-men-gregory-gutenberg-l10297-l10305
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XII. THE RED WOMAN / CHAPTER XIII. FINN AND THE PHANTOMS / CHAPTER
XIV. THE PIGS OF ANGUS / CHAPTER XV. THE HUNT OF SLIEVE CUILINN; lines 10297-10305
start: '10297'
end: '10305'
translation: Gods and Fighting Men
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: After Finn drinks everything in a vessel, it slips into loosened earth
and disappears. A tree grows at that spot; whoever looks at its branches in the
morning while fasting gains knowledge of what will happen that day. The passage
explains Finn's grey hair as the result of Miluchradh of the Sidhe's jealousy
because Finn loved her sister Aine instead of her.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Finn drinks all the contents of a vessel.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The vessel slips from Finn's hand into loosened earth and is no longer seen.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: A tree grows up where the vessel entered the earth.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Looking at the tree's branches in the morning while fasting gives knowledge
of everything that will happen that day.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Finn's grey hair is attributed to the jealousy of Miluchradh of the Sidhe.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Miluchradh's jealousy is explained by Finn giving his love to Aine, her sister,
rather than to Miluchradh.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Finn
description: The figure who drinks from the vessel and whose grey hair is explained
in the passage.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Miluchradh of the Sidhe
description: A Sidhe woman whose jealousy is said to have caused Finn's grey hair.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Aine
description: Miluchradh's sister, to whom Finn had given his love.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: drinker of the vessel's contents
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Finn drinks all that is in the vessel before it vanishes into the earth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: jealous rejected woman of the Sidhe
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Miluchradh is said to be jealous because Finn did not give his love to her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: beloved sister
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Aine is identified as Miluchradh's sister and the one Finn loved.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: recipient of grey hair
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage states this is how Finn came by his grey hair.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: vanishing vessel
literal_form: vessel
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: prophetic tree
literal_form: tree whose branches reveal the day's future to a fasting observer
in the morning
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: grey hair
literal_form: Finn's grey hair
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: The vessel enters the earth and becomes associated with a tree of foreknowledge
summary: After Finn drinks the vessel's contents, it falls into loosened earth and
disappears; a tree grows at the spot and its branches grant knowledge of the coming
day to a fasting morning observer.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Explanation of Finn's grey hair
summary: The passage explains Finn's grey hair as caused by Miluchradh's jealousy
because Finn loved Aine instead of Miluchradh.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: tree granting foreknowledge
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The tree's branches provide knowledge of all that will happen during the
day to one who observes them in the specified fasting morning condition.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage describes day-specific foreknowledge rather than general wisdom
or omniscience.
- id: motif:2
label: sacred or wondrous tree arising from a vanished object
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_tree_axis
basis: A tree grows from the place where the vessel disappears into the earth and
has a supernatural knowledge-giving property.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not describe the tree as a world axis, world center,
or cosmic connector; the taxonomy link is limited to its wondrous sacred-tree
qualities.
- id: motif:3
label: jealous supernatural woman marks or transforms the hero
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Finn's grey hair is attributed to the jealousy of Miluchradh of the Sidhe
after Finn chose Aine rather than Miluchradh.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The immediate mechanism by which jealousy causes the grey hair is not
included in this passage excerpt.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 10297-10299
quote_or_summary: Finn drinks all that is in the vessel; it slips from his hand
into the loosened earth and disappears from sight.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 10299-10302
quote_or_summary: A tree grows where the vessel entered the earth; looking at its
branches in the morning while fasting gives knowledge of everything that will
happen that day.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 10304-10305
quote_or_summary: Finn's grey hair is explained as caused by Miluchradh of the Sidhe's
jealousy, because Finn loved her sister Aine instead of her.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The literal sequence and named relationships are explicit. Motif labels are
cautious, especially the sacred-tree taxonomy mapping, because the excerpt does
not give broader cosmological context.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
No comparison claims were added because the passage does not itself provide an explicit cross-text or cross-tradition comparison.
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