batch.motif.celtic-irish-gods-and-fighting-men-gregory-gutenberg-l11496-l11554
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-gods-and-fighting-men-gregory-gutenberg-l11496-l11554
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
passage_locator:
label: 'CHAPTER IV. THE HARD SERVANT / CHAPTER V. THE HOUSE OF THE QUICKEN TREES
/ BOOK SEVEN: DIARMUID AND GRANIA. / CHAPTER I. THE FLIGHT FROM TEAMHAIR; lines
11496-11554'
start: '11496'
end: '11554'
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: Diarmuid asks companions what he should do about the bonds laid on him,
and they advise him to follow Grania. He leaves the dun by leaping over the wall
with his spears, meets Grania, warns her of danger, and says he will keep faith
with Finn. Grania refuses to turn back. They flee, use horses briefly, abandon
them near the Sionnan ford to hinder tracking, travel by the stream into Connacht,
leave unbroken bread as a sign of Diarmuid's kept faith, and make a fenced shelter
and bed in the Wood of the Two Huts.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Diarmuid asks Oisin, Osgar, Caoilte, and Diorraing what he should do about
the bonds laid on him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Oisin, Osgar, Caoilte, and Diorraing advise Diarmuid to follow Grania; Diorraing
says Diarmuid will get his death by it.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Diarmuid takes his weapons, says farewell, and sheds tears described as the
size of a mountain berry.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Diarmuid uses the shafts of his two spears to leap over the wall of the dun
and land outside, where Grania meets him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Diarmuid tells Grania that her journey is bad, that Ireland may not hide her,
and that if he brings her with him he will not bring her as a wife but will keep
faith with Finn.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Grania refuses to turn back and says she will never part with Diarmuid until
death parts them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: When Grania becomes tired, Diarmuid refuses to carry her; she tells him to
fetch two of her father's horses from a grass field with chariots.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Diarmuid and Grania reach the ford on the Sionnan, later called Ath-luain.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: Diarmuid says the horses make it easier for Finn to follow their track; Grania
tells him to leave the horses and go on foot.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Diarmuid crosses the ford with one horse, leaves the other on the far side,
and he and Grania travel westward with the stream to the side of Connacht.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Wherever they go, Diarmuid leaves unbroken bread behind him as a sign to Finn
that he has kept faith with him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: At Doire-da-Bhoth, the Wood of the Two Huts, Diarmuid cuts down wood, makes
a fence with seven doors of woven twigs, and sets a bed of rushes and birch tops
for Grania in the middle of the wood.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Diarmuid
description: A man bound by obligations who seeks counsel, follows Grania, keeps
faith with Finn, and prepares the woodland shelter.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Grania
description: A woman who meets Diarmuid outside the dun, refuses to turn back, travels
with him, and is given a bed in the woodland shelter.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:12
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Oisin
description: Counsellor addressed by Diarmuid; he says Diarmuid is not guilty if
bonds were laid on him and advises him to follow Grania.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Osgar
description: Counsellor addressed by Diarmuid; he advises him to follow Grania because
it is pitiful to break bonds.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Caoilte
description: Counsellor addressed by Diarmuid; he says he himself has a fitting
wife and values Grania's love above riches.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Diorraing
description: Counsellor addressed by Diarmuid; he advises him to follow Grania though
it will bring his death.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Finn, son of Cumhal
description: Absent figure whose hands Diarmuid is advised to avoid; Diarmuid says
he will keep faith with Finn, and the bread is left as a sign to him.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: bound fugitive
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Diarmuid speaks of bonds laid on him and then leaves the dun with Grania
while trying to avoid Finn.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: keeper of faith to absent rival
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Diarmuid says he will not bring Grania as a wife and repeatedly leaves unbroken
bread as a sign that he kept faith with Finn.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:11
- id: role:3
label: refusing companion in flight
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Grania refuses to turn back and continues with Diarmuid on foot after the
horses are abandoned.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: counsellor
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
basis: Each named figure gives Diarmuid advice when asked what to do about the bonds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: absent threatened pursuer or rival
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Oisin advises Diarmuid to keep out of Finn's hands, Diarmuid compares himself
unfavorably with Finn as Grania's lover, and the fugitives act to prevent Finn
from following their track.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: bonds laid on Diarmuid
literal_form: Bonds or obligations placed on Diarmuid
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: two spears used in escape
literal_form: The shafts of Diarmuid's two spears used to leap the wall
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: horses and chariots
literal_form: Grania's father's horses in a grass field, with chariots
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: sym:4
label: ford and river crossing
literal_form: The ford on the Sionnan and the stream followed westward
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: sym:5
label: unbroken bread sign
literal_form: Unbroken bread left behind as a sign to Finn
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:6
label: woodland shelter
literal_form: Fence of woven twigs with seven doors and a bed of rushes and birch
tops in the wood
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:7
label: seven doors
literal_form: Seven doors in the fence of woven twigs
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Counsel over the bonds
summary: Diarmuid asks named companions what to do about the bonds placed on him,
and they advise him to follow Grania despite danger.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Leap from the dun and meeting with Grania
summary: Diarmuid arms himself, says farewell, leaps over the wall using his spears,
and meets Grania outside.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Warning and refusal to turn back
summary: Diarmuid warns Grania of danger and says he will keep faith with Finn;
Grania refuses to return and declares she will not part from Diarmuid until death.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Horses, tracking, and the Sionnan ford
summary: After Grania tires, horses are fetched, but at the Sionnan ford the fugitives
decide horses will make them easier to track and continue in a way that obscures
their route.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:5
label: Bread left as proof of faith
summary: Diarmuid leaves unbroken bread behind wherever they go as a sign to Finn
that he has kept faith with him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: scene:6
label: Shelter in the Wood of the Two Huts
summary: Diarmuid and Grania arrive at Doire-da-Bhoth, where Diarmuid makes a seven-doored
twig fence and a bed of rushes and birch tops for Grania.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: obligated departure into flight
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Diarmuid treats the bonds as compelling action, receives advice to follow
Grania, leaves the dun, and begins a flight away from Finn.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not explain the origin or formal nature of the bonds
within this excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: beloved's flight from intended lover or rival
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: Grania leaves with Diarmuid rather than returning to Finn, while Diarmuid
warns her that Finn would be a better lover and acts to avoid Finn's pursuit.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage frames Grania as choosing and initiating the flight; it does
not describe her as forcibly stolen in this excerpt.
- id: motif:3
label: river crossing during escape
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: The fugitives reach the Sionnan ford, manage the horses to reduce tracking,
and continue westward with the stream into Connacht.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The river crossing is a practical episode in the flight; no explicit ritual
or supernatural crossing is stated.
- id: motif:4
label: token proving chastity or kept faith
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Diarmuid leaves unbroken bread as a sign to Finn that he has kept his faith
with him while travelling with Grania.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The meaning is stated only as keeping faith with Finn; broader symbolic
implications should not be assumed from this passage alone.
- id: motif:5
label: woodland refuge with constructed enclosure
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
basis: Diarmuid builds a fenced shelter with seven doors and a bed of rushes and
birch tops for Grania in the middle of the wood.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives a detailed woodland refuge but does not state that the
wood or birch has sacred status.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: 'This passage performs the narrative function of a departure motif: an obligation-driven
hero leaves a settled place and enters dangerous flight.'
claim_level: same_function
target: departure motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The excerpt does not include the prior laying of the bonds or the full
outcome of the flight.
- id: claim:2
claim: The flight with Grania cautiously overlaps with a stolen-beloved or contested-beloved
pattern because she leaves Finn's sphere and Diarmuid expects Finn to pursue them.
claim_level: same_function
target: stolen_beloved motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:9
counter_evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: low
limitations: Grania acts by choice, and Diarmuid explicitly says he will not take
her as a wife in this passage, so the fit to a simple stolen-beloved pattern is
limited.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 11496-11505
quote_or_summary: Diarmuid asks Oisin and Osgar what to do with the bonds laid on
him; both advise him to follow Grania, with Oisin also warning him to stay out
of Finn's hands.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 11505-11514
quote_or_summary: Caoilte and Diorraing also give advice; Diorraing tells Diarmuid
to follow Grania although he will get his death by it, and Oisin and the rest
agree.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 11514-11518
quote_or_summary: Diarmuid stands, takes his weapons, says farewell, and sheds tears
described as the size of a mountain berry.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 11518-11522
quote_or_summary: Diarmuid goes to the wall of the dun, puts the shafts of his two
spears under him, leaps over, lands outside, and meets Grania.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 11522-11531
quote_or_summary: Diarmuid tells Grania that it is a bad journey, that Finn would
be a better lover, that Ireland may not hide her, and that he will keep faith
with Finn rather than bring her as a wife.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: 11531-11534
quote_or_summary: Grania says she will not turn back and will never part with Diarmuid
"till death parts us."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quote used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 11535-11543
quote_or_summary: After they go on, Grania says she is tired; Diarmuid refuses to
carry her, and she tells him to fetch two of her father's horses from a grass
field where there are chariots.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 11544-11546
quote_or_summary: Diarmuid returns for the horses, and the narrative next places
them at the ford on the Sionnan, now called Ath-luain.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 11547-11550
quote_or_summary: Diarmuid says the horses make their track easier for Finn to follow;
Grania tells him to leave the horses and proceed on foot.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 11551-11555
quote_or_summary: Diarmuid takes a horse over the ford, leaves the other on the
far side, then he and Grania travel westward with the stream and come to land
by Connacht.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 11555-11557
quote_or_summary: Wherever Diarmuid goes, he leaves unbroken bread behind as a sign
to Finn that he has kept faith with him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: 11558-11564
quote_or_summary: At Doire-da-Bhoth, the Wood of the Two Huts, Diarmuid cuts wood,
makes a woven-twig fence with seven doors, and places a bed of soft rushes and
birch tops for Grania in the middle of the wood.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: low
notes: Literal extraction is strong because the passage is explicit. Motif and comparison
labels are cautious because the excerpt gives only one segment of the larger Diarmuid
and Grania narrative.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
Used only supplied passage text and metadata. Taxonomy references limited to provided motif families and symbols.
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