batch.motif.celtic-irish-gods-and-fighting-men-gregory-gutenberg-l11557-l11655
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-gods-and-fighting-men-gregory-gutenberg-l11557-l11655
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
passage_locator:
label: 'CHAPTER V. THE HOUSE OF THE QUICKEN TREES / BOOK SEVEN: DIARMUID AND GRANIA.
/ CHAPTER I. THE FLIGHT FROM TEAMHAIR / CHAPTER II. THE PURSUIT; lines 11557-11655'
start: '11557'
end: '11655'
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: Finn discovers that Diarmuid and Grania have left Teamhair and pursues
them with the Fianna. Allies of Diarmuid try to warn him through Bran the hound
and through Fearghoin's shouts, but Diarmuid refuses to flee. Finn reaches the
wooded shelter at Doire-da-Bhoth and orders the pair surrounded. Angus Og, Diarmuid's
former guardian and foster-father, arrives unseen and carries Grania away under
the border of his cloak, while Diarmuid stays behind.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Finn finds that Diarmuid and Grania are absent from Teamhair and sends trackers
after them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The track is followed to the ford on the Sionnan, but the trackers cannot
carry it across the ford.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The sons of Neamhuin find a horse on each side of the stream and later find
the track along the side of Connacht.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Finn says he knows Diarmuid and Grania will be found in Doire-da-Bhoth.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Osgar and others arrange for Bran the hound to go ahead with a warning for
Diarmuid.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Bran reaches Diarmuid while he is asleep and puts her head into his bosom.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Diarmuid identifies Bran as Finn's hound and says she has come to warn that
Finn is coming.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: Grania urges Diarmuid to take the warning and escape, but he refuses.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:9
text: Fearghoin gives three shouts that Diarmuid hears as a second warning.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: Finn sends the sons of Neamhuin to search the wood, and they report seeing
Diarmuid with a woman.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: Finn says Diarmuid will not leave the wood until he gives Finn satisfaction
for what he has done.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: Finn describes the place as a close sheltered place with seven woven narrow
doors.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: Diarmuid answers Finn and says that he and Grania are in the place.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:14
text: Finn calls on his men to go around Diarmuid and Grania and take them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:15
text: Angus Og learns of Diarmuid's danger at Brugh na Boinne and comes to Doire-da-Bhoth.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:16
text: Angus Og enters the place unknown to Finn or the Fianna and offers to bring
both Diarmuid and Grania out under the border of his cloak.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:17
text: Diarmuid asks Angus Og to take Grania but refuses to go himself.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:18
text: Angus Og puts Grania under the border of his cloak and brings her away unseen
to Ros-da-Shoileach.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Finn, son of Cumhal
description: Leader who becomes jealous, sends trackers, follows Diarmuid and Grania,
and orders them surrounded.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Diarmuid
description: Man fleeing with Grania; receives warnings, refuses to flee from Finn,
and remains after Angus Og carries Grania away.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Grania
description: Woman with Diarmuid; urges him to escape and is later taken away under
Angus Og's cloak.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Oisin
description: One of those listening to Finn; participates in sending warnings to
Diarmuid and disputes Finn's judgment.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Osgar
description: Warns that Diarmuid and Grania may be in danger and tells Bran to go
to Diarmuid; later criticizes Finn's expectation that Diarmuid would stay in the
plain.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Caoilte
description: Named among those listening to Finn; his serving-man Fearghoin is used
to send warning shouts.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Diorraing
description: Named among those listening when Finn says Diarmuid and Grania are
at Doire-da-Bhoth.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Bran the hound
description: Finn's hound, said to care for Diarmuid as much as Finn; sent secretly
to warn Diarmuid.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Fearghoin
description: Caoilte's serving-man whose shouts can be heard in the three nearest
hundreds; he gives three shouts as a warning.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: sons of Neamhuin
description: Trackers or searchers who follow the stream, find horses and the track,
and later search the wood for Diarmuid and Grania.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Angus Og
description: At Brugh na Boinne, he learns of Diarmuid's danger; he is described
as Diarmuid's former guardian and dear foster-father, and he removes Grania unseen
under his cloak.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Fianna of Ireland
description: Finn's troop who follow the track and are ordered to surround and take
Diarmuid and Grania.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: pursuer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:12
basis: Finn and the Fianna follow the track and Finn orders the fugitives surrounded
and taken.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: role:2
label: pursued fugitive
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Diarmuid is tracked, warned, found in the wood, and targeted by Finn's order
to capture him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: pursued woman
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Grania is absent with Diarmuid, is found in the wood with him, and is removed
by Angus Og.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: friendly warning-sender
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
basis: Osgar, Oisin, and Caoilte's household connection are involved in sending
Bran and Fearghoin's shouts to warn Diarmuid.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: animal messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Bran secretly follows Diarmuid's track and reaches him as a warning before
Finn arrives.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: loud-voiced messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Fearghoin's shouts can be heard over a wide range, and he gives three shouts
for Diarmuid to hear.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: tracker and searcher
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The sons of Neamhuin find signs along the stream and later search the wood
for Diarmuid.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: refuser of escape
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Diarmuid refuses both warnings and later refuses Angus Og's offer to carry
him out.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: role:9
label: protective foster-father and rescuer
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Angus Og is described as Diarmuid's former guardian and dear foster-father
and removes Grania unseen under his cloak.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: ford and stream
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- fig:1
- fig:10
- fig:12
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- water
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- ev:1
- ev:2
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label: wooded shelter
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- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: sym:3
label: seven woven narrow doors
literal_form: seven woven narrow doors to the sheltered place
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: hound warning
literal_form: Bran the hound putting her head into Diarmuid's bosom
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: three warning shouts
literal_form: three shouts given by Fearghoin so that Diarmuid would hear
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: concealing cloak
literal_form: the border of Angus Og's cloak used to carry Grania out unseen
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: sym:7
label: two sallows headland
literal_form: Ros-da-Shoileach, the Headland of the Two Sallows
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Discovery and tracking from Teamhair
summary: Finn discovers Diarmuid and Grania are gone, sends trackers, follows their
trail to the ford, and continues the pursuit after the sons of Neamhuin recover
the track.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:10
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Secret warnings to Diarmuid
summary: Osgar and the others send Bran to warn Diarmuid; after Bran returns, Oisin
arranges for Fearghoin to give three warning shouts. Diarmuid recognizes both
warnings but refuses to flee.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Finn reaches the wooded refuge
summary: Finn reaches Doire-da-Bhoth, has the wood searched, argues with Oisin and
Osgar, identifies the place as a shelter with seven woven doors, and orders Diarmuid
and Grania surrounded.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:10
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Angus Og's unseen rescue of Grania
summary: Angus Og learns of Diarmuid's danger, arrives unseen, offers cloak-concealment
to both fugitives, and takes Grania away under the cloak while Diarmuid remains.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
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- id: motif:1
label: pursuit of an absconding pair
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: Finn pursues Diarmuid and Grania after discovering them gone; Diarmuid later
says Grania escaped with him from her father and from Finn, though not by his
will.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage frames Grania as escaping with Diarmuid, but Diarmuid explicitly
denies willing her departure with him, so the taxonomy label is only approximate.
- id: motif:2
label: warnings sent to a pursued hero
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Friendly figures attempt to warn Diarmuid through Bran the hound and through
Fearghoin's three shouts.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives the warning sequence clearly but does not attach it
to a named taxonomy family.
- id: motif:3
label: hero refuses opportunities for escape
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Diarmuid refuses Grania's urging after Bran's warning, refuses the second
warning from the shouts, and refuses Angus Og's offer to carry him away under
the cloak.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The motive for refusal is stated only partly; interpretation beyond the
refusals is not supplied here.
- id: motif:4
label: concealment and escape under a magical or protective cloak
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Angus Og offers to bring Diarmuid and Grania out under the border of his
cloak without Finn's knowledge, and then removes Grania unseen.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The cloak's action is extraordinary in the narrative, but the passage
does not explicitly call it magical; the departure taxonomy is broad.
- id: motif:5
label: protective foster-father intervenes in danger
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
basis: Angus Og is described as Diarmuid's former guardian and dear foster-father,
learns of his danger, and comes to help.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The relationship is fosterage rather than biological parent-child; the
taxonomy match is approximate.
- id: motif:6
label: enclosed refuge in the wood
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Diarmuid and Grania are in Doire-da-Bhoth, described by Finn as a close sheltered
place with seven woven narrow doors.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage describes the structure but does not explain any ritual or
cosmological meaning for it.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 11557-11565
quote_or_summary: Finn discovers Diarmuid and Grania are missing from Teamhair,
sends trackers, follows to the ford on the Sionnan, and threatens the trackers
if they do not recover the trail.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 11566-11577
quote_or_summary: The sons of Neamhuin find horses and the track; Finn says the
pair are in Doire-da-Bhoth; Osgar and others decide Bran should warn Diarmuid.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 11578-11589
quote_or_summary: Bran reaches sleeping Diarmuid, who recognizes the visit as a
warning that Finn is coming; Grania urges escape, but Diarmuid refuses.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 11590-11600
quote_or_summary: Oisin arranges for Fearghoin, Caoilte's serving-man, to give three
shouts; Diarmuid hears them as a warning but again refuses to leave.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 11601-11613
quote_or_summary: Finn reaches Doire-da-Bhoth, sends the sons of Neamhuin to search
the wood, receives their report of Diarmuid and a woman, and demands satisfaction.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 11614-11631
quote_or_summary: Oisin and Osgar challenge Finn; Finn identifies the warnings and
describes a close sheltered place with seven woven narrow doors; Diarmuid confirms
he and Grania are there, and Finn orders them taken.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 11632-11649
quote_or_summary: Angus Og learns at Brugh na Boinne of Diarmuid's danger, comes
unseen, speaks kindly, offers concealment under his cloak, and Diarmuid asks him
to take Grania while he stays.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 11650-11655
quote_or_summary: Angus Og puts Grania under the border of his cloak and brings
her away unseen to Ros-da-Shoileach, the Headland of the Two Sallows.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal narrative elements are clear. Taxonomy assignment is cautious because
the available motif families only partly match the passage-level material. No
comparison claims were made because the passage itself does not explicitly compare
this episode to another text or tradition.
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'
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