batch.motif.celtic-irish-gods-and-fighting-men-gregory-gutenberg-l11657-l11730
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-gods-and-fighting-men-gregory-gutenberg-l11657-l11730
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 11657-11730'
start: '11657'
end: '11730'
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, after Angus and Grania have gone from him, arms himself and questions
the parties stationed at seven doors. Several friendly Fianna groups offer him
protection, but he refuses to endanger them. A hostile group threatens him, and
Finn waits at the last door with four hundred paid fighters. Diarmuid says he
will go out by Finn's door, then escapes by a high leap on his spear-staves beyond
Finn's people. He rejoins Angus and Grania in a sheltered cabin with a fire and
boar meat. Angus later gives Diarmuid advice for evading Finn, warning him against
one-exit refuges and against eating, sleeping, and rising in the same place.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Diarmuid stands up, puts on his armour and arms, and goes from door to door
asking who is outside.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Several groups at the doors identify themselves as friends or allies and invite
Diarmuid to come out under their protection.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Diarmuid refuses the friendly offers because he does not want Finn's anger
or grudge to fall on those who help him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: One group at a door identifies itself as unfriendly to Diarmuid and threatens
to make an end of him if he comes out.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: At the last door Finn, son of Cumhal, is present with four hundred paid fighting
men and threatens Diarmuid.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Diarmuid tells Finn that the door Finn is at will be the first door he passes
out of.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Finn orders his battalions not to let Diarmuid pass unknown.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Diarmuid rises on the staves of his spears and makes a high, light leap beyond
Finn and his people without their knowledge.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: After escaping, Diarmuid travels west, then follows Angus and Grania's track
to Ros-da-Shoileach.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: Diarmuid finds Angus and Grania in a sheltered, well-lighted cabin with a
blazing fire and half a wild boar on spits.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: Grania is overcome with joy when Diarmuid arrives.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: Angus advises Diarmuid not to enter a one-trunk tree, a one-door cave, or
a sea island with only one harbour while fleeing Finn.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: Angus further advises Diarmuid not to eat where he cooks, not to lie down
where he eats, and not to rise in the morning where he lies down.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:14
text: Angus says farewell to Diarmuid and Grania and leaves them.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
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name_or_label: Diarmuid
description: The pursued warrior who arms himself, questions the seven doors, refuses
friendly protection, escapes by leaping beyond Finn, and rejoins Angus and Grania.
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- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Finn, son of Cumhal
description: The leader present at the last door with four hundred paid fighting
men, giving orders to stop Diarmuid.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Angus
description: Companion and adviser who is with Grania at the cabin and gives Diarmuid
instructions for evading Finn.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Grania
description: Companion of Diarmuid and Angus; she is joyful when Diarmuid returns
to the cabin.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Friendly Fianna groups at the doors
description: Oisin, Osgar, sons of Baiscne, Caoilte and sons of Ronan, Conan and
sons of Morna, Fionn son of Cuadan, Fionn son of Glor, and their men, who offer
Diarmuid protection or support.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Hostile party from Eamhuin and others
description: Aodh Beag, Aodh Fada, Caol Crodha, Goineach, Gothan, Aoife, Cuadan
the Tracker, and others who identify themselves as unfriendly to Diarmuid and
threaten him.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Finn's four hundred paid fighting men
description: The fighting men stationed with Finn at the last door.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: pursued fugitive
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Diarmuid is fleeing before Finn and seeks a way past parties stationed at
the doors.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:2
label: escape performer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Diarmuid uses the staves of his spears to leap beyond Finn and his people
unnoticed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: pursuer and antagonist
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Finn waits with armed men, threatens Diarmuid, and orders his forces not
to let him pass.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: protector-adviser
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Angus shelters with Grania and gives Diarmuid detailed advice for continued
flight.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: beloved companion
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Grania is with Angus awaiting Diarmuid and is overcome with joy when he arrives.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: would-be protectors
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: These groups offer Diarmuid safety, protection, or their lives for his sake.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:7
label: threatening opponents
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:7
basis: The hostile group and Finn's paid fighters threaten Diarmuid at the doors.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: seven doors
literal_form: seven doors made by Diarmuid
associated_figures:
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- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: spear-staves
literal_form: staves of Diarmuid's spears used for a leap
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: fire in shelter
literal_form: great blazing fire in the cabin
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- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: tree with one trunk
literal_form: a tree with one trunk, named by Angus as a place Diarmuid should not
enter
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- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: one-door cave
literal_form: a cave of the earth with only one door, named by Angus as a place
Diarmuid should not enter
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- cave
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: single-harbour island
literal_form: an island of the sea with only one harbour, named by Angus as a place
Diarmuid should not enter
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: wild boar on spits
literal_form: half of a wild boar roasting on spits in the cabin
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Diarmuid tests the seven doors
summary: Diarmuid arms himself and questions the people outside each of the seven
doors. Friendly groups offer help, a hostile group threatens him, and Finn waits
at the last door with fighters.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Leap past Finn's battalions
summary: After Finn orders his forces to stop him, Diarmuid uses his spear-staves
to leap beyond Finn and the fighters unnoticed, then announces that he has passed
them and goes west.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Reunion at Ros-da-Shoileach
summary: Diarmuid follows Angus and Grania's track to Ros-da-Shoileach and finds
them in a lit, sheltered cabin with fire and boar meat. Grania is joyful at his
arrival.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Angus's rules for flight
summary: In the morning Angus advises Diarmuid to avoid one-exit refuges and to
separate the places of cooking, eating, sleeping, and rising, then leaves.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: pursued hero escapes encirclement by extraordinary leap
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Diarmuid is hemmed in at seven doors by friends, enemies, and Finn's fighters,
then escapes by leaping beyond Finn's people and continuing west.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is broad; the passage presents an escape during
flight rather than a formal departure scene.
- id: motif:2
label: refusal to endanger helpers during pursuit
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Diarmuid repeatedly declines friendly offers of protection because Finn might
punish or resent those who aid him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy family directly matches this ethical-refusal pattern.
- id: motif:3
label: protective wisdom for evading pursuit
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Angus gives Diarmuid practical rules for avoiding traps and not remaining
where he cooks, eats, or sleeps while fleeing Finn.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The advice is strategic rather than explicitly framed as sacred or esoteric
wisdom.
- id: motif:4
label: avoidance of single-exit refuges
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Angus warns against entering a one-trunk tree, one-door cave, or single-harbour
island while under pursuit.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: This is a passage-level tactical motif; no supplied motif family directly
names it.
- id: motif:5
label: reunion in sheltered fire-lit refuge
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: After the escape, Diarmuid rejoins Angus and Grania in a sheltered, well-lighted
cabin with a blazing fire and food.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage describes a refuge scene, but does not explicitly ritualize
it.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 11657-11691
quote_or_summary: Diarmuid arms himself, questions several doors, and hears friendly
groups offer protection; he refuses so that Finn's anger will not fall on them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 11691-11702
quote_or_summary: A hostile group including Aodh Beag, Aodh Fada, Caol Crodha, Goineach,
Gothan, Aoife, and Cuadan the Tracker says they will not spare Diarmuid if he
comes out.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 11704-11710
quote_or_summary: At the last door Finn, son of Cumhal, waits with four hundred
paid fighting men and threatens Diarmuid; Diarmuid says Finn's door will be the
first he passes out of.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 11711-11720
quote_or_summary: Finn warns his battalions not to let Diarmuid pass; Diarmuid rises
on his spear-staves, leaps beyond Finn's people unnoticed, announces his escape,
and travels west before following Angus and Grania's track.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 11721-11726
quote_or_summary: Diarmuid finds Angus and Grania at Ros-da-Shoileach in a sheltered,
well-lighted cabin with a blazing fire and boar meat; Grania is filled with joy
at his arrival.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 11727-11730
quote_or_summary: After the night meal and sleep, Angus advises Diarmuid not to
enter single-exit refuges and not to cook, eat, sleep, and rise in the same places;
Angus then says farewell and leaves.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary generated from supplied passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is well supported by the supplied passage. Motif-family
mapping is cautious because the available taxonomy contains only broad categories
for this pursuit-and-escape episode. No comparison claims were added because the
passage itself does not explicitly support cross-textual comparison.
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. Empty comparison_claims reflects lack of passage-internal comparative evidence.
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