batch.motif.celtic-irish-gods-and-fighting-men-gregory-gutenberg-l11733-l11826
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-gods-and-fighting-men-gregory-gutenberg-l11733-l11826
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
passage_locator:
label: 'BOOK SEVEN: DIARMUID AND GRANIA. / CHAPTER I. THE FLIGHT FROM TEAMHAIR /
CHAPTER II. THE PURSUIT / CHAPTER III. THE GREEN CHAMPIONS; lines 11733-11826'
start: '11733'
end: '11826'
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 and Grania travel westward along rivers, meet Muadhan, accept
him as a servant and night-watch, and are carried by him across streams. Muadhan
shelters them in a cave, catches three salmon using berries as bait, divides the
fish, and keeps watch. Diarmuid later sees a fleet arrive: the three kings of
the Green Champions, sent by Finn to find and hinder him, with a large force and
three deadly invulnerable hounds. Diarmuid gives a misleading account of himself,
performs a dangerous trick with a wine tun on a hill, and fifty of the strangers
are killed while trying to imitate it.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Diarmuid and Grania travel westward along the right bank of the Sionnan and
later across streams and marshland.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: obs:2
text: Diarmuid kills a salmon and puts it to the fire on a spit before he and Grania
cross the stream to eat it.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: A young man named Muadhan describes himself as a fighting lad seeking a master
and offers day service and night watch.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Diarmuid, Grania, and Muadhan make an agreement and bind one another.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Muadhan carries both Diarmuid and Grania on his back across the Carrthach
river and later across the Beith.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The group enters a cave, where Muadhan prepares beds from soft rushes and
birch tops in the far end.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Muadhan cuts a straight quicken-tree rod, uses hair, hook, and holly berries,
and catches three salmon with three casts.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Muadhan divides the cooked fish, assigning the largest to Diarmuid, the second
largest to Grania, and the smallest to himself.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Muadhan keeps watch while Diarmuid and Grania sleep in the cave.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Diarmuid climbs a nearby hill and sees a fleet of ships coming from the west.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: The arriving men identify themselves as three kings of the Green Champions
of Muir-na-locht, sent by Finn to seek a fugitive enemy.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: The Green Champions say they have twenty hundred fighting men and three deadly
hounds resistant to fire, water, and weapons.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: obs:13
text: Diarmuid says he saw Diarmuid the previous day and describes himself as a
fighting man walking the world by his hand and sword.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:14
text: Diarmuid asks for wine, drinks from a tun, rolls down a steep hill standing
on the tun, and repeats the feat three times.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:15
text: When the strangers try to imitate Diarmuid’s tun trick, fifty of them are
killed and the survivors return to their ships.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Diarmuid
description: A warrior travelling with Grania; he kills salmon, accepts Muadhan’s
service, encounters the Green Champions, and performs the deadly tun trick.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Grania
description: Diarmuid’s travelling companion; she advises him to keep Muadhan and
sleeps in the cave while Muadhan watches.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Muadhan
description: A young man of good shape and appearance, without fitting dress or
arms, who becomes servant and watchman to Diarmuid and Grania.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Three kings of the Green Champions of Muir-na-locht
description: Dubh-chosach, Fionn-chosach, and Treun-chosach; leaders arriving by
ship from the west, sent by Finn in pursuit of Diarmuid.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Green Champions of Muir-na-locht
description: A force described as twenty hundred fighting men, each said to be a
match for a hundred.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Three deadly hounds
description: Hounds belonging to the Green Champions; they are said not to be burned
by fire, drowned by water, or wounded by arms.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Finn, son of Cumhal
description: Absent figure named as the one who sent the Green Champions to look
for Diarmuid.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Angus
description: Absent figure whose earlier instruction is referenced when Diarmuid
and Grania cross the stream to eat.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
roles:
- id: role:1
label: fugitive travellers
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
basis: They move westward and are later described by the pursuers as connected with
a hidden enemy of Finn.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: role:2
label: warrior confronted by pursuers
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Diarmuid meets the arriving armed force and speaks with them while they search
for him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: travelling companion and adviser
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Grania advises Diarmuid to keep Muadhan because he cannot always be without
people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: servant and night-watch
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Muadhan offers to serve by day and watch by night, and later keeps watch
until morning.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: helper and provider
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Muadhan carries the pair over rivers, prepares beds, catches salmon, divides
food, and keeps watch.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: deceptive trick performer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Diarmuid gives the strangers a non-identifying account of himself and then
performs a tun trick that kills many imitators.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: pursuing armed force
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:5
basis: They say Finn sent them to find and hinder a hidden enemy, and they bring
warriors and hounds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: tracking hounds
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The hounds are to be laid on Diarmuid’s track, and the pursuers expect to
get news of him quickly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: role:9
label: sender of pursuers
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The Green Champions state that Finn sent for them to look for his enemy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: river crossings
literal_form: Sionnan, Carrthach river, Beith, and other streams crossed during
the flight
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: cave shelter
literal_form: Cave at the side of Currach Cinn Adhmuid, with beds in the far end
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- cave
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: cooking fire
literal_form: Fire used to cook salmon on spits
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: tree materials for aid and food-getting
literal_form: Birch tops used for bedding; quicken-tree rod; holly berries used
as bait
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: invulnerable hounds tested against elements and weapons
literal_form: Three deadly hounds said to be immune to fire, water, and arms
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:6
label: wine tun trick
literal_form: A tun of wine used by Diarmuid as a rolling hill trick that kills
imitators
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Westward travel and river meal
summary: Diarmuid and Grania travel westward along the Sionnan; Diarmuid kills and
cooks a salmon, and they cross the stream to eat as Angus had directed.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Meeting and binding with Muadhan
summary: On the marsh of Finnliath, Diarmuid and Grania meet Muadhan, who offers
service and night-watch; they make an agreement and continue together.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Helper carries fugitives over water
summary: Muadhan carries Diarmuid and Grania on his back over the Carrthach river
and the Beith.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Cave shelter, fishing, and food division
summary: The party enters a cave; Muadhan prepares beds, catches three salmon with
a quicken-tree rod and berries, cooks them, divides them, and watches through
the night.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Arrival of the Green Champions
summary: Diarmuid climbs a hill and sees ships arrive from the west; the Green Champions
identify themselves as Finn’s summoned force and describe their men and hounds.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: scene:6
label: Deadly tun trick
summary: Diarmuid requests wine, performs a rolling tun trick on the hill, and causes
fifty of the strangers to die while attempting to copy him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Flight with pursuit by a summoned hostile force
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Diarmuid and Grania are travelling westward while an armed force sent by
Finn arrives to find and hinder the fugitive enemy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is within a flight narrative, but this excerpt does not restate
the full cause of the flight.
- id: motif:2
label: Unexpected helper joins fugitives and provides protection
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Muadhan appears on the road, offers service and night-watch, carries the
pair across rivers, shelters them, feeds them, and keeps watch.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No explicit supernatural identity is stated for Muadhan in this passage.
- id: motif:3
label: Cave refuge during pursuit
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Diarmuid, Grania, and Muadhan enter a cave, make beds there, eat, sleep,
and keep watch.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents the cave as shelter; it does not explicitly describe
initiation or underworld descent.
- id: motif:4
label: Three invulnerable tracking hounds
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The pursuers bring three deadly hounds that are to be put on Diarmuid’s track
and are said to resist fire, water, and weapons.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The hounds are described but not yet released or tested in action in this
excerpt.
- id: motif:5
label: Hero defeats pursuers through deceptive contest or trick
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
basis: Diarmuid performs a tun trick and encourages imitation indirectly; fifty
enemies die attempting it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage calls the act a trick, but Diarmuid is not otherwise labeled
a trickster figure.
- id: motif:6
label: Magical or extraordinary fishing with simple natural objects
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Muadhan catches three salmon in three casts using a quicken-tree rod, hair,
hook, and holly berries.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents the success as remarkable but does not explicitly
call it magic.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 11733-11742
quote_or_summary: Diarmuid and Grania go west along the Sionnan; Diarmuid kills
and cooks a salmon, and they cross the stream to eat as Angus had told them.
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: 11743-11758
quote_or_summary: On Finnliath marsh they meet Muadhan, a young man seeking a master;
he offers day service and night watch, Grania advises keeping him, and they bind
one another by agreement.
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: 11759-11770
quote_or_summary: Muadhan carries Diarmuid and Grania on his back across the Carrthach
and the Beith, then prepares beds of rushes and birch tops in a cave.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 11770-11791
quote_or_summary: Muadhan uses a quicken-tree rod, hair, hook, and holly berries
to catch three salmon, cooks them on spits, and divides them by size among Diarmuid,
Grania, and himself.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 11792-11796
quote_or_summary: Diarmuid and Grania sleep in the far part of the cave while Muadhan
keeps watch until daylight.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 11797-11813
quote_or_summary: Diarmuid climbs a hill and sees ships from the west; three kings
of the Green Champions say Finn sent them to search for and hinder a hidden enemy,
with twenty hundred fighting men and three deadly hounds.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 11813-11819
quote_or_summary: 'Diarmuid says he saw Diarmuid yesterday, calls himself a wandering
fighting man, and learns the kings’ names: Dubh-chosach, Fionn-chosach, and Treun-chosach.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 11820-11826
quote_or_summary: Diarmuid asks for a tun of wine, rides it down the hill as a trick,
repeats it three times, and fifty strangers die trying to imitate him before the
rest return to their ships.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: quote
locator: 11809-11812
quote_or_summary: "“fire will not burn them, and water will not drown them, and
arms will not redden on them”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Passage details are explicit; motif labels are cautious and limited to this
excerpt. No comparison claims are made because the passage itself does not provide
an explicit comparative frame.
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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