batch.motif.celtic-irish-gods-and-fighting-men-gregory-gutenberg-l12055-l12156
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label: CHAPTER I. THE FLIGHT FROM TEAMHAIR / CHAPTER II. THE PURSUIT / CHAPTER III.
THE GREEN CHAMPIONS / CHAPTER IV. THE WOOD OF DUBHROS; lines 12055-12156
start: '12055'
end: '12156'
translation: Gods and Fighting Men
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
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quote: ''
summary: Diarmuid, Grania, and Muadhan travel until Muadhan leaves them. Diarmuid
and Grania continue north to the wood of Dubhros. The passage explains the origin
of a wonderful quicken or rowan tree grown from a berry brought by the Tuatha
de Danaan from the Land of Promise. Its berries prevent sickness, restore youth,
bring beauty, and give sensations like wine and mead. The Tuatha de Danaan appoint
the Searbhan Lochlannach, a one-eyed giant-like guardian with an iron club, to
guard the tree. Diarmuid makes an agreement with him allowing hunting in the wood
so long as the berries are not touched, and builds a cabin for himself and Grania.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
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text: Diarmuid kills a wild deer; the group eats meat, drinks pure water, and sleeps
until morning.
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text: Muadhan says he is going away, bids farewell, and leaves Diarmuid and Grania
sorrowful.
category: action
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- id: obs:3
text: Diarmuid and Grania travel north to Slieve Echtge, Ui Fiachrach, and then
the wood of Dubhros; Grania is tired but continues walking beside Diarmuid.
category: sequence
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text: A wonderful quicken-tree stands in the wood of Dubhros.
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- id: obs:5
text: Aine and Aoife, daughters of Manannan, dispute over which beloved is the better
hurler, leading to a hurling match between the Men of Dea and the Fianna of Ireland.
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- id: obs:6
text: The hurling match lasts three days and three nights without either side winning
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text: The Men of Dea bring crimson nuts, apples, and sweet-smelling rowan berries
from the Land of Promise.
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text: A rowan berry falls in Ui Fiachrach by the Muaidh, and a tree grows from it.
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text: The tree’s berries prevent sickness and disease for those who eat them.
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text: The berries give the liveliness of wine and the satisfaction of mead.
category: attribute
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- id: obs:11
text: The berries make a hundred-year-old person young again and make a young girl
grow into a flower of beauty.
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- id: obs:12
text: Messengers of the Tuatha de Danaan hear birds and bees, find the tree, and
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text: The chiefs identify the tree as grown from a berry of the Land of the Ever-Living
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text: A young musician of the Tuatha de Danaan is identified as the one who dropped
the berry and is sent to Lochlann to find a man to guard the tree.
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- ev:10
- id: obs:15
text: A very big man in Lochlann tastes the berries and agrees to guard the trees
in order to obtain them.
category: action
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- ev:11
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text: The guardian is named Searbhan Lochlannach, the Surly One of Lochlann; he
is described as black and ugly, with crooked teeth and one eye in the middle of
his forehead.
category: attribute
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- ev:12
- id: obs:17
text: The guardian wears a thick iron collar and has a prophecy that he will not
die until three strokes of his own iron club are struck on himself.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:18
text: The guardian sleeps in the tree at night, remains near it by day, and makes
the surrounding district a wilderness feared by the Fianna.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:19
text: Diarmuid makes bonds of agreement with the guardian and is permitted to hunt
in the wood if he does not touch the berries.
category: action
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- ev:14
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text: Diarmuid builds a cabin for himself and Grania in the wood.
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description: A fugitive traveler with Grania; he hunts, negotiates with the guardian,
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- role:8
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- ev:1
- ev:3
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of Dubhros and stays in the cabin Diarmuid builds.
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- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:14
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- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Aine
description: A daughter of Manannan and one of the disputing women of the Tuatha
de Danaan.
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- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Aoife
description: A daughter of Manannan and one of the disputing women of the Tuatha
de Danaan.
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- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Manannan, son of Lir
description: Father of Aine and Aoife; also listed among the chief Tuatha de Danaan
present at the hurling match.
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- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
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name_or_label: Men of Dea / Tuatha de Danaan
description: A divine or otherworld group who play the Fianna, bring berries from
the Land of Promise, recognize the tree, and arrange for its guardian.
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- role:6
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- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Fianna of Ireland
description: The opposing hurling team and hunters who later fear the guardian of
the wood.
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- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:13
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Young musician of the Tuatha de Danaan
description: The person identified as having dropped the berry; he can play sweetly
on an ivy leaf and is sent to Lochlann to seek a guardian.
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- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Searbhan Lochlannach, the Surly One of Lochlann
description: A very big one-eyed man from Lochlann who tastes the berries and becomes
guardian of the tree.
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- role:11
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- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
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- fig:1
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- ev:1
- ev:14
- id: role:2
label: weary companion
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- fig:2
basis: Grania continues walking beside Diarmuid though tired and later shares his
cabin.
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- ev:3
- ev:14
- id: role:3
label: departing companion
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- fig:3
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- ev:2
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label: disputing divine woman
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- fig:4
- fig:5
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- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: Tuatha de Danaan elder or chief figure
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- fig:6
basis: Manannan is named as father of Aine and Aoife and appears among the notable
Tuatha de Danaan at the match.
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- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: otherworld bearers of life-giving berries
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the resulting tree.
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- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: role:7
label: rival hurlers and fearful hunters
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- fig:8
basis: The Fianna play the Men of Dea and later avoid the wood because of the guardian.
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- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:13
- id: role:8
label: temporary resident in forbidden-berry wood
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- fig:1
basis: Diarmuid receives permission to hunt if he does not touch the berries and
builds a cabin in the wood.
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- ev:14
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label: unwitting source of sacred tree and envoy
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- fig:9
basis: The musician is identified as having dropped the berry and is sent to find
a guardian.
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- ev:10
- id: role:10
label: monstrous guardian
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- fig:10
basis: Searbhan Lochlannach guards the tree by day and night and terrifies the district.
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- ev:12
- ev:13
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label: recipient of conditional immortality prophecy
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- fig:10
basis: The passage states he will not die until three strokes of his own iron club
are struck upon himself.
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- ev:12
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label: wonderful quicken or rowan tree
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- fig:10
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- fig:2
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- tree
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- ev:9
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- ev:14
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prevents sickness, restores youth, beautifies, and gives sensations like wine
and mead.
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- fig:9
- fig:10
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- ev:8
- ev:9
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- ev:7
- ev:9
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label: iron club
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as the condition of his death.
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- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:5
label: one eye in the forehead
literal_form: The guardian has one eye only in the middle of his forehead.
associated_figures:
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:6
label: pure water
literal_form: Water drunk by Diarmuid, Grania, and Muadhan after Diarmuid kills
a deer.
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- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
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- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
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label: ivy leaf music
literal_form: The musician can play more sweetly on an ivy leaf than other harpers
on a harp.
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label: Muadhan leaves Diarmuid and Grania
summary: After travel, hunting, eating, and sleeping, Muadhan announces he is leaving
and departs, making Diarmuid and Grania sorrowful.
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- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
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evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
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label: Arrival at the wood of Dubhros
summary: Diarmuid and Grania travel north through named places until they reach
the wood of Dubhros, where the wonderful quicken-tree is introduced.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Dispute and hurling match
summary: Aine and Aoife’s dispute over their beloveds’ hurling ability leads to
a match between the Men of Dea and the Fianna that lasts three days and nights
without a goal.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Origin and powers of the rowan tree
summary: The Men of Dea carry provisions from the Land of Promise; a rowan berry
falls, grows into a tree, and its berries are described as health-giving, rejuvenating,
intoxicating, and beautifying.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Discovery of the Druid tree
summary: Messengers hear birds and bees, find the tree, and the Tuatha de Danaan
chiefs recognize it as grown from a berry of the Land of the Ever-Living Ones.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:6
label: Guardian recruited from Lochlann
summary: The musician who dropped the berry is sent to Lochlann, where a very big
man tastes the berries and agrees to guard the trees to obtain them.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: scene:7
label: Searbhan guards the tree
summary: Searbhan Lochlannach is described as one-eyed and armed with an iron club;
he sleeps in the tree, guards it by day, and makes the district a feared wilderness.
figure_refs:
- fig:10
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: scene:8
label: Diarmuid’s agreement in the forbidden-berry wood
summary: Diarmuid obtains leave from Searbhan to hunt in the wood on condition that
he not touch the berries, then builds a cabin for himself and Grania.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
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- id: motif:1
label: life-giving tree from an otherworld fruit
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- sacred_tree_axis
basis: A tree grows from a berry brought from the Land of Promise, and its berries
prevent sickness, restore youth, and bring beauty.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents the tree as a powerful Druid tree; an axis or world-tree
function is not explicitly stated.
- id: motif:2
label: guarded supernatural fruit with prohibition
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Searbhan is appointed to guard the tree, and Diarmuid may hunt only if he
does not touch its berries.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:13
- ev:14
confidence: high
cautions: The passage states the prohibition and guardianship but does not yet narrate
a transgression within this excerpt.
- id: motif:3
label: rejuvenating and beautifying food
taxonomy_refs:
- death_rebirth
basis: The berries can make an old person young again and a young girl become a
flower of beauty.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage describes rejuvenation and transformation of appearance, not
literal death and rebirth.
- id: motif:4
label: monstrous one-eyed guardian with conditional death
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The guardian is one-eyed, feared, and prophesied not to die until three strokes
of his own iron club are struck on him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference directly matches this guardian pattern.
- id: motif:5
label: departure of a helper or companion
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Muadhan leaves Diarmuid and Grania despite Diarmuid’s protest, and they are
sorrowful after him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a minor episode in the excerpt and may be transitional rather
than a central motif.
- id: motif:6
label: contest between divine people and heroic band
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A dispute leads to a three-day hurling match between the Men of Dea and the
Fianna, ending without a goal before the Tuatha de Danaan leave.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: No specific available taxonomy reference maps to this athletic contest
pattern.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 12055-12060
quote_or_summary: Diarmuid, Grania, and Muadhan travel; Diarmuid kills a wild deer,
and they eat meat, drink pure water, and sleep until morning.
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: lines 12060-12067
quote_or_summary: Muadhan says he is going away; Diarmuid objects that he fulfilled
all promises, but Muadhan leaves and the pair are sorrowful.
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: lines 12068-12072
quote_or_summary: Diarmuid and Grania travel north to Slieve Echtge, Ui Fiachrach,
and the wood of Dubhros; Grania is tired but continues beside him.
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: quote
locator: lines 12073-12074
quote_or_summary: '"there was a wonderful quicken-tree in that wood"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 12076-12084
quote_or_summary: Aine and Aoife, daughters of Manannan, dispute over which beloved
is the better hurler; the dispute produces a hurling match between the Men of
Dea and the Fianna near Loch Lein.
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: lines 12086-12101
quote_or_summary: Many Tuatha de Danaan are present; the match is played for three
days and three nights, and neither side wins a goal, so the watching Tuatha de
Danaan decide to leave without finishing it.
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: lines 12103-12107
quote_or_summary: The Men of Dea bring crimson nuts, apples, and sweet-smelling
rowan berries from the Land of Promise; a berry falls in Ui Fiachrach by the Muaidh,
and a tree grows from it.
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: lines 12107-12113
quote_or_summary: 'The berries have virtue: they prevent sickness and disease, give
liveliness like wine and satisfaction like mead, make a hundred-year-old young
again, and make a young girl a flower of beauty.'
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: summary
locator: lines 12115-12122
quote_or_summary: Messengers of the Tuatha de Danaan hear birds and bees, find the
beautiful Druid tree, report it, and the chiefs know it grew from a berry of the
Land of the Ever-Living Ones.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 12122-12129
quote_or_summary: The Tuatha de Danaan learn that a young musician dropped the berry
and send him to find a man of Lochlann to guard the tree by day and sleep in it
by night; women of the Sidhe mourn his departure because of his sweet ivy-leaf
music.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 12131-12142
quote_or_summary: In Lochlann the messenger meets a very big man, explains the need
for a strong guardian, gives him berries to taste, and the man agrees to guard
the trees to get the berries.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 12144-12149
quote_or_summary: The man is named Searbhan Lochlannach; he is black, ugly, crooked-toothed,
one-eyed, wears an iron collar, and has a prophecy that he will die only after
three strokes of his own iron club are struck upon him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 12149-12153
quote_or_summary: Searbhan sleeps in the tree at night, stays near it by day, makes
the district a wilderness, and the Fianna avoid hunting there out of fear.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: lines 12155-12156
quote_or_summary: Diarmuid enters the wood, makes bonds of agreement with Searbhan,
receives permission to hunt if he does not touch the berries, and builds a cabin
for himself and Grania.
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: Literal extraction is strongly supported by the passage. Motif labels are
candidates and should be checked against project taxonomy practices. No comparison
claims were added because the passage itself does not explicitly compare the episode
with 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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Uses only the provided passage and metadata. Taxonomy references limited to the supplied available lists.
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