batch.motif.celtic-irish-gods-and-fighting-men-gregory-gutenberg-l12552-l12675
---
record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-gods-and-fighting-men-gregory-gutenberg-l12552-l12675
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER III. THE GREEN CHAMPIONS / CHAPTER IV. THE WOOD OF DUBHROS / CHAPTER
V. THE QUARREL / CHAPTER VI. THE WANDERERS; lines 12552-12675
start: '12552'
end: '12675'
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 wander through Ireland hiding from Finn, who follows
them by divination. Grania watches over Diarmuid while he sleeps, singing both
a soothing sleep-song and a rousing warning-song. Later, while they hide in a
cave at Beinn Edair, an old woman who has been helping them is deceived by Finn
into revealing Diarmuid's hiding place. She tries to keep Diarmuid in the cave
by pretending the weather is dangerously cold and stormy, but Grania tastes salt
water on the woman's wet cloak and realizes they have been betrayed.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Diarmuid and Grania wander through Ireland, hiding from Finn and avoiding
long stays in any place.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Finn follows them because he knows where they go by divination, but he misreads
one sign when he thinks they are on a mountain.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Grania keeps watch over Diarmuid while he sleeps and sings to soothe him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Grania's sleep-song names several directional examples of people sleeping
after taking or going away with women despite opposition.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Grania also sings a rousing song warning Diarmuid not to let death reach him
and describing wakeful animals and birds.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Diarmuid and Grania hide in a cave of Beinn Edair with help from an old woman
who assists their watch.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Finn meets the old woman armed, asks for Diarmuid's location, and tells her
to keep him in the cave until he returns with his men.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: The old woman wets her cloak in sea-water before entering the cave and then
claims the weather is extremely cold and stormy.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The old woman's complaint describes snow, ice, flooded fords, waves, homeless
birds, and unsafe travel.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: After the old woman leaves, Grania tastes the cloak, detects salt water, concludes
the woman has betrayed them, and urges Diarmuid to arm himself.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Diarmuid, grandson of Duibhne
description: The man hiding with Grania from Finn; he sleeps while Grania keeps
watch and is later warned to put on his fighting suit.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Grania
description: The woman wandering with Diarmuid; she watches over him, sings to him,
detects salt water on the cloak, and warns him of betrayal.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:10
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Finn
description: The pursuer who follows Diarmuid and Grania by divination and later
questions the old woman about Diarmuid's hiding place.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: The old woman
description: A woman who initially befriends the fugitives at Beinn Edair, then
reveals Diarmuid's hiding place to Finn and attempts to keep him in the cave.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Caoinche and Caoilte
description: Named in Grania's rousing song as figures connected with the track
or pursuit.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: fugitive sleeper
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Diarmuid is hiding from Finn and is asleep while Grania watches over him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: watcher and beloved
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Grania watches Diarmuid while he sleeps and says she has given him her love.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: warned warrior
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Grania tells Diarmuid to rise and put on his fighting suit after detecting
betrayal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:4
label: betrayal detector
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Grania tastes the cloak, recognizes salt water, and infers that the old woman
has betrayed them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:5
label: divining pursuer
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Finn follows the fugitives by divination and later seeks Diarmuid at Beinn
Edair.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: role:6
label: helper at refuge
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The old woman is described as befriending Diarmuid and Grania and helping
them keep watch.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: betrayer or compromised helper
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: She tells Finn where Diarmuid is hiding and then tries to keep Diarmuid in
the cave.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: cave refuge
literal_form: cave of Beinn Edair
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- cave
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: mountain misdirection
literal_form: mountain/heather under the sleepers; Beinn Edair height
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: sym:3
label: salt-water cloak
literal_form: old woman's cloak dipped in sea-water
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: sym:4
label: wakeful animals and birds
literal_form: stag, doe, cuckoo, thrush, duck, bog lark, and other birds described
as not asleep
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: storm and frozen waters
literal_form: snow, ice, rivers, fords, pools, lochs, sea, and waves in the old
woman's complaint
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Wandering fugitives pursued by divination
summary: Diarmuid and Grania wander through Ireland hiding from Finn, while Finn
follows by divination and mistakenly searches the hills after misreading their
heather bed.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Grania's watch songs
summary: Grania watches Diarmuid while he sleeps, sings a protective sleep-song,
recalls other directional examples of lovers or abducted women, and then sings
to rouse him with warnings and wakeful animals.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Betrayal at the cave of Beinn Edair
summary: An old woman assisting Diarmuid and Grania at a cave encounters Finn, reveals
Diarmuid's hiding place, and is told to keep him there until Finn returns.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Wet cloak reveals betrayal
summary: The old woman wets her cloak in sea-water and claims the weather makes
departure impossible; Grania tastes the cloak, recognizes salt water, and tells
Diarmuid to arm himself.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: pursued lovers wandering in concealment
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
- departure
basis: The passage presents Diarmuid and Grania moving from place to place to hide
from Finn, who pursues them and seeks Grania or Diarmuid.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not fully recount the original taking of the beloved;
it shows the wandering and pursuit phase.
- id: motif:2
label: watching beloved protects sleeping hero
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Grania keeps watch over Diarmuid while he sleeps, sings to soothe him, and
later rouses him with warnings.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly matches this specific scene pattern.
- id: motif:3
label: helper betrays hidden fugitives
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The old woman who had been helping them reveals Diarmuid's hiding place to
Finn and then attempts to keep him in the cave.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The passage leaves her motive partially ambiguous; Finn's words lead her
to think he is asking for her love.
- id: motif:4
label: false weather report used to detain a fugitive
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
basis: The old woman fabricates or exaggerates dangerous cold and storm conditions
after wetting her cloak, apparently to discourage Diarmuid from leaving the cave.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy link to trickster-boundary is approximate; the passage gives
deception but not a named trickster identity.
- id: motif:5
label: material clue exposes deception
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Grania tests the cloak, discovers the taste of salt water, and correctly
infers betrayal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The wisdom classification is broad; the scene is specifically practical
discernment rather than an explicit wisdom teaching.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: Grania's sleep-song itself compares Diarmuid and Grania's situation to a
set of named episodes in which a person takes or goes away with a woman despite
another party's opposition.
claim_level: same_motif
target: 'named lover-taking or elopement examples in Grania''s song: Dedidach and
Morann''s daughter, Fionnchadh and Slaine, Aine and Dubhthach, Deaghadh and Coincheann'
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage gives only brief allusive references to these examples
and does not narrate their full contexts.
- id: claim:2
claim: The passage supports a cautious comparison to the motif family of the stolen
or contested beloved because the fugitives are pursued by Finn and Grania's song
frames their separation as nearly deathlike.
claim_level: same_function
target: stolen_beloved motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The excerpt begins during the wandering stage and does not include
the earlier cause of Finn's claim or Diarmuid and Grania's departure.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 12552-12557
quote_or_summary: Diarmuid and Grania wander through Ireland hiding from Finn, sleeping
under cromlechs or without shelter, and not daring to stay long anywhere.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 12557-12562
quote_or_summary: Finn follows them by divination; he thinks they are on a mountain
because he sees heather under them, but they are beside the sea on heather Diarmuid
brought from the hills.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: 12563-12576
quote_or_summary: Grania watches over Diarmuid while he sleeps and says, "It is
I will keep watch for you" and "Diarmuid, to whom I have given my love."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 12577-12596
quote_or_summary: Grania asks that Diarmuid's sleep be like the sleep of named figures
in the south, north, west, and east, each linked with taking or journeying with
a woman despite opposition.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 12598-12609
quote_or_summary: In a rousing song, Grania warns that Caoinche and Caoilte may
be on Diarmuid's track, tells him not to let death reach him, and lists wakeful
animals and birds that are not asleep.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 12611-12613
quote_or_summary: Diarmuid and Grania are in a cave of Beinn Edair, where an old
woman befriends them and helps them keep watch.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 12613-12625
quote_or_summary: The old woman sees an armed man, not knowing he is Finn; he asks
for Diarmuid's location, she tells him, and he orders her to keep Diarmuid in
the cave until he returns with his men.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 12626-12635
quote_or_summary: The old woman dips her cloak in sea-water before entering the
cave and tells Diarmuid that the day is full of cold, storms, frost, and rivers
between ridges.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 12636-12668
quote_or_summary: 'The old woman''s complaint describes extreme cold: snow higher
than mountains, furrows turned to rivers, fords full of ice or water, waves, and
birds and animals unable to find shelter.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:10
type: quote
locator: 12669-12675
quote_or_summary: Grania tastes the cloak and finds salt water on it, then says,
"the old woman has betrayed us" and tells Diarmuid to rise and put on his fighting
suit.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The passage is clear about actions, figures, and scenes. Motif-family labels
are partly approximate because the supplied taxonomy has no exact entries for
every scene pattern.
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: |-
Only the supplied passage and metadata were used. Named figures alluded to only within Grania's song are not separately catalogued except where relevant to the comparison claim.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:celtic-irish-gods-and-fighting-men-gregory-gutenberg__l12552-l12675
passage_sha256=6f67bca6ca06e83fe29aedc471a576f9acf050f348b4dfc8bfbae1dbae40c67f