batch.motif.celtic-irish-gods-and-fighting-men-gregory-gutenberg-l12801-l12890
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-gods-and-fighting-men-gregory-gutenberg-l12801-l12890
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER V. THE QUARREL / CHAPTER VI. THE WANDERERS / CHAPTER VII. FIGHTING
AND PEACE / CHAPTER VIII. THE BOAR OF BEINN GULBAIN; lines 12801-12890
start: '12801'
end: '12890'
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: Grania urges Diarmuid to invite the High King and Finn to a long feast.
After hearing hounds in the night, Diarmuid goes to Beinn Gulbain despite Grania's
warning and advice to take stronger weapons. He meets Finn, who says a deadly
green boar is approaching and names it as the creature by which Diarmuid will
die. Diarmuid refuses to leave. His hound flees, his lesser spear and sword fail
against the boar, and the boar mortally wounds him. Diarmuid kills the boar with
the hilt of his broken sword, and the place is named Rath na h-Amhrann.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
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text: Grania says it is shameful that her father, the High King, and Finn have never
come to Diarmuid's house, and she wishes to give them a feast to gain their affection.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Grania prepares a feast for a year, messengers are sent, and the High King,
Finn, and the seven battalions of the Fianna attend and feast for a year.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Diarmuid hears the voice of a hound three times during the night and morning;
Grania restrains him twice and says it is not fitting to follow a hound's voice
in the night.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Grania advises Diarmuid to take the Mor-alltach, the sword of Manannan, and
the Gae Dearg, but Diarmuid instead takes the Beag-alltach, the Gae Buidhe, and
the hound Mac an Chuill.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: On Beinn Gulbain, Diarmuid finds Finn alone; Finn says a hound came on the
track of a wild boar, the boar has escaped the Fianna many times, and it has killed
thirty of them that morning.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Finn identifies the animal as the earless Green Boar of Beinn Gulbain and
says Diarmuid will come to his death by it; he also says Angus had put bonds on
Diarmuid not to go hunting pigs.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Diarmuid refuses to leave the hill through fear of the boar and accuses Finn
of making the hunt for his death.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Mac an Chuill runs from the boar rather than facing it.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: Diarmuid strikes the boar with the Gae Buidhe and the Beag-alltach, but the
spear does not scratch the boar and the sword breaks in two.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: The boar carries Diarmuid down the hill to Ess Ruadh, leaps three times over
the red stream, returns up the mountain, throws Diarmuid off, and rips him open.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: Diarmuid kills the boar by casting the hilt of his broken sword at it, dashing
out its brains.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: The place where Diarmuid kills the boar is said to be called Rath na h-Amhrann,
the Rath of the Sword Hilt.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
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- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Grania
description: Diarmuid's wife or household partner in Rath Grania; she urges the
feast, restrains Diarmuid, and advises him to take stronger weapons.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Diarmuid
description: The central warrior who hosts the feast, hears the hound, goes to Beinn
Gulbain, confronts the boar, is mortally wounded, and kills it.
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- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Finn, son of Cumhal
description: A leader of the Fianna and enemy of Diarmuid; he attends the feast,
is found alone on Beinn Gulbain, warns Diarmuid about the boar, and refuses to
leave Bran with him.
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- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: High King of Ireland
description: Grania's father, invited to Diarmuid's house for the feast.
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- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Fianna
description: The seven battalions who attend the feast; some of them hunt the boar,
and Finn says the boar killed thirty of them that morning.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: earless Green Boar of Beinn Gulbain
description: A wild boar repeatedly hunted by the Fianna; Finn says it will be Diarmuid's
death, and it resists Diarmuid's weapons before mortally wounding him.
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- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Mac an Chuill, the Son of the Hazel
description: Diarmuid's hound, taken in his hand to Beinn Gulbain; it flees from
the boar.
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- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Bran
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- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Angus of Brugh na Boinn
description: Named by Grania as connected with the Tuatha de Danaan's action against
Diarmuid; Finn also says Angus put bonds on Diarmuid not to hunt pigs.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Tuatha de Danaan
description: Grania says they are causing the sound of hounds against Diarmuid on
account of Angus of Brugh na Boinn.
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- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
label: feast initiator
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Grania proposes the feast as a way to gain the affection of the High King
and Finn.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: warning adviser
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Grania restrains Diarmuid from following the hound at night and advises him
to take the Mor-alltach and Gae Dearg.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: warned warrior
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- fig:2
basis: Diarmuid receives warnings from Grania and Finn but goes to Beinn Gulbain
and refuses to leave.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
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label: boar-slayer and victim
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- fig:2
basis: The boar rips Diarmuid open, and Diarmuid kills it with the hilt of his sword.
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- ev:5
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label: hostile guest
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- fig:3
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basis: Finn warns Diarmuid about the boar but Diarmuid accuses him of arranging
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- id: role:7
label: royal guest
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basis: The High King is invited to the feast as Grania's father and one of the two
notable men absent from Diarmuid's house.
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- id: role:8
label: hunting company
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basis: The Fianna follow the boar, and Finn reports that the boar killed thirty
of them that morning.
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- ev:5
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basis: Finn says Diarmuid will come to his death by the Green Boar, and the boar
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- ev:5
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label: weapon-resistant beast
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basis: Diarmuid's spear does not scratch the boar, and his sword breaks without
wounding it.
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- ev:5
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label: hound
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- fig:8
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- ev:4
- ev:5
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label: imposer of bonds
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- ev:4
- id: role:13
label: supernatural instigators of hound-sound
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- fig:10
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on account of Angus.
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- ev:2
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label: mountain of confrontation
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- ev:4
- ev:5
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label: red stream crossing
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label: fatal boar
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- ev:5
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- ev:2
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label: strong weapons not taken
literal_form: Mor-alltach, the Great Fierce One, the sword of Manannan, and the
Gae Dearg
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- fig:1
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evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
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- fig:6
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- ev:3
- ev:5
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label: sword hilt place-name
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- fig:6
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evidence_refs:
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- id: sym:8
label: binding prohibition
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evidence_refs:
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label: Feast of attempted reconciliation
summary: Grania persuades Diarmuid to host a great feast for the High King, Finn,
and the Fianna, and the guests feast at Rath Grania for a year.
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- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
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evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Three calls of the hound and the choice of weapons
summary: Diarmuid hears a hound three times; Grania restrains him and warns him,
then advises him to take stronger weapons, but he chooses lesser weapons and Mac
an Chuill.
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- fig:9
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evidence_refs:
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label: Meeting Finn on Beinn Gulbain
summary: Diarmuid meets Finn alone on the mountain. Finn describes the deadly boar,
warns Diarmuid to leave, identifies the boar as fated to kill him, and says Angus
had bound him not to hunt pigs. Diarmuid refuses to leave.
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- fig:9
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label: Combat with the Green Boar
summary: The boar comes up the mountain. Diarmuid's hound flees, his spear and sword
fail, the boar carries him down to the red stream and back, then mortally wounds
him; Diarmuid kills the boar with the sword hilt, and the place receives its name.
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- fig:5
- fig:6
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label: fatal hunt against a fated beast
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basis: Finn identifies the Green Boar as the creature by which Diarmuid will die;
Diarmuid nevertheless remains and is mortally wounded by it during the hunt.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage states the fatal relation directly, but broader traditional
context is not used here.
- id: motif:2
label: warning ignored before fatal encounter
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basis: Grania warns Diarmuid not to follow the hound at night and advises stronger
weapons; Finn warns him to leave the hill, but Diarmuid refuses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: This is a passage-level motif label, not tied to a supplied taxonomy family.
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basis: Finn says Angus placed bonds on Diarmuid not to hunt pigs, immediately before
Diarmuid confronts the boar that kills him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: Diarmuid says he did not know of the bonds, and the exact nature of the
obligation is not explained in this passage.
- id: motif:4
label: weapon-resistant animal adversary
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Diarmuid's spear does not scratch the boar, and his sword breaks without
wounding it before the boar wounds him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not explicitly explain why the boar resists the weapons.
- id: motif:5
label: enemy's ambiguous warning
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Finn warns Diarmuid about the boar and advises retreat, while Diarmuid accuses
Finn of making the hunt for his death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage preserves Diarmuid's accusation but does not independently
confirm Finn's intention.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 12801-12818
quote_or_summary: Grania urges Diarmuid to invite the High King and Finn; she prepares
a feast for a year, and the High King, Finn, and seven battalions of the Fianna
attend and feast for a year.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 12819-12840
quote_or_summary: Diarmuid hears a hound in the night three times. Grania restrains
him, says the Tuatha de Danaan are doing it on account of Angus, and advises him
to take the Mor-alltach and the Gae Dearg when he goes after the hound in daylight.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 12840-12844
quote_or_summary: Diarmuid refuses the stronger weapons and instead takes the Beag-alltach,
the Gae Buidhe, and the hound Mac an Chuill.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 12845-12870
quote_or_summary: Diarmuid meets Finn alone on Beinn Gulbain. Finn says a hound
followed a wild boar, the boar has often escaped the Fianna and killed thirty
that morning, and identifies it as the earless Green Boar by which Diarmuid will
die. Finn says Angus had put bonds on Diarmuid not to hunt pigs. Diarmuid refuses
to leave and accuses Finn of arranging the hunt for his death.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 12871-12890
quote_or_summary: The boar comes up the mountain with the Fianna after it. Mac an
Chuill flees. The Gae Buidhe does not scratch the boar, and the Beag-alltach breaks.
The boar carries Diarmuid down to Ess Ruadh, leaps three times over the red stream,
returns to the mountain, throws Diarmuid off, and rips him open. Diarmuid kills
it with his sword hilt, and the place is named Rath na h-Amhrann.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is well supported by the supplied passage. Motif labels
are passage-level and mostly not tied to the available motif-family taxonomy.
No comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not supply an
explicit external 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'
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