batch.motif.celtic-irish-gods-and-fighting-men-gregory-gutenberg-l12985-l13086
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-gods-and-fighting-men-gregory-gutenberg-l12985-l13086
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 12985-13086
start: '12985'
end: '13086'
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 sees Finn and the Fianna returning with Diarmuid's hound, realizes
Diarmuid is dead, and receives the hound from Oisin. She laments Diarmuid, sends
her household to bring back his body, and mourns over it. Angus learns of Diarmuid's
death, meets the body being carried back, laments that he failed to keep watch
over Diarmuid, condemns Finn's treachery, and orders the body brought to Brugh
na Boinne, saying he will restore life to Diarmuid or give him enough life to
speak with him daily.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Grania sees Finn and the Fianna coming toward the Rath with Mac an Chuill
and concludes Diarmuid is not alive.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Grania is heavy with child and falls down from the wall when her strength
leaves her.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Finn refuses to leave Mac an Chuill with Grania, but Oisin takes the hound
from Finn and gives it to her.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Grania cries out after becoming certain of Diarmuid's death and says he died
by the Boar of Beinn Gulbain in a hunt made by Finn.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Grania's people respond to the news of Diarmuid's death with three great cries
and are ordered to go to Beinn Gulbain for his body.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Grania speaks a lament over Diarmuid's body, naming herself his wife and describing
his dead body, his former hunting companions, and his burial-place under the sod.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Angus learns at Brugh na Boinne that Diarmuid is dead and that he had not
kept watch over him the previous night.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Angus and his people meet Grania's people carrying Diarmuid's body; the carriers
hold out the wrong sides of their shields as a sign of peace.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: Angus says he had watched and protected Diarmuid since Diarmuid was nine months
old until the previous night.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: Angus orders Diarmuid's body to be brought to the Brugh and says that if he
cannot bring him back to life, he will put life into him so Diarmuid can talk
with him every day.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: Diarmuid's body is placed on a golden bier with his spears over it pointed
upward and carried to Brugh na Boinne.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: Grania is told that Angus has taken the body to Brugh na Boinne and says she
has no power over him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Grania
description: Pregnant wife of Diarmuid who mourns him, receives his hound, sends
for his body, and laments over it.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Diarmuid, grandson of Duibhne
description: Dead champion and husband of Grania, said to have been killed by the
Boar of Beinn Gulbain during Finn's hunt.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Finn
description: Leader returning with the Fianna and Mac an Chuill; Grania and Angus
associate him with Diarmuid's death and treachery.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Oisin
description: Member of the returning company who gives Mac an Chuill to Grania after
Finn refuses.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Mac an Chuill
description: Diarmuid's hound, brought back by Finn and given to Grania by Oisin.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Boar of Beinn Gulbain
description: Boar said to have caused Diarmuid's death.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Angus
description: Protector of Diarmuid from infancy who takes Diarmuid's body to Brugh
na Boinne and promises attempted restoration or animation.
role_refs:
- role:8
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Grania's people and household
description: Women, people, and five hundred household members who answer Grania's
cry and carry Diarmuid's body from Beinn Gulbain.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Fianna of Ireland
description: The company returning with Finn toward Grania and the Rath.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Angus's people
description: The company accompanying Angus who cry over Diarmuid's body.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: mourning wife
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Grania calls herself Diarmuid's wife and speaks a long lament over his body.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: pregnant bereaved woman
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says Grania was heavy with child when she saw the returning party
and fell from the wall.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: dead champion
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Grania calls Diarmuid a champion of the men of Ireland, and the passage centers
on his body and death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: accused treacherous hunt leader
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Grania says Diarmuid died in a hunt Finn made, and Angus calls Finn's action
treachery.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: role:5
label: mediator who returns the hound
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Oisin takes the hound from Finn and gives it to Grania.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: dead hero's hound
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Mac an Chuill is Diarmuid's hound and former hunting companion, returned
after Diarmuid's death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: death-dealing animal
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The Boar of Beinn Gulbain is named as what put Diarmuid down or caused his
death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: guardian from infancy
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Angus says he kept watch and protection over Diarmuid from the time Diarmuid
was nine months old until the previous night.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:9
label: would-be restorer of life
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Angus says he will bring Diarmuid back to life if he can, or put life into
him so he can speak daily.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:10
label: corpse bearers and mourners
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Grania's household cries out and goes to Beinn Gulbain to bring back Diarmuid's
body.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: role:11
label: returning warrior company
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The Fianna come toward Grania with Finn after Diarmuid's death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:12
label: mourning attendants
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Angus's people accompany him and join in three great cries over the body.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: hound of the dead hero
literal_form: Mac an Chuill, Diarmuid's hound
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: hawk and hound of hunting memory
literal_form: The hawk and hound Grania says Diarmuid used to hunt with
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: three mourning cries
literal_form: Three great heavy or terrible cries over Diarmuid's death and body
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:7
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: sym:4
label: peace shields
literal_form: Wrong sides of shields held out as a sign of peace
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:5
label: golden bier with upright spears
literal_form: Diarmuid's body on a golden bier with spears over it pointed upwards
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:6
label: Brugh na Boinne as body destination
literal_form: The Brugh in the lasting rocks, where Angus brings Diarmuid's body
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: sym:7
label: boar of fatal hunt
literal_form: The Boar of Beinn Gulbain
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:6
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Return to the Rath with the hound
summary: Grania sees Finn and the Fianna returning with Mac an Chuill, collapses,
asks for the hound, and receives it from Oisin after Finn refuses.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Grania's lament and sending for the body
summary: Grania cries out, identifies the Boar of Beinn Gulbain and Finn's hunt
as the cause of Diarmuid's death, and orders her household to recover the body.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:6
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Lament over Diarmuid's body
summary: The body is brought back, and Grania laments Diarmuid as her husband, a
kinglike and champion figure, recalling his hawk, hound, harp, bed, and dark dwelling
under the sod.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Angus claims the body for Brugh na Boinne
summary: Angus learns of Diarmuid's death, meets the body-bearers under a sign of
peace, laments, recalls his lifelong protection of Diarmuid, and carries the body
to Brugh na Boinne on a golden bier with upright spears, promising attempted restoration
or animation.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: lament for the dead hero by his wife
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Grania receives confirmation of Diarmuid's death, cries out, identifies herself
as his wife, and gives an extended lament over his body.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The motif label is descriptive and not tied to a supplied taxonomy family.
- id: motif:2
label: fatal boar hunt
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage states that Diarmuid came to his death by the Boar of Beinn Gulbain
in Finn's hunt.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage reports the death after the fact rather than narrating the
hunt itself.
- id: motif:3
label: guardian fails for one night
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Angus says he had never failed to keep watch over Diarmuid since infancy
until the night before Diarmuid's death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not explain why the watch failed.
- id: motif:4
label: attempted restoration or animation of the dead hero
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- death_rebirth
basis: Angus says he will bring Diarmuid back to life if possible, or put life into
him so he can talk with Angus every day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage records Angus's intention, not the outcome; full resurrection
is uncertain.
- id: motif:5
label: honored transport of the hero's corpse
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Diarmuid's body is placed on a golden bier with upright spears and brought
to Brugh na Boinne.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: This is a funerary or honor motif inferred from the described treatment
of the corpse.
- id: motif:6
label: peace sign during encounter over a body
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Grania's people hold out the wrong sides of their shields as a sign of peace
when they meet Angus while carrying Diarmuid's body.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage identifies the gesture as a sign of peace but gives no broader
ritual explanation.
- id: motif:7
label: foster-like divine or supernatural protection of a hero
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
basis: Angus says he brought Diarmuid to Brugh na Boinne when Diarmuid was nine
months old and watched over him continuously until the previous night.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explicitly call Angus Diarmuid's parent; the taxonomy
reference is approximate and should be reviewed.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 12985-12995
quote_or_summary: Grania sees Finn and the Fianna coming with Mac an Chuill, says
Diarmuid would not be absent if living, collapses because she is heavy with child,
and asks Finn to leave the hound with her; Finn refuses.
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: 12996-12998
quote_or_summary: Oisin snatches the hound from Finn's hand, gives it to Grania,
and follows his people.
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: 12999-13007
quote_or_summary: Grania gives a pitiful cry after she is certain of Diarmuid's
death and tells her people that he died by the Boar of Beinn Gulbain in Finn's
hunt; she says she grieves that she cannot fight Finn herself.
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: 13008-13012
quote_or_summary: Grania's people give three great heavy cries, and Grania orders
her five hundred household members to go to Beinn Gulbain for Diarmuid's body.
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: 13013-13054
quote_or_summary: 'Grania meets the returning body and speaks a lament: she calls
herself Diarmuid''s wife, mentions his hawk and hound, names him like a king and
champion, describes his hard bed on stones and under sod, and grieves the loss
of his harp, mirth, and love.'
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: 13057-13062
quote_or_summary: Angus at Brugh na Boinne is shown that Diarmuid is dead on Beinn
Gulbain because Angus had kept no watch over him the night before; Angus goes
on the cold wind with his people.
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: 13063-13068
quote_or_summary: Angus and his people meet Grania's people carrying the body; the
carriers hold out the wrong sides of their shields as a sign of peace, and Angus
and his people give three terrible cries over Diarmuid's body.
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: 13069-13080
quote_or_summary: Angus says he had watched and protected Diarmuid every night since
bringing him to Brugh na Boinne as a nine-month-old until the previous night;
he says Diarmuid's blood has been shed by the Boar, calls Finn's action treachery,
and orders the body taken to the Brugh, promising either to bring Diarmuid back
to life or put life into him so he can speak daily.
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: 13081-13083
quote_or_summary: Diarmuid's body is placed on a golden bier with his spears over
it pointed upward and carried to Brugh na Boinne.
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: 13084-13086
quote_or_summary: Grania's people tell her Angus would not let them bring the body
into the Rath but took it to Brugh na Boinne; Grania says she has no power over
him.
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: The passage is explicit about events, figures, gestures, lament, and Angus's
promise. Taxonomy links are limited because most motifs are descriptive and not
directly represented in the supplied taxonomy; resurrection/death-rebirth is only
an intended action in this passage.
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: |-
No comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not explicitly compare this episode with another tradition or motif family beyond its own narrative pattern.
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