batch.motif.celtic-irish-gods-and-fighting-men-gregory-gutenberg-l13484-l13582
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source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
passage_locator:
label: 'BOOK EIGHT: CNOC-AN-AIR. / CHAPTER I. TAILC, SON OF TREON / CHAPTER II.
MEARGACH''S WIFE / CHAPTER III. AILNE''S REVENGE; lines 13484-13582'
start: '13484'
end: '13582'
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: Finn, Daire, and the Fianna pursue a stag during a hunt. Finn and Daire
become separated, confused by distant music and a Druid mist, and meet Glanluadh,
who says her husband followed the hunt. The three are drawn by Sidhe music into
sleep, awaken before a lighted house surrounded by stormy sea, and are carried
into it by a Grey Man. Ailne, wife of Meargach, accuses Finn of treachery against
her dead kin and has the three bound in a deep shut place. After five days without
food, drink, or music, Ailne releases Glanluadh when she hears her explanation,
restores her with an enchanted cup of the Sidhe, and allows her to bring food
and drink to Finn and Daire while still seeking to bind the rest of the Fianna.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
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- id: obs:1
text: A stag resists the hunters with its horns and then runs, drawing the Fianna
across several places before they lose and regain its track.
category: action
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- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Finn and Daire become separated from the rest of the Fianna and cannot tell
their direction.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Daire plays sorrowful music, but the Fianna perceive it as distant and shifting
in direction.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: A Druid mist comes around Finn and Daire, leaving them unable to know their
way.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:5
text: Glanluadh says her husband Lobharan left her to follow the hunt, and she does
not know where he has gone.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Finn invites Glanluadh to go with him and Daire because they also do not know
where the hunt has gone.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:7
text: Near a hill they hear sleepy music of the Sidhe, followed by shouts and noises,
and heavy sleep comes on Finn and Daire.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: After waking, Finn and Daire see a large lighted house with a stormy blue
sea around it.
category: setting
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- ev:3
- id: obs:9
text: A very big Grey Man comes through the waves, takes hold of Finn and Daire,
removes their strength, brings them into the house, and shuts the door with iron
hooks.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: Ailne identifies herself as seeking satisfaction from Finn for the deaths
of Meargach, her two sons, Tailc son of Treon, and Tailc's people.
category: speech
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- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: The Grey Man says he is Ailne's brother.
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- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: The Grey Man binds Finn, Daire, and Glanluadh and puts them into a deep shut
place.
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- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: The captives remain five days and five nights without food, drink, or music.
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- ev:6
- id: obs:14
text: Ailne says she would be pleased if all the Fianna were in prison with Finn
and would not pity them.
category: speech
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- ev:7
- id: obs:15
text: After Glanluadh explains how she met Finn, Ailne says Glanluadh should not
be punished without cause.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:16
text: Ailne orders the Grey Man to take the spells off Glanluadh.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:17
text: Glanluadh weakens after leaving the prison, and Ailne gives her a drink from
an enchanted cup of the Sidhe, restoring her strength and appearance.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:18
text: Ailne allows Glanluadh to bring food to Finn and Daire but says she will not
end them until she can get the rest of the Fianna into bonds.
category: speech
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- ev:9
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name_or_label: Finn
description: Leader of the Fianna, separated during the hunt, captured, accused
by Ailne, and held in bonds.
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- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Daire of the Songs
description: Companion of Finn who plays sorrowful music, becomes lost with him,
and is captured and bound.
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- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:6
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name_or_label: Glanluadh
description: A young woman who says her husband left her for the hunt; she is captured
with Finn and Daire, later released and restored with an enchanted cup.
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- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Lobharan
description: Glanluadh's husband, said to have left her after hearing the hounds
and following the hunt.
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- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: The Fianna
description: Finn's hunting company, confused by the perceived direction of Daire's
music and later sought by Ailne as future captives.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:9
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Stag
description: The hunted animal that stands against the hunters with rough horns
and then runs, drawing the chase onward.
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- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Ailne
description: Wife of Meargach; she accuses Finn over deaths among her kin and enemies,
controls the captives, releases Glanluadh, and permits food for Finn and Daire.
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- role:9
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Grey Man
description: A very big grey man, brother of Ailne, who comes through the waves,
captures Finn and Daire, and binds the captives.
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- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Meargach
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from Finn.
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- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Ailne's two sons
description: Two comely young sons of Ailne, named by her among those whose deaths
motivate her accusation against Finn.
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- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Tailc, son of Treon, and his people
description: Tailc and his people are named by Ailne among those whose deaths motivate
her accusation against Finn.
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- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
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label: lost hunter-captive
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- fig:1
- fig:2
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bound.
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- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:2
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- fig:1
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sons, Tailc, and others.
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- ev:5
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- ev:1
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- fig:3
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where he went.
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- ev:2
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- fig:3
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- ev:7
- ev:8
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label: hunting band and intended captives
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- fig:5
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in bonds.
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- ev:1
- ev:9
- id: role:8
label: quarry of the hunt
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and running.
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- ev:1
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label: avenger
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- fig:7
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- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:9
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label: captor-controller
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- fig:7
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while keeping them captive.
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- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:11
label: supernatural-looking captor
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basis: The Grey Man comes through the waves, removes strength from Finn and Daire,
and carries them into the house.
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- ev:4
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label: Ailne's brother and agent
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- fig:8
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spells.
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- ev:5
- ev:8
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- fig:10
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for whom she seeks satisfaction.
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- ev:4
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- ev:4
- ev:5
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label: iron hooks
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- ev:4
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label: bonds and deep shut place
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prison
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- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
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- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
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Finn and Daire
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- ev:9
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label: Stag hunt and separation
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while Daire's signal music is perceived as distant and directionally shifting.
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- fig:6
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label: Meeting Glanluadh
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the hunt, and Finn invites her to accompany them.
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- fig:1
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- fig:3
- fig:4
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- ev:2
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the group sees a lighted house surrounded by stormy sea.
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- fig:1
- fig:2
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- sym:4
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- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Grey Man's capture
summary: The Grey Man comes through the waves, overpowers Finn and Daire, brings
them into the house, and shuts the door with iron hooks.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:8
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- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
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- ev:4
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label: Ailne's accusation
summary: Ailne confronts Finn, naming Meargach, her sons, Tailc, and Tailc's people
as the dead for whom she seeks satisfaction; the Grey Man identifies himself as
her brother.
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- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Binding and hunger
summary: The Grey Man binds Finn, Daire, and Glanluadh in a deep shut place for
five days and nights without food, drink, or music.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:7
label: Glanluadh released and restored
summary: Ailne accepts Glanluadh's account, orders her spells removed, and uses
an enchanted cup of the Sidhe to restore her after sudden weakness.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:8
label: Food brought to Finn and Daire
summary: Glanluadh remains distressed over Finn and Daire; Ailne permits food to
be brought to them while declaring her intention to bind the rest of the Fianna.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:7
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- sym:7
- sym:9
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label: Enchanted hunt leading to disorientation
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A stag hunt leads Finn and Daire away from their company, after which shifting
music and a Druid mist prevent them from knowing their direction.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not state that the stag itself is supernatural or intentionally
luring the hunters.
- id: motif:2
label: Sidhe music causing sleep before entry into an uncanny dwelling
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The characters hear sleepy music of the Sidhe, fall into heavy sleep, and
wake to see a large lighted house surrounded by sea.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage names Sidhe music and an enchanted cup of the Sidhe, but it
does not explicitly call the house the Sidhe or the Otherworld.
- id: motif:3
label: Captor from across the waves
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A very big Grey Man comes through the waves, drains the strength of Finn
and Daire, and carries them into the sea-surrounded house.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The Grey Man is not given a personal name in this passage.
- id: motif:4
label: Revenge captivity for slain kin
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Ailne imprisons Finn and companions while seeking satisfaction for the deaths
of Meargach, her sons, Tailc, and Tailc's people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: Finn denies treachery and frames the deaths as battle deaths; the passage
preserves conflicting accounts.
- id: motif:5
label: Innocent companion released after explanation
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: After Glanluadh explains that she met Finn by chance while lost, Ailne says
she should not be punished without cause and orders the spells removed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not state whether all physical bonds are removed or only
spells.
- id: motif:6
label: Restorative enchanted cup
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Ailne gives Glanluadh a drink from an enchanted cup of the Sidhe, after which
Glanluadh's strength and appearance return.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage describes the cup's effect in this instance only.
- id: motif:7
label: Withheld sustenance as captivity ordeal
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Finn, Daire, and Glanluadh are confined for five days and nights without
food, drink, or music before food and drink are later brought to Finn and Daire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The ordeal is punitive captivity rather than an explicitly named initiation
or trial.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage supports a cautious functional comparison with Irish Sidhe encounter
patterns in which music, sleep, enchantment, and displacement lead humans into
an uncanny space.
claim_level: same_function
target: Irish Sidhe encounter pattern
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage itself mentions Sidhe music and a Sidhe cup, but it does
not explicitly identify the sea-surrounded house or its inhabitants as Sidhe.
- id: claim:2
claim: The hunt's progression into mist, misdirected sound, and captivity supports
comparison with an enchanted-hunt displacement pattern.
claim_level: same_motif
target: enchanted hunt leading heroes away from ordinary company
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The stag is not explicitly described as magical, and the agent behind
the mist or disorientation is not named.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 13484-13504
quote_or_summary: During the stag hunt, Finn and Daire are separated from the Fianna;
Daire's music seems distant and directionally shifting, and a Druid mist leaves
them unable to know their way.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 13505-13512
quote_or_summary: Glanluadh introduces herself, says her husband Lobharan left her
after hearing hounds, and Finn invites her to travel with him and Daire.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 13512-13518
quote_or_summary: At a hill, the group hears sleepy music of the Sidhe, followed
by noises and renewed music; heavy sleep comes on Finn and Daire, and they wake
to see a large lighted house surrounded by a stormy blue sea.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 13518-13523
quote_or_summary: A very big Grey Man comes through the waves, takes hold of Finn
and Daire, their strength leaves them, and he brings them into the house and shuts
its door with iron hooks.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 13524-13538
quote_or_summary: Ailne, wife of Meargach, confronts Finn over the deaths of Meargach,
her two sons, Tailc son of Treon, and Tailc's people; the Grey Man says he is
Ailne's brother.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 13539-13543
quote_or_summary: The Grey Man puts bonds on Finn, Daire, and Glanluadh and puts
them into a deep shut place, where they remain five days and nights without food,
drink, or music.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 13544-13563
quote_or_summary: Finn appeals to Ailne by recalling past generosity, but she says
she would not pity all the Fianna in prison; Glanluadh explains that she met Finn
only after becoming lost, and Ailne says she should not be punished without cause.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 13564-13573
quote_or_summary: Ailne orders the Grey Man to take the spells off Glanluadh; after
Glanluadh weakens, Ailne gives her a drink from an enchanted cup of the Sidhe,
restoring her strength and appearance.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 13574-13582
quote_or_summary: Glanluadh frets over Finn and Daire in bonds; Ailne allows food
to be given to them but says she will not end them until she can get the rest
of the Fianna into bonds.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The literal extraction is well supported by the supplied passage. Motif labels
are descriptive and mostly not tied to supplied taxonomy families because the
passage does not explicitly name broader mythic categories beyond Sidhe references.
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: |-
Used only the supplied passage and metadata. Available taxonomy symbol ref 'water' was applied to the stormy blue sea; no motif-family taxonomy refs were assigned because none were directly supported without broader interpretation.
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