batch.motif.celtic-irish-gods-and-fighting-men-gregory-gutenberg-l1565-l1661
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-gods-and-fighting-men-gregory-gutenberg-l1565-l1661
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
passage_locator:
label: 'CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF BRES / BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER
I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN; lines 1565-1661'
start: '1565'
end: '1661'
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: 'Lugh confronts the sons of Tuireann in the king''s house over the killing
of his father, requires them to pay a fine under public pledge, and then reveals
that the apparently small fine consists of rare and powerful objects from distant
rulers and places: healing apples, a healing pig skin, a deadly spear kept in
water, sea-going horses and chariot, reviving pigs, and a wondrous whelp.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Lugh says that the men who killed his father are present in the house and
know how they killed him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The king and chief men state that a man who killed their father would deserve
severe punishment.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Lugh identifies the sons of Tuireann as the three men who killed his father
and demands that they pay a fine while gathered in the king's house.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Lugh says he will not break the protection of the king's house but says the
sons of Tuireann must not leave until they have settled with him.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The sons of Tuireann discuss whether to acknowledge the killing; Brian fears
that Lugh wants an acknowledgment before witnesses and may not afterward accept
a fine.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Brian denies killing Lugh's father but says they will pay the fine as if they
had killed him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Lugh first states the fine as three apples, a pig skin, a spear, two horses,
a chariot, seven pigs, a dog's whelp, a cooking-spit, and three shouts on a hill.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The sons of Tuireann bind themselves by the King of Ireland, Bodb Dearg, and
the chief men of the Tuatha de Danaan to pay the fine to Lugh.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: Lugh explains that the three apples must come from the Garden in the East
of the World and are golden in color, honey-tasting, healing, and inexhaustible.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: Lugh explains that the pig skin of Tuis, King of Greece, heals wounds and
sickness; the pig associated with it turned streams of water into wine for nine
days after passing through them.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: Lugh explains that the requested spear is the Luin of the King of Persia,
a deadly spear whose head is kept in water so it will not burn down its place.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:12
text: Lugh explains that the requested horses and chariot belong to Dobar, King
of Siogair; the sea is like land to them, and the horses are unmatched in speed.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:13
text: Lugh explains that the seven pigs of Easal, King of the Golden Pillars, are
killed every night and alive again the next day, and their meat prevents disease
or sickness.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:14
text: Lugh explains that Fail-Inis, the whelp of the King of Ioruaidh, causes all
wild beasts to fall down at the sight of her and is difficult to obtain.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Lugh
description: The speaker who says his father was killed, identifies the sons of
Tuireann as the killers, demands a fine, and explains the hidden nature of the
fine.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Lugh's father
description: The unnamed father whose killing is the basis for Lugh's demand.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: the king
description: The king in whose house the confrontation takes place; he speaks about
punishment for a father-killer and says he would accept payment of a fine if he
had killed Lugh's father.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: chief men
description: The chief men present in the house who agree with the king's statement
about punishing a father-killer.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: sons of Tuireann
description: The three men accused by Lugh of killing his father and bound to pay
the fine.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Brian, son of Tuireann
description: The eldest or spokesman among the sons of Tuireann; he worries about
acknowledging the killing and publicly answers Lugh.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Iuchar and Iucharba
description: Two sons of Tuireann who advise acknowledging the killing to Lugh.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: King of Ireland
description: One of the authorities by whom the sons of Tuireann bind themselves
to pay the fine.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Bodb Dearg, son of the Dagda
description: One of the authorities by whom the sons of Tuireann bind themselves
to pay the fine.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: chief men of the Tuatha de Danaan
description: Authorities by whom the sons of Tuireann bind themselves to pay the
fine.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Tuis, King of Greece
description: Owner or associated ruler of the requested pig skin.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Druids of Greece
description: Figures who say the pig's virtue is in the skin and who skin the pig.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: King of Persia
description: Owner of the deadly spear called the Luin.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Dobar, King of Siogair
description: Owner of the wonderful horses and chariot.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Easal, King of the Golden Pillars
description: Owner of the seven pigs that revive daily.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: King of Ioruaidh, the Cold Country
description: Owner of the whelp Fail-Inis.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: injured claimant demanding blood-fine
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Lugh says his father was killed, names the killers, and demands a fine from
them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: slain father
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage repeatedly refers to Lugh's father as killed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: royal host and speaker on justice
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The confrontation occurs under the protection of the king's house, and the
king speaks about how he would punish a father-killer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: assembled witnesses
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The chief men are present, answer with the king, and form part of the public
setting.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: accused killers and obligated payers
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:7
basis: Lugh names the sons of Tuireann as the three killers and they are bound to
pay the fine.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: spokesman for the accused brothers
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Brian speaks for the sons of Tuireann, denies the killing, and agrees to
pay as if responsible.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: pledge authority
assigned_to:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
basis: The sons of Tuireann bind themselves by these authorities to pay the fine.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: distant owner of quest object
assigned_to:
- fig:11
- fig:13
- fig:14
- fig:15
- fig:16
basis: Lugh identifies each ruler as the owner or associated possessor of one of
the required objects.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:9
label: ritual or learned interpreters of an object's virtue
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: The Druids of Greece say the pig's virtue is in its skin and skin it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: three apples from the Garden in the East of the World
literal_form: Three golden, honey-tasting apples that heal wounds and sickness and
do not diminish when eaten.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: Garden in the East of the World
literal_form: Distant garden from which the required apples must come.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:3
label: pig skin of Tuis
literal_form: Pig skin that heals wounds, sickness, and danger if it can overtake
life in a person.
associated_figures:
- fig:11
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:4
label: water turned into wine
literal_form: Streams of water through which the pig passed were turned into wine
for nine days.
associated_figures:
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:5
label: Luin spear
literal_form: Deadly spear of the King of Persia, kept with its head steeped in
water to prevent burning.
associated_figures:
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs:
- water
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:6
label: vessel of water
literal_form: Water vessel in which the spear head is kept steeped so it will not
burn down its place.
associated_figures:
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:7
label: two wonderful horses and chariot
literal_form: Horses and chariot of Dobar, King of Siogair; the sea is as land to
them and the horses are very fast.
associated_figures:
- fig:14
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:8
label: sea as land
literal_form: The horses and chariot can travel on the sea as on land.
associated_figures:
- fig:14
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:9
label: seven pigs of Easal
literal_form: Pigs killed every night and found alive again the next day; eating
them prevents disease and sickness.
associated_figures:
- fig:15
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:10
label: Fail-Inis
literal_form: Whelp of the King of Ioruaidh; all wild beasts fall down at the sight
of her.
associated_figures:
- fig:16
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:11
label: cooking-spit
literal_form: One of the items in the initial list of the demanded fine; no details
are given in this passage.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:12
label: three shouts on a hill
literal_form: One of the requirements in the initial list of the demanded fine;
no details are given in this passage.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Accusation in the king's house
summary: Lugh declares that his father's killers are present. The king and chief
men speak of severe punishment for a father-killer, and Lugh identifies the sons
of Tuireann as the killers while respecting the protection of the king's house.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Negotiation and public pledge
summary: The sons of Tuireann discuss whether to acknowledge the killing. Brian
answers Lugh and offers to pay a fine, after which the brothers bind themselves
by named authorities to pay it.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Revelation of the hidden fine
summary: Lugh explains that the apparently simple fine consists of rare distant
objects with healing, destructive, regenerative, transport, and animal-subduing
powers.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:14
- fig:15
- fig:16
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
- sym:9
- sym:10
- sym:11
- sym:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: blood-fine transformed into a difficult quest for rare objects
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
- sacred_exchange
basis: A fine for Lugh's slain father is first stated as a list of ordinary-sounding
items, then revealed as rare objects from distant places and rulers, several explicitly
said to be hard to obtain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage begins the quest obligation but does not narrate the journey
or acquisition of the objects.
- id: motif:2
label: healing and inexhaustible food objects
taxonomy_refs:
- death_rebirth
basis: The apples heal wounds and sickness and are not lessened by being eaten;
the seven pigs are killed nightly, alive again the next day, and prevent sickness
when eaten.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The death_rebirth taxonomy applies most directly to the pigs' nightly
killing and return; the apples are better described literally as healing and inexhaustible.
- id: motif:3
label: healing skin of a wondrous animal
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The pig skin of Tuis heals wounds and sickness, and the pig from which it
came also healed wounds and changed streams of water into wine.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference precisely names this object motif.
- id: motif:4
label: dangerous fiery weapon restrained by water
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The Luin spear is deadly, and its head is kept steeped in water so that it
will not burn down the place where it is kept.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage describes the weapon's containment but does not show it being
used.
- id: motif:5
label: magical transport over sea as over land
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The horses and chariot of Dobar are described as able to treat the sea as
land, with unmatched speed and an unequalled chariot.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage only describes the transport; no journey using it occurs here.
- id: motif:6
label: wondrous hound that subdues wild beasts
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Fail-Inis is described as a whelp before whom all wild beasts of the world
would fall down.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not show the whelp acting; the trait is reported by Lugh.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: Within the available motif families, the passage most directly supports comparison
to a mystical quest pattern, because a compensation demand becomes a required
acquisition of multiple distant, powerful objects.
claim_level: same_function
target: motif_family:mystical_quest
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage lists and explains the objects but does not yet narrate
the quest itself or prove historical relationship to other quest traditions.
- id: claim:2
claim: The public binding of the sons of Tuireann to pay a fine for a killing supports
comparison to a sacred exchange or compensation pattern in which obligation is
formalized before authorities.
claim_level: same_function
target: motif_family:sacred_exchange
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage frames the exchange as a legal or honor-based fine; any
broader religious or ritual meaning requires review beyond this excerpt.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 1565-1575
quote_or_summary: Lugh says his father was killed and that the killers are present;
the king and chief men say they would severely punish a father-killer.
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 1576-1583
quote_or_summary: Lugh names the sons of Tuireann as the three men who killed his
father, demands the fine, and says they must not leave the king's house until
they settle with 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:3
type: summary
locator: lines 1584-1597
quote_or_summary: The king says he would accept a fine if he had killed Lugh's father;
the sons of Tuireann debate acknowledgment, and Brian offers payment while denying
the killing.
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: lines 1598-1606
quote_or_summary: 'Lugh lists the fine: three apples, a pig skin, a spear, two horses,
a chariot, seven pigs, a dog''s whelp, a cooking-spit, and three shouts on a hill.'
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: lines 1607-1618
quote_or_summary: After discussion of guarantees, the sons of Tuireann bind themselves
by the King of Ireland, Bodb Dearg, and the chief men of the Tuatha de Danaan
to pay Lugh's fine.
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 1619-1628
quote_or_summary: Lugh says the apples are from the Garden in the East of the World;
they are like burned gold, taste of honey, heal pain and sickness, and never diminish
by being eaten.
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 1629-1640
quote_or_summary: Lugh says the pig skin of Tuis, King of Greece, heals wounds and
sickness; the pig turned streams of water into wine for nine days, healed wounds
it touched, and was skinned after Druids said the virtue was in the skin.
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 1641-1647
quote_or_summary: Lugh identifies the spear as the deadly Luin of the King of Persia;
its head is kept in a vessel of water to keep it from burning down its place,
and it will be hard to get.
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 1648-1652
quote_or_summary: Lugh identifies the two horses and chariot as those of Dobar,
King of Siogair; the sea is the same as land to them, the horses are fastest,
and the chariot is unequalled in shape and strength.
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 1653-1657
quote_or_summary: Lugh identifies the seven pigs as those of Easal, King of the
Golden Pillars; although killed every night, they are alive the next day, and
those who eat them will have no disease or sickness.
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 1658-1661
quote_or_summary: Lugh identifies the whelp as Fail-Inis of the King of Ioruaidh,
the Cold Country; all wild beasts fall down at her sight, she is very beautiful,
and she will be hard to get.
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: medium
notes: The passage clearly supports extraction of figures, objects, and quest-like
obligations. Motif and comparison labels are cautious because the excerpt presents
the demand and object catalogue but not the later acquisition narrative.
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 supplied passage text and metadata. Taxonomy references limited to the provided lists; object motifs without exact available taxonomy matches are left with empty taxonomy_refs.
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