batch.motif.celtic-irish-gods-and-fighting-men-gregory-gutenberg-l1988-l2090
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-gods-and-fighting-men-gregory-gutenberg-l1988-l2090
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 1988-2090'
start: '1988'
end: '2090'
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: The sons of Tuireann receive pigs from Easal without fighting, are hosted,
then travel with Easal to Ioruaidh to obtain a whelp or hound. The King of Ioruaidh
refuses to give it up, battle follows, and Brian captures and binds the king;
the hound is then given and peace is made. Lugh learns the sons have obtained
much of the fine, sends a Druid spell causing forgetfulness and longing for Ireland,
and later receives the collected fine at Teamhair while pointing out that the
cooking-spit and three shouts on the hill remain unpaid. The sons weaken and return
to their father's house.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The king and his people decide to give the pigs freely to the sons of Tuireann
because no one has been able to withstand them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Easal hosts the sons of Tuireann with food, drink, beds, and what they desire
before the pigs are handed over in the morning.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The sons of Tuireann say their next journey is to Ioruaidh to obtain a whelp
there.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Easal asks to accompany them because his daughter is married to the King of
Ioruaidh and he hopes to persuade the king to give the whelp without battle.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The King of Ioruaidh refuses to give up the hound either by force or goodwill.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The sons of Tuireann arm themselves and fight the army of Ioruaidh after the
refusal.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Brian is separated from Iuchar and Iucharba during the battle and reaches
the King of Ioruaidh.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Brian overcomes, binds, and brings the King of Ioruaidh to Easal.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: The whelp is given to the sons of Tuireann, the king is unbound, and peace
is made.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: Lugh sends a Druid spell after the sons of Tuireann to make them forget the
unpaid part of the fine and long to return to Ireland.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: At Teamhair, Lugh shuts himself inside, puts on Manannan's smooth armour and
the cloak of the daughters of Flidais, and takes his own arms.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: The sons of Tuireann report that they have obtained the fine and ask where
Lugh is so they can give it to him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:13
text: Lugh refuses to come to them and says the fine should be given to the king.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:14
text: After receiving the fine, Lugh states that the cooking-spit and three shouts
on the hill are still missing.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:15
text: When the sons of Tuireann hear Lugh's demand, weakness comes on them and they
go to their father's house.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: sons of Tuireann
description: The group seeking items of a fine, including Brian, Iuchar, and Iucharba.
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- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Brian
description: One of the sons of Tuireann; he speaks for the brothers, fights the
King of Ioruaidh, binds him, and later identifies Lugh's avoidance.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:10
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Iuchar and Iucharba
description: Two sons of Tuireann who are separated from Brian during the battle
in Ioruaidh.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Easal
description: A king who gives the pigs, hosts the sons of Tuireann, and accompanies
them to Ioruaidh because his daughter is wife to that king.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: King of Ioruaidh
description: Easal's son-in-law; he possesses the hound, refuses to surrender it,
fights Brian, and is bound before the hound is given.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Lugh of the Long Hand
description: The one for whom the fine is being gathered; he sends a Druid spell,
avoids the armed sons at Teamhair, and declares that parts of the fine are still
missing.
role_refs:
- role:8
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: King of Ireland
description: Present with Lugh at a fair outside Teamhair; he welcomes the sons
of Tuireann and receives the fine before it is given to Lugh.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Tuatha de Danaan
description: The people who welcome the sons of Tuireann along with the king.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: questing collectors of a fine
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
basis: They travel to obtain pigs, a whelp or hound, and other items of a fine owed
to Lugh.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: role:2
label: battle victors
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Other rulers fear their fighting success, and they fight the army of Ioruaidh
after refusal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: captor of a king
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Brian overcomes and binds the King of Ioruaidh and brings him to Easal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: peaceful giver of the pigs
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Easal gives the pigs freely and receives thanks and praise from Brian.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: mediator by marriage alliance
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Easal wants to persuade his son-in-law, the King of Ioruaidh, to give the
whelp without battle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: withholding owner of the hound
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The King of Ioruaidh says the sons will not get his hound by force or goodwill.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: defeated and released opponent
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Brian binds him, the hound is given, and the king is unbound when peace is
made.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:8
label: receiver and enforcer of the fine
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Lugh receives the fine and names the unpaid cooking-spit and three shouts.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: role:9
label: user of Druid spell
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Lugh sends a Druid spell to put forgetfulness and longing on the sons of
Tuireann.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:10
label: royal intermediary for delivery
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Lugh says the fine should be given to the king, and the king takes it before
they go to Teamhair.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:11
label: welcoming assembly
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The Tuatha de Danaan welcome the sons of Tuireann with the king.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
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- id: sym:1
label: pigs of the fine
literal_form: pigs
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: whelp or hound of Ioruaidh
literal_form: whelp / hound
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: sym:3
label: fine owed to Lugh
literal_form: fine made up of demanded items and acts
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: sym:4
label: Druid spell of forgetfulness and longing
literal_form: Druid spell
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:5
label: Manannan's smooth armour
literal_form: armour
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:6
label: cloak of the daughters of Flidais
literal_form: cloak
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:7
label: cooking-spit still owed
literal_form: cooking-spit
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:8
label: three shouts on the hill still owed
literal_form: three shouts on the hill
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:9
label: Teamhair as enclosed place of avoidance
literal_form: city and palace of Teamhair with closed gate
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:11
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Pigs surrendered and hospitality given
summary: Easal and his people decide not to fight and give the pigs to the sons
of Tuireann, who are hosted and praise Easal.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Journey to Ioruaidh for the whelp
summary: The sons of Tuireann set out for Ioruaidh with Easal, who hopes to use
his kinship with the king to avoid battle.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Refusal and battle in Ioruaidh
summary: The King of Ioruaidh refuses to surrender the hound, and a battle follows
in which Brian becomes separated from his brothers and reaches the king.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Brian captures the King of Ioruaidh
summary: Brian defeats and binds the king, brings him to Easal, and the hound is
then given; the king is unbound and peace is made.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Lugh sends forgetfulness
summary: Lugh learns the sons have obtained the things he needs for the battle with
the Fomor and sends a Druid spell causing them to forget the remaining fine and
long for Ireland.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:6
label: Return to Teamhair and Lugh's avoidance
summary: At a fair near Teamhair, Lugh learns the sons have landed, shuts himself
inside Teamhair, arms himself, and avoids them.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: scene:7
label: Fine delivered but declared incomplete
summary: The fine is delivered through the king to Lugh, who says the cooking-spit
and three shouts on the hill are still owed; the sons become weak and go to their
father's house.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: quest to gather demanded items as payment
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: The sons of Tuireann travel from place to place to obtain required objects
and acts of a fine owed to Lugh, including pigs and the hound, with further items
still outstanding.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:7
- ev:12
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is an excerpt within a longer quest; only the items and scenes
in this range are extracted.
- id: motif:2
label: object won after failed mediation and combat
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Easal attempts to secure the hound peacefully through kinship, but refusal
leads to battle, royal capture, and transfer of the hound.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: No broader taxonomic reference is assigned because the available taxonomy
does not include a precise combat-for-object category.
- id: motif:3
label: magical forgetfulness delaying completion of an obligation
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Lugh sends a Druid spell that makes the sons forget the remaining portion
of the fine and desire to return home before the obligation is complete.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:12
confidence: high
cautions: The effect is stated in the passage, but the exact ritual mechanics of
the spell are not described.
- id: motif:4
label: incomplete payment revealed after apparent success
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: After the sons bring the fine and it is received, Lugh declares that two
required elements are still missing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is approximate; the passage concerns a compensatory
fine rather than an explicitly ritual exchange.
- id: motif:5
label: armed avoidance of dangerous claimants
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Lugh learns the sons have returned with deadly arms, shuts himself in Teamhair,
puts on protective armour and cloak, and refuses to come out to receive them directly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage suggests avoidance but does not state Lugh's inner motive
beyond Brian's interpretation and Lugh's actions.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 1988-1995
quote_or_summary: The king and his people agree to give the pigs freely to the sons
of Tuireann because no one has stood against them.
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 1996-2008
quote_or_summary: Easal hosts the sons with food, drink, and beds; the pigs are
given the next morning, and Brian praises Easal for giving them without fighting.
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 2009-2017
quote_or_summary: The sons say they are going to Ioruaidh for a whelp; Easal asks
to come because his daughter is wife to the king and he hopes to persuade him
to give it without battle.
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 2018-2030
quote_or_summary: At Ioruaidh, Easal tells the king the sons' story and asks for
the hound, but the king refuses and says they will not get it by force or goodwill.
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 2031-2043
quote_or_summary: After hearing the refusal, the sons arm themselves and fight the
army of Ioruaidh; Brian becomes separated from Iuchar and Iucharba and reaches
the king.
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 2044-2051
quote_or_summary: Brian and the King of Ioruaidh fight fiercely; Brian overcomes
and binds him, then brings him to Easal.
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 2052-2055
quote_or_summary: The whelp is given to the sons of Tuireann, the king is unbound,
peace is made, and they take leave of Easal and the others.
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 2056-2063
quote_or_summary: Lugh learns the sons have obtained the things needed against the
Fomor and sends a Druid spell to make them forget the rest of the fine and long
to return to Ireland.
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 2064-2071
quote_or_summary: Lugh is at a fair outside Teamhair with the King of Ireland; when
he learns the sons have landed, he enters Teamhair, shuts the gate, puts on Manannan's
armour and the cloak of the daughters of Flidais, and takes his arms.
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 2072-2078
quote_or_summary: The sons of Tuireann are welcomed by the king and Tuatha de Danaan;
they say they have the fine and ask where Lugh is, but he is not found in the
fair.
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 2079-2084
quote_or_summary: Brian says Lugh has gone into Teamhair to avoid them; messengers
are sent, and Lugh answers that he will not come and that the fine should be given
to the king.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 2085-2088
quote_or_summary: After the king receives the fine and all go to Teamhair, Lugh
receives it and says the cooking-spit and the three shouts on the hill are still
missing.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 2089-2090
quote_or_summary: The sons of Tuireann become weak when they hear Lugh's demand
and go to their father's house that night to tell what happened.
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: Literal sequence and figures are clear in the passage. Motif taxonomy assignments
are conservative and limited to available references; no comparison claims are
made because the passage itself does not support an explicit cross-text 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'
notes: |-
All evidence is summarized from the supplied public-domain passage. Taxonomy references are used only where supported by the available list.
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