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label: 'CHAPTER I. THE LANDING / CHAPTER II. THE BATTLE OF TAILLTIN / BOOK FOUR:
THE EVER-LIVING LIVING ONES. / CHAPTER I. BODB DEARG; lines 2896-2982'
start: '2896'
end: '2982'
translation: Gods and Fighting Men
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
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quote: ''
summary: After their defeat, the Tuatha de Danaan withdraw from the rule of the
sons of Miled. Manannan chooses hidden hills and valleys for them and provides
a feast whose ale prevents age, sickness, and death, together with swine that
revive after being eaten. The Tuatha de Danaan choose Bodb Dearg as king. The
passage then recounts Bodb's enchanted dwelling, Cliach's failed attempt to reach
Bodb's daughter, an ominous swineherd and pig, Bodb's three sons among men, and
three dispossessed sons of Lugaidh Menn fasting at Brugh na Boinn until Bodb invites
them in and the Men of Dea consider giving each a wife.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The Tuatha de Danaan refuse to submit to the sons of Miled after being beaten
and go away by themselves.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Manannan, son of Lir, is said to understand all enchantments and is entrusted
with finding safe places for the Tuatha de Danaan.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Manannan chooses beautiful hills and valleys in Ireland and places hidden
walls around them, invisible to men but transparent and passable to the Tuatha
de Danaan.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Manannan makes the Feast of Age for the Tuatha de Danaan, where they drink
Goibniu's ale, which keeps those who taste it from age, sickness, and death.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: At the feast, Manannan provides swine that can be killed and eaten one day
and be alive and fit for eating again the next day forever.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The Tuatha de Danaan decide it would be better to have one king over them
than to remain scattered throughout Ireland.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Bodb Dearg, Ilbrech, Lir, Midhir, and Angus Og are named as men with the best
chance of obtaining the kingship, though Angus Og does not covet it.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The chief men choose Bodb Dearg as king because of his father, because of
Bodb himself, and because he is the eldest child of the Dagda.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: Bodb Dearg has his house in Sidhe Femen and places great enchantments around
it.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: Cliach, a harper, seeks one of Bodb's daughters in marriage but remains outside
for a year playing his harp and cannot get nearer to Bodb or the daughter.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: Cliach plays until a lake bursts up under his feet, identified as Loch Bel
Sead on top of a mountain.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: Bodb's swineherd goes to Da Derga's Inn with a squealing pig on the night
Conaire dies, and the passage says blood would be shed at any feast the swineherd
attended.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:13
text: Bodb has three sons, Angus, Artrach, and Aedh, who often live among men in
the later time of the Fianna.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:14
text: Artrach has a house with seven doors and a free welcome for all who come.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:15
text: Princes come to Angus to learn spear and dart throwing, and poets from Alban
and Ireland come to Aedh, whose place is called the Rath of Aedh of the Poets.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:16
text: Aedh's rath is described as beautiful, with golden-yellow apples and crimson-pointed
nuts of the wood.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:17
text: After the passing of the Fianna, Bodb's three sons return to the Tuatha de
Danaan.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:18
text: Three sons of Lugaidh Menn, Eochaid, Fiacha, and Ruide, go to Brugh na Boinn
because their father will not give them land until they win it for themselves.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: obs:19
text: The three sons sit on the green of Brugh na Boinn and fast on the Tuatha de
Danaan to try to win some good thing from them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: obs:20
text: A quiet, pleasant-looking young man comes to them, identifies himself as Bodb
Dearg, son of the Dagda, and invites them into the rath with many lights.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- id: obs:21
text: The three men refuse the prepared supper and explain that, since their father
refused them land, they have come from the Sons of the Gael to the Men of Dea.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- id: obs:22
text: The Men of Dea consult together, and Midhir of the Yellow Hair proposes giving
a wife to each of the three men, saying good or bad fortune comes from a wife.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:18
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Tuatha de Danaan / Men of Dea
description: A defeated divine or otherworldly people who withdraw from the sons
of Miled, receive hidden dwellings and deathless provisions, choose Bodb Dearg
as king, and later deliberate about the three sons of Lugaidh Menn.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:18
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: sons of Miled / Sons of the Gael
description: The people whose sway the Tuatha de Danaan refuse; later named by the
three sons as one of the two races in Ireland.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:17
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Manannan, son of Lir
description: A figure who understands enchantments, finds safe hidden places for
the Tuatha de Danaan, and provides the Feast of Age, ale, and swine.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Goibniu the Smith
description: The maker or namesake of the ale served at the Feast of Age, which
prevents age, sickness, and death.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Bodb Dearg, son of the Dagda
description: Chosen as king of the Tuatha de Danaan; associated with Sidhe Femen
and Brugh na Boinn; later appears as a pleasant young man to the three sons of
Lugaidh Menn.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:16
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Ilbrech of Ess Ruadh
description: One of the named possible candidates for the kingship of the Tuatha
de Danaan.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Lir of Sidhe Fionnachaidh
description: One of the named possible candidates for the kingship of the Tuatha
de Danaan.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Midhir the Proud / Midhir of the Yellow Hair
description: One of the possible kingship candidates; later named as chief among
the Men of Dea and proposes giving wives to the three sons.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:18
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Angus Og, son of the Dagda
description: One of the possible kingship candidates, but he does not desire the
kingship; Bodb is sometimes with him at Brugh na Boinn.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:14
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Cliach, harper of the King of the Three Rosses in Connacht
description: A harper who seeks one of Bodb's daughters in marriage and plays outside
Bodb's enchanted place for a year without gaining access.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Bodb's daughter
description: An unnamed daughter of Bodb whom Cliach seeks in marriage.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Bodb's swineherd
description: A swineherd of Bodb who goes to Da Derga's Inn with a squealing pig
and is associated with bloodshed at feasts.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: squealing pig
description: A pig accompanying Bodb's swineherd on the night of Conaire's death.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Conaire, High King of Ireland
description: The High King of Ireland who meets his death on the night Bodb's swineherd
goes to Da Derga's Inn.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Angus, son of Bodb
description: One of Bodb's three sons; princes come to him to learn spear and dart
throwing.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: Artrach, son of Bodb
description: One of Bodb's three sons; he has a house with seven doors and a free
welcome for all.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:17
name_or_label: Aedh, son of Bodb
description: One of Bodb's three sons, described as the comeliest; poets gather
at his place, called the Rath of Aedh of the Poets.
role_refs:
- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: fig:18
name_or_label: 'three sons of Lugaidh Menn: Eochaid, Fiacha, and Ruide'
description: Three sons of the King of Ireland who seek land, fast on the Tuatha
de Danaan at Brugh na Boinn, and are offered possible wives by the Men of Dea.
role_refs:
- role:17
- role:18
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- ev:15
- ev:17
- ev:18
- id: fig:19
name_or_label: Lugaidh Menn, King of Ireland
description: The father who refuses land to Eochaid, Fiacha, and Ruide until they
win it for themselves.
role_refs:
- role:19
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
roles:
- id: role:1
label: defeated withdrawing people
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: They are beaten and go away rather than submit to the sons of Miled.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: recipients of hidden dwellings and deathless feast
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Manannan provides hidden places, the Feast of Age, ale preventing age, sickness,
and death, and renewing swine.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: ruling human race or contrasting people
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The Tuatha de Danaan refuse their sway; the sons of Lugaidh Menn contrast
the Sons of the Gael with the Men of Dea.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:17
- id: role:4
label: enchanter and provider
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: He understands enchantments, creates hidden protections, and provides the
feast, ale, and swine.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: smith associated with life-preserving ale
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The ale of Goibniu the Smith prevents age, sickness, and death for whoever
tastes it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: candidate for kingship
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
basis: These figures are named as those with the best chance of obtaining the kingship.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: chosen king
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The chiefs agree to give the kingship to Bodb Dearg.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:8
label: blocked suitor and harper
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Cliach seeks Bodb's daughter in marriage and plays outside for a year without
reaching her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:9
label: host at the rath
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Bodb greets the three sons of Lugaidh Menn and invites them into the rath.
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- id: role:10
label: omen-bearing feast visitor
assigned_to:
- fig:12
- fig:13
basis: The swineherd and pig appear at Da Derga's Inn on the night of Conaire's
death, and bloodshed is said to follow feasts the swineherd attends.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:11
label: deliberating otherworld chiefs
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:8
basis: The Men of Dea consult together, with Midhir as chief among them, about what
to give the three men.
evidence_refs:
- ev:18
- id: role:12
label: desired bride
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Cliach comes to ask one of Bodb's daughters in marriage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:13
label: king who dies
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: Conaire is identified as High King of Ireland and is said to meet his death
that night.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:14
label: martial instructor
assigned_to:
- fig:15
basis: Princes come to Angus to learn spear and dart throwing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: role:15
label: open-handed host
assigned_to:
- fig:16
basis: Artrach has a seven-doored house and gives free welcome to all.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:16
label: patron or gathering point of poets
assigned_to:
- fig:17
basis: Poets from Alban and Ireland are with Aedh, and his place is named for poets.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: role:17
label: dispossessed petitioners
assigned_to:
- fig:18
basis: Their father refuses them land, and they fast on the Tuatha de Danaan to
win a good thing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- ev:15
- id: role:18
label: prospective recipients of wives
assigned_to:
- fig:18
basis: Midhir proposes giving a wife to each of the three men.
evidence_refs:
- ev:18
- id: role:19
label: withholding father and king
assigned_to:
- fig:19
basis: Lugaidh Menn refuses his sons land until they win it for themselves.
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
symbols:
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label: hidden walls
literal_form: invisible enchanted walls around the chosen hills and valleys
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- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: hills and valleys of hidden settlement
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associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: Feast of Age
literal_form: a feast made by Manannan for the Tuatha de Danaan
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: life-preserving ale
literal_form: the ale of Goibniu the Smith that prevents age, sickness, and death
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: renewing swine
literal_form: swine killed and eaten one day and alive again the next day forever
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: enchanted house at Sidhe Femen
literal_form: Bodb's house with great enchantments around it
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:10
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:7
label: harp-playing outside the barrier
literal_form: Cliach's year-long harp playing outside Bodb's place
associated_figures:
- fig:10
- fig:5
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:8
label: mountain lake
literal_form: Loch Bel Sead, a lake on top of a mountain bursting up under Cliach's
feet
associated_figures:
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs:
- water
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:9
label: squealing pig at death-feast
literal_form: a squealing pig accompanying Bodb's swineherd to Da Derga's Inn
associated_figures:
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:14
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:10
label: seven-doored house
literal_form: Artrach's house with seven doors and free welcome
associated_figures:
- fig:16
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:11
label: fruit-bearing rath
literal_form: Aedh's rath with golden-yellow apples and crimson-pointed nuts
associated_figures:
- fig:17
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: sym:12
label: fasting on the Tuatha de Danaan
literal_form: the three sons sitting on the green of Brugh na Boinn and fasting
to win a good thing
associated_figures:
- fig:18
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: sym:13
label: rath with many lights
literal_form: the rath beyond with many lights from which Bodb says he has come
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:18
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- id: sym:14
label: wife as fortune-bearer
literal_form: Midhir's statement that good or bad fortune comes from a wife
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:18
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:18
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Withdrawal into hidden Ireland
summary: After defeat, the Tuatha de Danaan refuse the sway of the sons of Miled;
Manannan chooses beautiful hills and valleys and hides them behind enchanted walls.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: The Feast of Age
summary: Manannan gives the Tuatha de Danaan a feast with Goibniu's ale, which prevents
age, sickness, and death, and with swine that revive after being eaten.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Election of Bodb Dearg
summary: The Tuatha de Danaan decide to have one king; several candidates are named,
and the chiefs choose Bodb Dearg because of his lineage, merit, and seniority
among the Dagda's children.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Cliach outside Sidhe Femen
summary: Cliach seeks Bodb's daughter in marriage but cannot pass the enchantments
around Bodb's house; after a year of harp-playing, a mountain-top lake bursts
up under him.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:5
label: Swineherd at Da Derga's Inn
summary: Bodb's swineherd and squealing pig attend Da Derga's Inn on the night of
Conaire's death, with a statement that bloodshed follows feasts the swineherd
attends.
figure_refs:
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:14
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: scene:6
label: Bodb's three sons among men
summary: Bodb's sons Angus, Artrach, and Aedh live among men in the time of the
Fianna; Artrach is hospitable, Angus teaches weapons, and Aedh attracts poets
before the brothers return to the Tuatha de Danaan.
figure_refs:
- fig:15
- fig:16
- fig:17
symbol_refs:
- sym:10
- sym:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: scene:7
label: The three sons fast at Brugh na Boinn
summary: Eochaid, Fiacha, and Ruide seek land after their father refuses it; they
fast on the Tuatha de Danaan at Brugh na Boinn until Bodb comes from the rath
with many lights and invites them inside.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:18
- fig:19
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:12
- sym:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- ev:15
- ev:16
- id: scene:8
label: Refusal of supper and proposal of wives
summary: The three sons refuse the supper because they seek land or another good
thing from the Men of Dea; the Men of Dea consult, and Midhir proposes giving
a wife to each, saying fortune comes from a wife.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:8
- fig:18
symbol_refs:
- sym:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- ev:18
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: hidden otherworld dwellings after defeat
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The defeated Tuatha de Danaan withdraw from human rule into chosen hills
and valleys protected by hidden enchanted walls.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: No explicit journey to an afterlife is stated; the passage describes concealment
and settlement within Ireland.
- id: motif:2
label: food and drink conferring freedom from aging and death
taxonomy_refs:
- death_rebirth
basis: The Feast of Age includes Goibniu's ale, which keeps those who taste it from
age, sickness, and death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is approximate; the passage emphasizes preservation
from death rather than a full death-and-rebirth cycle.
- id: motif:3
label: slain animal restored for endless feasting
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- death_rebirth
basis: Manannan's swine are killed and eaten one day and alive again the next day,
continuing forever.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The resurrection applies to feast animals, not to a human or divine hero.
- id: motif:4
label: royal legitimacy through ancestry, merit, and seniority
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Bodb Dearg receives the kingship for the sake of his father, for his own
sake, and because he is eldest among the Dagda's children.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage reports a council decision rather than a formal coronation
ritual.
- id: motif:5
label: enchanted barrier blocking a suitor
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: Cliach seeks Bodb's daughter in marriage but cannot get through the enchantments
surrounding Bodb's house despite a year of harp-playing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: low
cautions: The beloved is not stolen, abducted, or recovered in this passage; the
taxonomy reference is only loosely related to a blocked marriage quest.
- id: motif:6
label: ominous animal and bloodshed at a feast
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Bodb's swineherd and squealing pig are linked with Conaire's death, and any
feast attended by the swineherd is said to end in bloodshed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives an ominous association but does not narrate the full
feast or causal mechanism.
- id: motif:7
label: fasting petition before otherworld powers
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The three sons sit and fast on the Tuatha de Danaan to obtain some good thing
after being denied land by their father.
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- ev:15
- ev:17
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage frames the act as a demand or petition, but the exact terms
of exchange are not completed within the excerpt.
- id: motif:8
label: wives granted as bearers of fortune
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_marriage
- sacred_exchange
basis: Midhir proposes giving each of the three sons a wife and states that good
or bad fortune comes from a wife.
evidence_refs:
- ev:18
confidence: medium
cautions: The marriages are proposed but not yet enacted in this passage; no explicit
ritual marriage is described.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 2896-2901
quote_or_summary: After being beaten, the Tuatha de Danaan refuse the sway of the
sons of Miled and entrust Manannan, who understands enchantments, with finding
safe places for 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 2901-2905
quote_or_summary: Manannan chooses beautiful hills and valleys in Ireland and sets
hidden walls around them, invisible to men but visible and passable to the Tuatha
de Danaan.
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 2906-2909
quote_or_summary: At the Feast of Age, the Tuatha de Danaan drink Goibniu's ale,
which keeps whoever tastes it from age, sickness, and death.
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 2909-2913
quote_or_summary: Manannan gives his own swine for food; though killed and eaten
one day, they are alive and fit for eating again the next day, continuing forever.
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: quote
locator: lines 2914-2917
quote_or_summary: '"It would be better for us one king to be over us, than to be
scattered" through Ireland.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 2918-2925
quote_or_summary: Bodb Dearg, Ilbrech, Lir, Midhir, and Angus Og are named as strongest
candidates for kingship, though Angus Og does not desire it.
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 2925-2930
quote_or_summary: The chief men choose Bodb Dearg for kingship because of his father,
because of Bodb himself, and because he is eldest among the Dagda's children.
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 2931-2938
quote_or_summary: Bodb's house is in Sidhe Femen with great enchantments; Cliach
seeks Bodb's daughter in marriage and plays harp outside for a year without reaching
Bodb or the daughter.
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 2938-2941
quote_or_summary: Cliach continues playing until a lake, Loch Bel Sead, bursts up
under his feet on top of a mountain.
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 2942-2947
quote_or_summary: Bodb's swineherd and squealing pig go to Da Derga's Inn on the
night Conaire dies; the passage says blood would be shed at any feast the swineherd
attended.
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 2948-2954
quote_or_summary: Bodb has three sons, Angus, Artrach, and Aedh, who often live
among men; Artrach has a seven-doored house and gives free welcome to all.
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 2954-2959
quote_or_summary: Princes come to Angus to learn throwing spears and darts; poets
from Alban and Ireland gather with Aedh, whose place is called the Rath of Aedh
of the Poets.
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 2959-2964
quote_or_summary: Aedh's rath is beautiful, with golden-yellow apples and crimson-pointed
nuts; after the Fianna pass away, the three brothers return to the Tuatha de Danaan.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: lines 2965-2970
quote_or_summary: Bodb sometimes stays with Angus at Brugh na Boinn; Eochaid, Fiacha,
and Ruide, sons of Lugaidh Menn, go there because their father refuses them land
until they win it.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:15
type: summary
locator: lines 2970-2973
quote_or_summary: The three sons sit on the green of Brugh na Boinn and fast on
the Tuatha de Danaan to see if they can win some good thing from 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:16
type: summary
locator: lines 2974-2979
quote_or_summary: A quiet, pleasant-looking young man greets them, says he comes
from the rath with many lights, identifies himself as Bodb Dearg, son of the Dagda,
and invites them in.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:17
type: summary
locator: lines 2980-2987
quote_or_summary: Supper is prepared, but the three do not use it; they explain
that their father refused land and that, when the Sons of the Gael failed them,
they came to the Men of Dea.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:18
type: quote
locator: lines 2988-2991
quote_or_summary: Midhir says, "Let us give a wife to every one of these three men,
for it is from a wife that good or bad fortune comes."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/gods-and-fighting-men-gregory.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is based directly on the supplied passage. Motif taxonomy
matches are cautious where the available taxonomy lacks exact categories for Irish
otherworld dwellings, geis-like fasting petitions, or ominous feast animals.
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 these elements with another tradition or motif family beyond the supplied taxonomy candidates.
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custom_id=motif_extract:celtic-irish-gods-and-fighting-men-gregory-gutenberg__l2896-l2982
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