batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l11196-l11299
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l11196-l11299
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
passage_locator:
label: THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF REGAMON / INTRODUCTION / THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE
OF REGAMON / FROM THE YELLOW BOOK OF LECAN; lines 11196-11299
start: '11196'
end: '11299'
translation: Heroic Romances of Ireland
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Seven daughters of Regamon help Mani and the sons of Maev remove herds
of cattle, swine, and sheep. Regamon pursues the raiders, defeats part of their
force, and the maidens carry news to Maev. Maev, Ailill, Fergus, Connaught warriors,
and Ulster exiles come to aid the trapped sons. Hurdles are set at a ford, giving
it its name. A truce restores the cattle to Regamon, pardons the maidens, leaves
them with Maev's sons as wives, and grants cows as dowry. The tale is identified
as Tain bo Regamon and as a lay sung before the Cualgne Raid.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Seven maidens go together to the water-springs to speak with Mani.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Mani tells the maidens to bring out their herds and promises reward and protection.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The maidens drive cattle, swine, and sheep to the place where Mani stands,
without being seen or stopped.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: The maidens greet the sons of Maev and each stands by her lover.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Morgor proposes dividing the herd into two because the path is too narrow
for the large herd.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Regamon is away from home, hears of the plunder, pursues the raiders, and
his force defeats Mani Morgor's men.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Morgor sends the maidens to drive the herd toward Croghan Fort and report
the danger to Ailill and Maev.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: Maev, Ailill, Connaught warriors, Fergus, and Ulster exiles go toward the
ford to help the trapped sons of Maev.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Ailill's sons set hurdles of white-thorn and black-thorn boughs in the ford,
and the ford receives its name from them.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: A truce is made; the young raiders are spared, the maidens are pardoned, and
the cattle are restored to Regamon.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: The maiden band remains in Connaught with the sons of Maev, and Regamon gives
twenty cows to each maiden's spouse as dowry.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: The passage names the tale Tain bo Regamon and says it is sung before the
Cualgne Raid.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Seven daughters of Regamon / seven maidens
description: A group of seven maidens, identified as Regamon's daughters, who drive
the herds, report to Maev, are pardoned, and remain with Maev's sons as wives.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Mani / Mani Morgor / Morgor
description: A named leader among the raiders who speaks to the maidens, has the
herd brought to him, proposes division of the herd, is overtaken by Regamon, and
sends the maidens to seek aid.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Sons of Maev / Ailill's sons / youths
description: The young men associated with the raid, lovers or spouses of the maidens,
trapped at the ford and later spared by truce.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Regamon
description: King and father of the maidens, owner or rightful lord of the cattle,
absent at first, then pursuer of the raiders, later recipient of the restored
cattle and giver of dowry cows.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Maev
description: Mother of the sons in danger; she receives the maidens' report and
prepares her host for war.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Ailill
description: Comes with the warriors of Connaught to aid the trapped sons of Maev.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Fergus
description: Travels beside Maev, Ailill, Connaught warriors, and Ulster exiles
toward the ford.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Connaught warriors and Ulster exiles
description: Forces who accompany Maev, Ailill, and Fergus toward the ford to aid
the sons of Maev.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: herd drivers and messengers
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The maidens drive the herds to Mani and later report the danger to Maev.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: cattle raiders
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:3
basis: Mani/Morgor and the sons of Maev organize or participate in carrying off
the herds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: pursuing rightful lord
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Regamon pursues after news of the plunder, and the cattle are ultimately
restored to him as rightful lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: rescue host
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
basis: Maev, Ailill, Fergus, Connaught warriors, and Ulster exiles move toward the
ford to aid the endangered sons.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: marriage partners
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:3
basis: Each maiden stands by her lover, the maidens are pardoned as wives, and they
remain with the sons of Maev.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: dowry giver
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Regamon gives twenty cows to each maiden's spouse as his daughters' dowry.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: water-springs
literal_form: water-springs where the seven maidens go to meet Mani
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: herd
literal_form: cattle, swine, and sheep driven by the maidens
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: sym:3
label: Hurdle Ford
literal_form: ford blocked with hurdles of white-thorn and black-thorn boughs
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: dowry cows
literal_form: twenty cows given to each maiden's spouse as dowry
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Maidens bring out the herds
summary: The seven daughters of Regamon meet Mani at the water-springs, accept his
request, and drive cattle, swine, and sheep to him unseen and unstopped.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Raiders divide the herd and Regamon pursues
summary: The maidens stand by their lovers, Morgor advises dividing the herd, and
Regamon, after hearing of the plunder, overtakes the raiders and defeats Mani
Morgor's men.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Maidens summon Maev's host
summary: Morgor sends the maidens toward Croghan Fort with the herd and with news
of danger; Maev, Ailill, Fergus, Connaught warriors, and Ulster exiles go to aid
the trapped sons.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Hurdles at the ford
summary: Ailill's sons set hurdles of thorn boughs in the ford, preventing Regamon
from crossing before Ailill's troops arrive, and the place receives its name from
the hurdles.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Truce, restoration, marriages, and dowry
summary: A truce spares the youths, pardons the maidens, restores the cattle to
Regamon, leaves the maidens in Connaught with Maev's sons, and grants cows as
dowry.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Tain bo Regamon as prelude to Cualgne Raid
summary: The tale is identified as Tain bo Regamon and is said to be performed before
the Cualgne Raid is sung.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: cattle raid aided by insiders
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_theft
basis: Regamon's daughters bring out cattle, swine, and sheep to Mani and the sons
of Maev, enabling the raid.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents plunder and a cattle raid, but does not explicitly
call the theft sacred; the taxonomy reference is broad.
- id: motif:2
label: women as messengers and mediators between raiding and rescue parties
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The maidens both drive the herd and carry news of the raiders' danger to
Maev, prompting the rescue host to assemble.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: This is a passage-level narrative function rather than a named taxonomy
item.
- id: motif:3
label: blocked ford and place-name origin
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Hurdles made of thorn boughs are set in a ford, and the ford is said to be
named from those hurdles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference directly corresponds to an etiological
place-name motif.
- id: motif:4
label: conflict resolved by truce, restoration, marriage, and dowry
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The truce restores cattle to Regamon, pardons the maidens as wives, and converts
part of Regamon's cattle-right into dowry cows for the spouses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The exchange is social and legal in the passage; the taxonomy term is
only approximate because no ritual sacred exchange is stated.
- id: motif:5
label: minor cattle raid as prelude to greater cattle raid
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage states that this tale is sung before the Cualgne Raid and links
the resulting cattle provisions to those who led the Raid for the Cualgne Kine.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage names the later raid but does not narrate its events.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage explicitly positions Tain bo Regamon as a cattle-raid tale performed
before the Raid for the Cualgne Kine, suggesting a same-motif relationship within
the nearby Irish cattle-raid corpus.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Raid for the Cualgne Kine / Cualgne Raid
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage names and frames the Cualgne Raid but does not provide
details of that raid for fuller comparison.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 11196-11208
quote_or_summary: The seven maidens go to the water-springs; Mani asks them to bring
their herds and promises reward and protection; they drive cattle, swine, and
sheep to him unseen and unstopped.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 11209-11218
quote_or_summary: The maidens greet the sons of Maev and stand by their lovers;
Morgor advises dividing the herd because the path is too narrow; Regamon is away
from home.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 11223-11236
quote_or_summary: Regamon hears of the plunder, pursues the raiders, overtakes them,
and defeats Mani Morgor's men; Morgor orders the maidens to drive the herd toward
Croghan Fort and report the danger to Ailill and Maev.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 11237-11245
quote_or_summary: The maidens tell Maev that her sons are trapped at Briuin Ford
and ask aid; Maev, Ailill, Connaught warriors, Fergus, and Ulster exiles go toward
the ford.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 11249-11264
quote_or_summary: Ailill's sons place hurdles of white-thorn and black-thorn at
the ford; Regamon cannot cross before Ailill's troops arrive; the ford is named
from the hurdles and geographically identified.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 11265-11299
quote_or_summary: A truce spares the youths; the maidens are pardoned as wives;
the cattle are restored to Regamon; the maidens remain with Maev's sons; Regamon
gives twenty cows to each spouse as dowry; the tale is named Tain bo Regamon and
said to be sung before the Cualgne Raid.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Narrative actions and figures are clear in the passage. Motif taxonomy links
are more tentative because the available taxonomy is broad and the passage itself
uses cattle-raid and social-resolution language rather than explicit sacred categories.
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 observations and motif candidates are based only on the supplied passage and metadata.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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