batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l11302-l11422
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l11302-l11422
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 / FROM THE YELLOW BOOK OF LECAN / THE
RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF REGAMON / LITERAL TRANSLATION; lines 11302-11422
start: '11302'
end: '11422'
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: Ailill, Medb, and Fergus plan to obtain cattle from Regamon to feed the
men of Ireland. Ailill and Medb send their seven sons, the Maine, partly because
the sons love Regamon's seven daughters. The sons travel with heroes to Regamon's
territory. Mani Mingar meets maidens at the water-springs, identifies himself,
and states that they have come for cattle and maidens. The daughters gather cattle,
swine, and sheep secretly and join the sons. The raiding party divides the herd
and host, but Regamon, away at a conference, is alerted and pursues with an army;
his host overtakes Mani Morgor and defeats him.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Regamon is described as a landholding warrior in Connaught with many fair,
well-shaped herds of cattle and seven daughters.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The seven sons of Ailill and Medb love Regamon's seven daughters.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Ailill proposes sending someone to Regamon to bring back a present of cattle
for feeding the men of Ireland when cattle are raided from Cualgne.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Medb identifies the Maine as suitable messengers because of their love for
Regamon's daughters.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The sons take leave of Ailill and Medb and set out on a quest with seven times
twenty heroes.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Mani Mingar and two companions meet three maidens at the water-springs and
draw swords against them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: A maiden asks that her life be spared and says she can grant requests except
cows, which she has no power to give.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Mani Mingar tells the maiden that he is a son of Ailill and Medb and that
he has come to take cattle and maidens.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: The maidens say they will assist the sons as well as they can after speaking
with the other maidens.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: The seven maidens go to the well, greet Mani, and are urged to come away and
bring their cattle.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: The maidens drive together cows, swine, and sheep without being observed and
secretly reach the camp of the sons' comrades.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: Mani Morgor orders the herd and host divided into two parts, with a planned
reunion at Ath Briuin.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:13
text: Regamon is away at Corco Baiscinn for a conference with the Firbolgs when
the raid occurs.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:14
text: Regamon receives news of the raid, pursues with his army, overtakes Mani Morgor,
and defeats him.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Regamon
description: A glorious warrior and holder of land in Connaught, owner of many herds
and father of seven daughters.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:11
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Ailill
description: A ruler associated with Medb; father of the seven Maine and participant
in the counsel to send for Regamon's cattle.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Medb / Maev
description: A ruler associated with Ailill; mother of the seven Maine and advocate
for sending them because they love Regamon's daughters.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Fergus
description: Present in counsel with Ailill and Medb before the mission to Regamon.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: The seven Maine
description: The seven sons of Ailill and Medb, named as Maine Morgor, Maine Mingar,
Maine Aithremail, Maine Mathremail, Maine Milbel, Maine Moepert, and Maine Condageb-uile;
they love Regamon's daughters and undertake the raid.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Mani Mingar
description: One of the Maine; he meets maidens at the water-springs, identifies
himself, and says he has come for cattle and maidens.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:8
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Mani Morgor
description: One of the Maine; he proposes scouting the burg, orders the division
of the herd and host, and is later overtaken and defeated.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: The seven daughters of Regamon
description: The three Dunann and four Dunlaith; beloved of the Maine and participants
in secretly driving away livestock.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:10
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Regamon's pursuing host
description: Regamon's army or people who raise the alarm, pursue the raiders, overtake
Mani Morgor, and defeat him.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: cattle owner
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Regamon has many herds of cattle, and the mission targets his cattle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: father of daughters
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage states that Regamon has seven daughters.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: ruling parents
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:3
basis: The passage frames the episode in the time of Ailill and Medb and identifies
the Maine as their sons.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: instigators of cattle mission
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:3
basis: Ailill proposes obtaining cattle from Regamon, and Medb proposes sending
the Maine.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: counsel participant
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Fergus holds counsel with Ailill and Medb.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: sons and suitors
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
basis: The Maine are Ailill and Medb's sons and love Regamon's daughters.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: questing party
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The sons take leave and set out on the quest with heroes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: cattle raiders
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
basis: The sons state that they have come to take cattle and maidens, and they divide
the herd after the livestock is gathered.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:10
- id: role:9
label: spokesman at the springs
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Mani Mingar speaks with the maidens at the water-springs and identifies the
purpose of the mission.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:10
label: beloved maidens
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The passage states that the sons love Regamon's daughters.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:11
label: helpers in livestock removal
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The maidens say they will assist and secretly drive together cows, swine,
and sheep.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: role:12
label: pursuers and victors
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Regamon's people raise the alarm; Regamon's host overtakes Mani Morgor and
defeats him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: cattle herds
literal_form: Regamon's cattle and the cattle sought by Ailill and Medb
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: sym:2
label: sevenfold sons and daughters
literal_form: Seven sons of Ailill and Medb and seven daughters of Regamon
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: water-springs and well
literal_form: Water-springs and a well where Mani Mingar and the maidens meet
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: sym:4
label: divided herd and host
literal_form: The herd and host divided into two parts before traveling to Ath Briuin
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Counsel to obtain Regamon's cattle
summary: Ailill, Medb, and Fergus confer; Ailill proposes obtaining cattle from
Regamon, and Medb proposes sending the Maine because of their love for Regamon's
daughters.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Departure of the Maine
summary: The sons of Ailill and Medb take leave of their parents and travel with
seven times twenty heroes toward Regamon's territory.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Encounter at the springs
summary: Mani Mingar and two companions meet three maidens at water-springs, threaten
them, and discuss sparing life, cows, identity, and the purpose of taking cattle
and maidens.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Secret gathering of livestock
summary: The maidens consult one another, meet Mani at the well, and secretly drive
cows, swine, and sheep to the camp of the Maine.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:5
label: Division of herd and host
summary: Mani Morgor orders both herd and host divided into two parts, with the
parties to meet again at Ath Briuin.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: scene:6
label: Regamon's pursuit and victory
summary: Regamon, absent at a conference, is alerted to the raid; he pursues with
his army, overtakes Mani Morgor, and defeats him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: cattle raid
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage's action centers on obtaining Regamon's cattle, secretly driving
off livestock, dividing the herd, and being pursued by the owner.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents the raid as practical and political rather than explicitly
sacred or supernatural.
- id: motif:2
label: courtship linked to cattle-taking
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Medb chooses the Maine because they love Regamon's daughters, and Mani says
the mission is to take both cattle and maidens.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The daughters assist the raiders, so the passage does not present a simple
forcible bride abduction.
- id: motif:3
label: departure on a perilous mission
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: The sons take leave of Ailill and Medb, set out on a quest, and acknowledge
the danger posed by valiant warriors in enemy territory.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The departure is embedded in a cattle raid rather than a solitary heroic
quest.
- id: motif:4
label: alarm, pursuit, and defeat after theft
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: After the livestock is secretly removed, Regamon is alerted, pursues with
his army, overtakes Mani Morgor, and defeats him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The subsequent outcome beyond Mani Morgor's defeat is not included in
the supplied passage.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage itself links the need for Regamon's cattle to the larger cattle-raiding
context of Cualgne, indicating a shared cattle-raid function within the nearby
Irish heroic corpus.
claim_level: same_function
target: the cattle raid from Cualgne mentioned in the passage
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage only mentions the Cualgne raid as context for provisioning
and does not narrate or compare that raid in detail.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 11302-11315
quote_or_summary: Regamon is introduced as a glorious warrior and landholder in
Connaught with many fair herds of cattle and seven daughters.
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: 11308-11328
quote_or_summary: The seven sons of Ailill and Medb, the Maine, love Regamon's seven
daughters; the daughters are named as three Dunann and four Dunlaith.
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: 11335-11344
quote_or_summary: Ailill, Medb, and Fergus hold counsel; Ailill proposes sending
someone to Regamon for cattle to feed the men of Ireland when the cattle are raided
from Cualgne, and Medb proposes the Maine because of their love for the daughters.
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: 11346-11360
quote_or_summary: The sons speak about filial love, reward, and danger; they take
leave of Ailill and Medb and set out with seven times twenty heroes toward Regamon's
district.
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: 11360-11370
quote_or_summary: Mani Morgor suggests scouting the burg and testing the maidens'
love; Mani Mingar and two others meet three maidens at the water-springs, draw
swords, and a maiden asks for life and grants words except cows.
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: 11378-11386
quote_or_summary: A maiden asks Mani Mingar who he is; he names himself as son of
Ailill and Medb and says they have come to take cattle and maidens.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 11386-11396
quote_or_summary: The maiden warns that the men are valiant; the maidens agree to
speak with the other maidens and assist as well as they can.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 11398-11409
quote_or_summary: The maidens tell the others that young Connaught heroes, their
true loves, have come to take cattle and wives; the seven maidens then go to the
well and greet Mani, who tells them to come away with their cattle.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 11409-11414
quote_or_summary: The maidens gather cows, swine, and sheep without being observed
and secretly pass to the camp of the sons' comrades.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 11414-11419
quote_or_summary: The maidens greet the sons; Mani Morgor says the herd and host
must be divided in two because the party is too large to travel by one way, and
they will meet at Ath Briuin.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 11420-11422
quote_or_summary: Regamon is away at Corco Baiscinn holding conference with the
Firbolgs; his people raise a cry, he pursues with his army, overtakes Mani Morgor,
and defeats him.
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: The narrative sequence and figures are explicit in the supplied passage.
Motif labels are descriptive and conservative; taxonomy use is limited to the
directly supported departure and water 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; no external identifications were added.
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