batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l13014-l13287
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l13014-l13287
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
passage_locator:
label: LITERAL TRANSLATION / TEXT OF LEABHAR NA H-UIDHRI / INTRODUCTION / TEXT WITH
INTERLINEAR TRANSLATION; lines 13014-13287
start: '13014'
end: '13287'
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: Mider comes to Eochaid in anger, challenges him to a chess game with a
freely chosen stake, wins, and asks for an embrace and kiss from Etain. Eochaid
delays fulfillment for one month. The passage then explains that Mider had been
wooing Etain and gives part of his address inviting the fair-haired lady to a
marvelous land with beauty, abundance, invisibility to outsiders, warm sweet streams,
mead, wine, and new milk.
language: Old/Middle Irish with English interlinear translation
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Mider comes to Eochaid while conversation is taking place, and Eochaid rises
and welcomes him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Mider says Eochaid has caused him hardship and suffering and says his mind
is angry against Eochaid.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Mider proposes a chess game in which each side may choose the stake it wants.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Mider wins Eochaid's stake in the chess game.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Mider asks for two arms around Etain and a kiss from her.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Eochaid is silent and then says Mider may return in a month to receive what
he asked.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:7
text: The narrative states that in the preceding year Mider had been wooing Etain
without success.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: Mider addresses Etain as a fair-haired lady and asks whether she will come
with him into a marvelous land.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:9
text: The land described by Mider has music, beautiful bodies and features, no distinction
of 'mine' and 'thine,' and is compared favorably with the plains and ale of the
island of Fal.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: Mider says that in the land he describes, people see all on every side, while
no one sees them.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:11
text: The land contains warm sweet streams and choice mead and wine.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: The land is associated with handsome unblemished people, conception without
sin or crime, a golden head adornment, pork, ale, and new milk for drink.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Mider
description: A figure who comes to Eochaid, complains of hardship, proposes chess,
wins the stake, asks for an embrace and kiss from Etain, and addresses Etain in
wooing speech.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Eochaid
description: A figure who welcomes Mider, answers him about the stake, loses the
chess stake, and delays fulfillment for one month.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Etain
description: The woman whom Mider had been wooing and from whom he asks an embrace
and kiss; he calls her a fair-haired lady.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Mider's people
description: A people described by Mider as strong, to whom he invites the woman
to come.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: aggrieved visitor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Mider arrives and says Eochaid has imposed hardship and suffering on him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: game challenger and winner
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Mider proposes chess with a chosen stake and wins Eochaid's stake.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: wooer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The narrative states Mider had been wooing Etain and records his invitation
to her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: host or welcomer
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Eochaid rises and gives welcome to Mider.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: stake-loser and deferrer
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Eochaid acknowledges that Mider has carried off his stake and postpones fulfillment
for a month.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: wooed woman
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Mider had been wooing Etain and addresses her as a fair-haired lady.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: object of requested embrace and kiss
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Mider's chosen stake is two arms around Etain and a kiss from her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:8
label: inviting other people
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Mider says, 'if thou wilt come to my people strong.'
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: chess game with chosen stake
literal_form: chess game and wager
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: embrace and kiss as stake
literal_form: two arms about Etain and a kiss from her
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: marvelous land
literal_form: a land described as marvelous and musical
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: warm sweet streams
literal_form: streams warm and sweet through the land
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: new milk
literal_form: new milk for drink
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- milk
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: gold head adornment
literal_form: top of head of gold on the woman's head
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: mead, wine, and ale
literal_form: choice of mead and wine; ale of the great country; ale offered with
pork and milk
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: sym:8
label: invisibility to outsiders
literal_form: we see all on every side, and yet no one sees us
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Mider's arrival and complaint
summary: Mider comes to Eochaid, is welcomed, and complains that Eochaid has caused
him hardship and suffering.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Chess wager for Etain's embrace and kiss
summary: Mider proposes chess with freely chosen stakes, wins, and chooses an embrace
and kiss from Etain; Eochaid postpones fulfillment for one month.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Wooing invitation to the marvelous land
summary: The passage states that Mider had been wooing Etain and gives his speech
inviting the fair-haired lady to a marvelous land of beauty, abundance, warm streams,
and special visibility.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: game wager over access to a beloved woman
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
- stolen_beloved
basis: A chess game is played for a chosen stake; after winning, Mider asks for
physical access to Etain in the form of an embrace and kiss.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage records only the requested embrace and kiss, not an actual
abduction in this excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: wooing invitation to an otherworldly land of abundance
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: Mider woos Etain by inviting her to a marvelous land with music, beauty,
sweet streams, mead, wine, ale, new milk, and a different mode of visibility.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explicitly label the land as an afterlife or divine
realm; the classification rests on the described qualities of the land.
- id: motif:3
label: utopian land without possessive division or blemish
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Mider describes a land where there is no 'mine' or 'thine,' where people
are handsome and without blemish, and where conception is without sin or crime.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference precisely matches this utopian social description.
- id: motif:4
label: gift of golden adornment in invitation speech
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Mider tells the woman that if she comes to his people, a golden adornment
will be on her head and rich food and drink will be provided.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage frames this as an inducement or promised condition, not as
an enacted exchange within the excerpt.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 13014-13061
quote_or_summary: Mider comes to Eochaid; Eochaid rises and welcomes him; Mider
says Eochaid has caused him hardship and suffering and that his mind is angry
against him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 13062-13107
quote_or_summary: Mider proposes chess with a stake chosen by each side, wins Eochaid's
stake, and asks for 'two arms about Etain, and a kiss from her'; Eochaid delays
fulfillment for a month.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary with brief quotation.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 13108-13132
quote_or_summary: The narrative says that during the year before Mider came to Eochaid
for chess he had been wooing Etain; he addresses her as a fair-haired lady and
asks whether she will come with him into a marvelous land.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 13133-13225
quote_or_summary: Mider describes the land as musical and beautiful, with primrose
hair, snow-colored bodies, no 'mine' or 'thine,' beautiful features, a Great Plain
surpassing the plains and ale of Fal, and inhabitants who see all while no one
sees them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary with brief quotation.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 13226-13268
quote_or_summary: The land has warm sweet streams, choice mead and wine, handsome
people without blemish, and conception without sin or crime.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 13269-13287
quote_or_summary: Mider tells the woman that if she comes to his strong people,
a golden head adornment will be on her head and pork, ale, and new milk will be
for drink.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The interlinear translation contains uncertain readings and editorial footnotes.
Motif labels are based only on the provided excerpt and should be checked by a
human reviewer.
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 the material with another tradition or motif family beyond the extracted candidate motif alignments.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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