batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l13290-l13620
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l13290-l13620
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 13290-13620
start: '13290'
end: '13620'
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: In an interlinear Irish-English passage, Mider yields and pays a wager
to Echaid by having his people make a causeway and perform other labors. Mider
later appoints a meeting after a month. Echaid gathers Ireland's heroes at Tara
and locks the enclosure because they expect a man of great might. Etain serves
the princes that night. Mider appears in the royal hall, is welcomed, demands
what was promised, and says Echaid promised Etain herself. Etain states that she
will not go unless Echaid gives her up. Echaid refuses to give her up, but permits
Mider to put his two hands around her in the house. Mider takes his weapons in
his left hand and takes the woman under his right shoulder.
language: Irish with English interlinear translation
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Mider came to Echaid and yielded his stake, so that Echaid would not have
reproach for him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: 'The wager or stake involved large works: a causeway, clearing stones from
Meath, rushes of Tethba, and forest over Breg.'
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: A rhetoric associated with Mider's folk says the work is done because of one
woman.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Mider appointed a meeting for the end of a month.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Echaid assembled heroes and champions of Ireland in multiple rings around
Tara, inside and outside.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The king and queen were in the middle of the house, and the enclosure was
shut under locks because those present expected a man of great might to come.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Etain dispensed drink to the princes during the night.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Mider appeared on the floor of the royal palace and was described as always
fair and fairer that night.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Mider demanded that what had been promised to him be given, calling a promise
a debt.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Mider said that Echaid had promised Etain herself to him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: Etain said she would not come to Mider until Echaid gave her up, though she
told Mider to take her if Echaid would give her up.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: Echaid said he would not give Etain up, but allowed Mider to put his two hands
around her on the floor of the house.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:13
text: Mider took his weapons in his left hand and took the woman under his right
shoulder.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Mider
description: A fair man of great might who pays the stake, appoints the meeting,
comes to the royal palace, demands the promised thing, and takes Etain under his
right shoulder.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Echaid
description: The king who receives the paid stake, assembles troops at Tara, welcomes
Mider, and refuses to give Etain up except for allowing Mider's hands around her.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Etain
description: The queen in the house with Echaid; she dispenses drink, blushes when
Mider names her, and says she will not go unless Echaid gives her up.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Mider's folk
description: Mider's people who are associated with paying the stake of the night
and with the rhetoric about the labor.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: heroes and champions of Ireland
description: Troops assembled by Echaid in rings around Tara, within and outside.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: princes
description: The people to whom Etain dispenses drink during the night.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: claimant to a promised woman
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Mider demands what was promised and identifies the promise as Etain herself.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: king and holder of Etain
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Echaid is called the king, is with the queen in the middle of the house,
and decides whether Etain is given up.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: promised woman and queen
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Mider names Etain as the promised object, while the passage places the queen
with the king and gives Etain actions in the hall.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: payer of the wager
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Mider yields and pays the stake to Echaid.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: defender against the expected powerful visitor
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Echaid assembles heroes and locks the enclosure because a man of great might
is expected.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: laboring retinue
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Mider's folk are associated with paying the stake of the night through construction
and clearing tasks.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: guarding troops
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The heroes and champions are placed in rings around Tara, within and outside.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: causeway and earthworks as wager-payment
literal_form: causeway, clearing stones from Meath, rushes of Tethba, forest over
Breg
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: locked Tara enclosure
literal_form: Tara surrounded by rings of heroes and shut under locks
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: promise as debt
literal_form: Mider's statement that a promise is a debt
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: two-handed embrace condition
literal_form: permission for Mider to put his two hands around Etain on the floor
of the house
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: sym:5
label: weapons in the left hand
literal_form: Mider takes his weapons in his left hand before taking the woman under
his right shoulder
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:6
label: treasures and jewels
literal_form: treasures and jewels described as the most beautiful in Ireland
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Payment of the stake through labor
summary: Mider pays the wager owed to Echaid by means of a causeway and other large
clearing and gathering works performed with his folk.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Fortified meeting at Tara
summary: After Mider appoints a meeting for the end of a month, Echaid gathers heroes
and champions in rings around Tara and locks the enclosure while the king and
queen are inside.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Mider arrives and demands the promise
summary: Etain serves the princes; Mider appears on the palace floor, is welcomed
by the king, and demands the promised thing, saying Etain herself was promised
to him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Condition of Etain's departure
summary: Etain says she will not go to Mider unless Echaid gives her up; Echaid
refuses to give her up but allows Mider to place both hands around her.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Mider takes Etain under his shoulder
summary: Mider takes his weapons in his left hand and takes the woman under his
right shoulder, after which the host rises around the king.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: beloved claimed through wager or promise
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
- stolen_beloved
basis: Mider pays a stake, later demands what was promised, and identifies the promised
thing as Etain herself.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage frames the claim in legal terms of debt and promise; it does
not complete the outcome within the supplied excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: arduous labor performed because of one woman
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The stake-payment involves a causeway and landscape-clearing works, and the
rhetoric says the labor is because of one woman.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The excerpt gives fragmented rhetoric with uncertain readings in notes,
so details of the labor verse are partly unclear.
- id: motif:3
label: guarded royal hall breached by a powerful claimant
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: Echaid surrounds Tara with heroes and locks it because a man of great might
is expected, yet Mider appears on the floor of the royal palace.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explicitly describe how Mider enters or whether the
defenses are overcome by magic.
- id: motif:4
label: conditional consent to departure with another man
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
- sacred_exchange
basis: Etain states that she will not go with Mider unless Echaid gives her up;
Echaid refuses but grants a limited physical condition.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is interlinear and fragmentary in places; the legal and marital
implications require broader context not supplied here.
- id: motif:5
label: embrace or bodily contact as the decisive allowed act
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: Echaid permits only the placing of Mider's two hands around Etain, after
which Mider takes her under his right shoulder.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The excerpt ends immediately after the action begins, so its full consequence
is not contained in the provided lines.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage itself cites the Book of Drom-snechta as a source for the rhetoric
associated with Mider's folk during the stake-payment labor.
claim_level: linguistic_similarity
target: Book of Drom-snechta rhetoric on Mider's folk and the labor for one woman
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: This is an internal source reference, not evidence for historical contact
beyond the cited textual tradition; the rhetoric is fragmentary and contains uncertain
readings.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 13290-13335
quote_or_summary: Mider comes to Echaid, yields and pays the stake; the stake is
described as the causeway, clearing stones off Meath, rushes of Tethba, and forest
over Breg.
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: 13336-13470
quote_or_summary: The rhetoric attributed to Mider's folk includes heavy troops,
setting of trees, weary hands, the phrase 'because of one woman,' rushes over
Tethba, clearing stones from Meath, and a causeway over a stony moor; several
readings are marked uncertain in the edition notes.
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: 13471-13505
quote_or_summary: Mider appoints a meeting for the end of a month. Echaid assembles
the heroes and best champions of Ireland in rings around Tara, inside and outside;
the king and queen are in the middle of the house and the enclosure is locked
because a man of great might is expected.
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: 13506-13530
quote_or_summary: Etain dispenses drink to the princes. Mider is seen coming to
them on the floor of the royal palace; he is described as fair always and fairer
on that night, and he amazes the hosts.
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: 13531-13557
quote_or_summary: The king welcomes Mider. Mider says he has come for what was promised
and that a promise is a debt; he then says Echaid promised Etain herself to him.
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: 13558-13591
quote_or_summary: Etain blushes. Mider says he has sought her for a year with treasures
and jewels and did not take her without Echaid's permission. Etain says she told
Mider she would not come until Echaid gave her up, and that he may take her if
Echaid gives her up.
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: 13592-13610
quote_or_summary: Echaid says he will not give Etain up, but permits Mider to put
his two hands around her on the floor of the house; Mider agrees.
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: 13611-13620
quote_or_summary: Mider takes his weapons in his left hand and takes the woman under
his right shoulder; the host rises around the king.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The main narrative sequence is clear, but the interlinear text includes gaps,
corrupt or conjectural readings, and fragmented rhetoric. Motif labels are candidates
based only on the supplied excerpt.
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 limited to the provided passage and metadata.
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