batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l3753-l3880
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source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
passage_locator:
label: FROM THE BOOK OF LEINSTER (TWELFTH-CENTURY MS.) / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN
/ INTRODUCTION / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN; lines 3753-3880
start: '3753'
end: '3880'
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: Fand, threatened by Emer and the women of Ulster and apparently about to
be abandoned by Cuchulain, sees Manannan approaching unseen by others. She recalls
her former marriage to Manannan, chooses to depart with him rather than wait for
Cuchulain, and leaves. Cuchulain reacts with violent leaps and withdrawal into
the mountains without food or drink. Emer alerts Conor, whose learned men and
Druids restrain Cuchulain and administer drinks of forgetfulness to both Cuchulain
and Emer. Manannan shakes his cloak between Cuchulain and Fand so that they will
never meet again.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Emer has brought fifty women and is accused in the verse of intending to make
Fand captive and thinking of murder.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Manannan discerns that Fand is in unequal warfare with the women of Ulster
and likely to be left by Cuchulain, then comes from the east to seek her.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Fand alone perceives Manannan’s presence; no one else is conscious of him.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Fand’s song recalls Manannan as formerly dear to her, as a spouse, and as
one who gave her a gold armlet for her marriage vows.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Fand describes Manannan as coming over the ocean without a vessel, riding
the waves of the sea, and being hidden from ordinary human sight.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Fand states that she will depart in unsullied honour and will go to her spouse
Manannan.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Fand rises behind Manannan as he passes, and he asks whether she will depart
with him or wait for Cuchulain.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Fand says either Manannan or Cuchulain would be a fitting spouse, but she
chooses Manannan because Cuchulain has betrayed her and already has a worthy consort.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: Cuchulain sees Fand leaving with Manannan and asks Laeg what it means; Laeg
explains that Fand is going away with Manannan the Son of the Sea.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: After Fand’s departure, Cuchulain leaps three times into the air, makes three
great leaps southward to Tara Luachra, and remains there for a long time without
food or drink, dwelling on mountains and sleeping on the high-road.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: Emer goes to Emain and tells King Conor about Cuchulain’s condition; Conor
sends learned men, people of skill, and Druids to seek, bind, and bring Cuchulain
back.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:12
text: The people of skill chant wizard and fairy songs against Cuchulain, bind his
hands and feet, and bring him partly to his senses.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:13
text: The Druids give Cuchulain a drink of forgetfulness so that he no longer remembers
Fand or what he had done, and they give Emer a similar drink so she may forget
her jealousy.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:14
text: Manannan shakes his cloak between Cuchulain and Fand so that they will never
meet again throughout eternity.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Fand, daughter of Aed Abra
description: A lady involved with Cuchulain, formerly spouse of Manannan, threatened
by Emer’s women, and departing with Manannan.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Manannan / Manannan the Son of the Sea
description: A supernatural sea-associated figure, formerly Fand’s spouse, who comes
unseen by others, receives Fand, and later separates her from Cuchulain with his
cloak.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:12
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Cuchulain
description: The hero from whom Fand departs; after seeing her leave, he leaps away
to Tara Luachra, lives in deprivation, is bound by skilled men, and receives a
drink of forgetfulness.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Emer
description: A woman associated with Cuchulain who brings fifty women against Fand,
later reports Cuchulain’s state to Conor, and receives a drink of forgetfulness
for jealousy.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Laeg
description: A person addressed by Cuchulain and by Fand’s song; he explains to
Cuchulain that Fand is leaving with Manannan.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: King Conor
description: King at Emain who is told of Cuchulain’s state and sends learned men,
people of skill, and Druids to recover him.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Druids, learned men, and people of skill of Ulster
description: A collective sent by Conor to find and bind Cuchulain; they chant against
him and administer drinks of forgetfulness.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Women of Ulster / fifty women
description: Women brought by Emer against Fand and described as part of the unequal
warfare involving Fand.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
label: departing beloved
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Fand decides to leave Cuchulain and go with Manannan.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:2
label: former equal spouse
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Fand recalls Manannan as her former husband and says she was his equal spouse.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: sea-associated supernatural spouse
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Manannan is named Son of the Sea or Sea-Folk and is described as Fand’s spouse
who rides the sea waves without a vessel.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: separator by cloak
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Manannan shakes his cloak between Cuchulain and Fand so that they never meet
again.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: role:5
label: afflicted abandoned hero
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Cuchulain witnesses Fand’s departure, leaps away, lives without food or drink,
and is treated with restraint and forgetfulness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:6
label: jealous consort and informant
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Emer brings women against Fand, later reports Cuchulain’s condition to Conor,
and receives a drink to forget jealousy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:7
label: witness and interpreter
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Laeg answers Cuchulain’s question by explaining Fand’s departure with Manannan.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: king who commissions recovery
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Conor sends skilled people and Druids to seek, bind, and bring Cuchulain
to Emain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:9
label: ritual restrainers and healers
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The learned men, people of skill, and Druids bind Cuchulain, chant against
him, and provide drinks of forgetfulness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:10
label: hostile female company
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Emer’s fifty women are brought against Fand, and Manannan sees Fand as in
unequal warfare with the women of Ulster.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: sea and waves
literal_form: ocean, stream, and maned waves of the sea
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: gold armlet as marriage payment
literal_form: armlet of gold
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: cloak of final separation
literal_form: Manannan’s cloak shaken between Cuchulain and Fand
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:4
label: drink of forgetfulness
literal_form: drink given by the Druids to erase remembrance and jealousy
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:5
label: mountain withdrawal
literal_form: mountains at Tara Luachra where Cuchulain dwells without food or drink
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:6
label: three leaps
literal_form: three bounds into the air and three great leaps southward
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:7
label: hidden fairy visibility
literal_form: Manannan’s presence and visage are hidden from ordinary people but
visible to Fand or fairies
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Threatened conflict between Emer’s women and Fand
summary: The passage opens with verse in which Emer is accused of bringing fifty
women to capture Fand and of thinking of murder; Fand answers with her own host
of fair virgins.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Manannan’s unseen approach and Fand’s lament
summary: Manannan perceives Fand’s danger and comes from the east. Fand alone sees
him, grieves, and sings of their past marriage, the sea, and his unseen approach.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Fand chooses Manannan over Cuchulain
summary: Fand declares she will leave in honour, reveals Manannan, rises behind
him, and tells him she will not wait for Cuchulain because Cuchulain has betrayed
her and already has a worthy consort.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:4
label: Cuchulain’s violent departure to Tara Luachra
summary: Cuchulain sees Fand’s departure, receives Laeg’s explanation, then leaps
away south to Tara Luachra, where he remains deprived of food and drink, on mountains
and the road.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:5
label: Ritual restraint, forgetting, and permanent separation
summary: Emer reports Cuchulain’s state to Conor. Conor sends skilled people and
Druids, who chant, bind Cuchulain, and give drinks of forgetfulness to Cuchulain
and Emer. Manannan then shakes his cloak between Cuchulain and Fand so they never
meet again.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: supernatural beloved departs from mortal hero
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
- departure
basis: Fand, a fairy-associated lady connected to Manannan, leaves Cuchulain and
returns with Manannan after Cuchulain has failed her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage calls Fand a lady and connects Manannan’s visibility to fairies,
but it does not fully define Fand’s ontological status in this excerpt alone.
- id: motif:2
label: equal supernatural marriage with bride-price
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_marriage
- sacred_exchange
basis: Fand recalls being Manannan’s equal spouse and describes a gold armlet paid
for her marriage vows along with attendants and household abundance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents marriage exchange and status, but broader ritual
or cosmic significance is not explicit in the excerpt.
- id: motif:3
label: water-riding otherworldly arrival
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Manannan comes over the ocean without a vessel, riding the sea waves and
hidden from ordinary human notice.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No available motif-family taxonomy ref exactly matches this pattern; the
supported taxonomy symbol is water rather than a motif family.
- id: motif:4
label: madness or wasting after supernatural separation
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: After Fand leaves, Cuchulain leaps away, remains at Tara Luachra for a long
time without meat or drink, dwells on mountains, and sleeps on the road.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives the behavior but does not explicitly name it as madness
in this excerpt.
- id: motif:5
label: ritual forgetting as cure for love and jealousy
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Druids give Cuchulain a drink so he forgets Fand and his actions, and give
Emer a drink so she forgets jealousy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The specific nature of the drink is not explained beyond its effect of
forgetfulness.
- id: motif:6
label: magical barrier preventing reunion
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Manannan shakes his cloak between Cuchulain and Fand so that they will never
meet again throughout eternity.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not explain the mechanism of the cloak beyond its separating
effect.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 3753-3764
quote_or_summary: Verse states that Emer has brought fifty women, would make Fand
captive, and has thought of murder; Fand answers that she has fair virgins at
home who can win her war.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 3765-3772
quote_or_summary: Manannan sees that Fand is engaged in unequal warfare with the
women of Ulster and likely to be left by Cuchulain; he comes from the east, and
only Fand is aware of him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 3773-3788
quote_or_summary: Fand sings that Manannan, the Son of the Sea-Folk, was once dear
to her and that she had dwelt with him at the Yeogan Stream with hopes of unending
life together.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 3789-3804
quote_or_summary: Fand recalls Manannan coming to wed her, says she was not sold
in shame, calls herself his equal spouse, and says he paid a gold armlet as the
price for her marriage vows; she also describes attendants and household numbers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 3805-3816
quote_or_summary: Fand says Manannan speeds over the ocean, needs no vessel, rides
the maned waves of the sea, and is hidden from ordinary human sight though he
sees human troops.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 3817-3832
quote_or_summary: Fand resolves to depart in honour, bids Cuchulain farewell, says
flight befits her state, and declares she goes to her spouse Manannan while revealing
his form.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 3833-3845
quote_or_summary: Fand rises behind Manannan as he passes. Manannan asks whether
she will depart with him or wait for Cuchulain; Fand chooses Manannan, saying
Cuchulain has betrayed her and already has a worthy consort.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 3846-3852
quote_or_summary: Cuchulain sees Fand going from him to Manannan and asks Laeg what
it means; Laeg replies that Fand is going away with Manannan the Son of the Sea
because she has not been pleasing in Cuchulain’s sight.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 3853-3860
quote_or_summary: Cuchulain bounds three times into the air, makes three great leaps
south to Tara Luachra, and stays there a long time without meat or drink, dwelling
on the mountains and sleeping on the high-road.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 3861-3869
quote_or_summary: Emer goes to Emain and tells King Conor of Cuchulain’s state;
Conor sends learned men, people of skill, and Druids of Ulster to seek, bind,
and bring Cuchulain to Emain. Cuchulain tries to slay them, but they chant wizard
and fairy songs and bind him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 3870-3876
quote_or_summary: The Druids give Cuchulain a drink of forgetfulness so that he
no longer remembers Fand or what he did; they also give Emer a drink of forgetfulness
so she may forget jealousy.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:12
type: quote
locator: lines 3876-3878
quote_or_summary: "“Manannan shook his cloak between Cuchulain and Fand, so that
they might never meet together again throughout eternity.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation from supplied passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Narrative actions, figures, and objects are explicit in the supplied passage.
Motif-family mappings are cautious because the excerpt does not fully define the
supernatural status of all figures or the broader tale context. No external comparison
claims were made.
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. Available symbol taxonomy refs were applied only to literal water and mountain imagery; other symbols are passage-specific without taxonomy refs.
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