batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l6719-l6763
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l6719-l6763
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
passage_locator:
label: PAGE 14 / PAGE 15 / PAGE 17 / PAGE 18; lines 6719-6763
start: '6719'
end: '6763'
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: Translator notes introduce a literal rendering of a poem. In the poem,
a speaker addresses glorious Ailill, says his healing will be done by the speaker,
invites him to put his hand around the speaker's neck as a beginning of courtship
with kissing between woman and man, offers further bodily access if that is not
enough, and lists hundredfold payments of cows, gold, horses, garments, and other
beasts given or brought as a price for the speaker by Eochaid.
language: English, with cited Irish terms in notes
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The speaker calls on Ailill to arise and states that the speaker will accomplish
his healing.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The speaker invites Ailill to place a hand around the speaker's neck.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The poem describes the hand-around-neck gesture as a beginning of courtship
and mentions woman and man kissing each other.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Ailill is addressed as the son of a king and as a royal prince.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: If the preceding offer is insufficient, the speaker offers Ailill access described
as from the speaker's knee to navel for his healing.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Hundreds of cows, ounces of gold, bridled horses, and variegated garments
are described as brought as a price for the speaker.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: A hundred of each other beast also came, and Eochaid gave them to the speaker
at one time until the sum was complete.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: The surrounding notes state that some translations or Irish terms in the passage
are uncertain or doubtful.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Ailill
description: Addressed as glorious Ailill, a good man, son of a king, and royal
prince; he is the one whose healing is promised.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: unnamed speaker
description: First-person speaker who promises to heal Ailill, invites courtship
gestures, offers bodily access, and says payment was brought as a price for the
speaker.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Eochaid
description: Named as the giver of the complete sum of beasts and other payment
to the speaker at one time.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: recipient of healing
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The speaker says Ailill will find what he wished and that his healing will
be done by the speaker.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: royal prince
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Ailill is addressed as son of a king and royal prince.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: healing speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The speaker says Ailill's healing shall be done by the speaker.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: courtship partner or object of price
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The speaker invites courtship gestures and says goods were brought as a price
for the speaker.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: giver of payment
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The poem says Eochaid gave the complete sum to the speaker at one time.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: healing by intimate courtship gesture
literal_form: hand placed around the neck; woman and man kissing each other
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: bodily offer for healing
literal_form: from knee to navel
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: hundredfold payment goods
literal_form: hundred cows, hundred ounces of gold, hundred bridled horses, hundred
variegated garments, and a hundred of each other beast
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Ailill addressed with promise of healing
summary: The speaker calls on Ailill to arise and declares that the speaker will
provide the healing he wished for.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Courtship gesture and bodily healing offer
summary: The speaker invites Ailill to place his hand around the speaker's neck,
frames this as courtship involving kissing, and offers further bodily access if
necessary for healing.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Payment brought as price
summary: The poem lists hundredfold goods and animals brought as a price for the
speaker, with Eochaid named as the giver of the completed sum.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: healing through courtship or bodily intimacy
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Ailill's healing is promised by the speaker, and the proposed means are framed
through courtship gestures, kissing, and a bodily offer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The notes say some translation details are uncertain; the passage does
not explicitly explain the mechanism of healing beyond the speaker's offers.
- id: motif:2
label: person valued through large bride-price or compensation payment
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The poem lists large quantities of livestock, gold, horses, garments, and
other beasts brought or given as a price for the speaker.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage calls the goods a price for the speaker but does not provide
broader narrative context for the transaction.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 6719-6763; literal poem, opening stanza
quote_or_summary: "“Arise, O glorious Ailill ... thy healing shall be done by me.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 6719-6763; literal poem, courtship stanza
quote_or_summary: "“place hand about my neck; / a beginning of courtship ... / woman
and man kissing each other.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 6719-6763; literal poem, further healing offer
quote_or_summary: "“O son of a king, O royal prince, / I will give for thy healing
... / from my knee to my navel.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 6719-6763; literal poem, payment stanza 1
quote_or_summary: The poem lists a hundred cows, a hundred ounces of gold, a hundred
bridled horses, and a hundred garments of varied colors as brought as a price
for the speaker.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 6719-6763; literal poem, payment stanza 2
quote_or_summary: A hundred of each other beast came, and Eochaid gave them to the
speaker at one time until the sum was complete.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:6
type: note
locator: lines 6719-6763; translator notes
quote_or_summary: The notes mark some renderings as uncertain or doubtful, including
“Translation uncertain” and a doubtful rendering of “were collecting.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The principal figures and actions are clear in the literal rendering, but
translator notes indicate some uncertainty in specific renderings. No comparison
claims were made because the passage itself does not support a direct comparison.
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 taxonomy references assigned because available taxonomy categories did not clearly match the passage without added interpretation.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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