batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l7028-l7052
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l7028-l7052
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
passage_locator:
label: PAGE 31 / PAGE 32 / MAC DATHO'S BOAR / PAGE 37; lines 7028-7052
start: '7028'
end: '7052'
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: Editorial notes to Mac Datho's Boar mention a variant description of a
hound as guardian of Leinster or able to run around Leinster in a day, identify
this as the only supernatural touch in either version, cite a Rawlinson verse
about Mesroda son of Datho, and explain references to Irish hostelries and related
figures or tales.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: 'A Rawlinson version gives a variant for the hound: instead of being guardian
of all Leinster, it would run round Leinster in a day.'
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The note describes the hound's power as semi-supernatural and says it is the
only supernatural touch in either version of the tale.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: A verse naming Mesroda son of Datho is said to come from the Rawlinson manuscript.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The list of hostelries or guest-houses of Ireland includes the scene of the
Togail Da Derga.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The note says Conaire, king of Ireland, was killed in the sack of the Togail
Da Derga setting.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Forgall the Wily is identified as the father of Emer, Cuchulain's wife.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The tale of the plunder of da Choca is located in a Trinity College Dublin
manuscript classed as H. 3, 18.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: the hound
description: A hound connected with Leinster, described in variant readings as guardian
of all Leinster or as able to run round Leinster in a day.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Mesroda son of Datho
description: Named in a verse from the Rawlinson manuscript.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Conaire
description: King of Ireland, said to have been killed in the sack of the Togail
Da Derga setting.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Forgall the Wily
description: Identified as the father of Emer.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Emer
description: Identified as Cuchulain's wife and daughter of Forgall the Wily.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Cuchulain
description: Identified through his relationship to Emer, who is called his wife.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: semi-supernatural hound
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The note calls the hound's power semi-supernatural and describes a variant
ability to run round Leinster in a day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: king of Ireland
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Conaire is explicitly called king of Ireland.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: father
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Forgall the Wily is identified as the father of Emer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: daughter
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Emer is identified as the child of Forgall the Wily.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: wife
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Emer is identified as Cuchulain's wife.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: husband
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Cuchulain is identified as the husband of Emer by the phrase naming Emer
as his wife.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: supernatural hound
literal_form: hound with semi-supernatural power
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: guest-house or hostelry
literal_form: hostelries or guest-houses of Ireland, including the Togail Da Derga
setting
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Variant description of the Leinster hound
summary: The note reports variant descriptions of a hound as guardian of all Leinster
or able to run round Leinster in a day, and identifies this as the tale's only
supernatural element.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Reference to the sack of Togail Da Derga
summary: The note states that a list of Irish guest-houses includes the scene of
the Togail Da Derga, in whose sack Conaire, king of Ireland, was killed.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Kinship identification of Forgall, Emer, and Cuchulain
summary: The note identifies Forgall the Wily as Emer's father and Emer as Cuchulain's
wife.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: semi-supernatural guardian or swift hound
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage's note identifies a hound with an extraordinary Leinster-wide
guardianship or day-long circuit ability and explicitly calls this a semi-supernatural
power.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is an editorial note and gives only a brief variant description,
not a full narrative episode.
- id: motif:2
label: death of a king in a sacked guest-house
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The note states that Conaire, king of Ireland, was killed in the sack of
a setting associated with Togail Da Derga and included among Irish hostelries
or guest-houses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a cross-reference to another tale rather than an episode narrated
in the passage.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage connects its list of Irish hostelries or guest-houses with the
nearby Irish tale Togail Da Derga by identifying one listed setting as the place
where Conaire was killed.
claim_level: same_function
target: Togail Da Derga within the Irish heroic-romance corpus
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The note provides a literary cross-reference and setting association
only; it does not argue historical contact or shared origin.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 7034-7038
quote_or_summary: 'Variant: the hound was either guardian of all Leinster or "would
run round Leinster in a day"; the note calls this the only supernatural touch
in either version.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 7040-7044
quote_or_summary: The note says the verse naming Mesroda son of Datho is from the
Rawlinson manuscript and gives a reference for its literal version.
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: lines 7046-7049
quote_or_summary: The list of hostelries or guest-houses includes the scene of Togail
Da Derga, where Conaire, king of Ireland, was killed in the sack.
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: quote
locator: lines 7049-7050
quote_or_summary: '"Forgall the Wily was the father of Emer, Cuchulain''s wife."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 7050-7052
quote_or_summary: The tale of the plunder of da Choca is said to be in a Trinity
College Dublin manuscript classed as H. 3, 18.
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 passage consists of editorial notes rather than a continuous mythic narrative.
Extraction is limited to stated variants, named figures, settings, and cross-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: |-
No available taxonomy reference was assigned; none of the supplied motif-family or symbol IDs is directly supported by the passage.
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