batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l7153-l7169

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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l7153-l7169
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
passage_locator:
  label: PAGE 42 / PAGE 45 / PAGE 46 / PAGE 47; lines 7153-7169
  start: '7153'
  end: '7169'
  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: 'A note says a quatrain is literally translated elsewhere and is absent
    from the Leinster version. Another note discusses a great oak-tree: after Fergus
    plucks it up, the Rawlinson manuscript adds an alternate attribution in which
    Curoi mac Dari brings the oak, arrives among the men, and carries off half of
    the Boar from the northern half of Ireland. The editor describes this as a survival
    of the Munster account of the Heroic Age, possibly partly preserved in tales of
    Finn mac Cumhail.'
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: The passage states that the literal translation of a quatrain is in A.O.,
    p. 63, and that the quatrain does not occur in the Leinster version.
  category: other
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: A line note identifies the phrase as referring to a great oak-tree.
  category: object
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:3
  text: The passage says Fergus plucks up the oak-tree.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:4
  text: The Rawlinson manuscript is said to add that others attribute the bringing
    of the oak to Curoi mac Dari.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:5
  text: The Rawlinson addition says Curoi came to them when no man of Munster was
    there except Lugaid son of Curoi and Cetin Pauci.
  category: setting
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:6
  text: The Rawlinson addition says Curoi carried off, alone, one half of the Boar
    from all the northern half of Ireland.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:7
  text: The editor identifies the exploit attributed to Curoi as an example of survival
    of the Munster account of the Heroic Age and says part of that account may be
    preserved in tales of Finn mac Cumhail.
  category: other
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: Fergus
  description: A figure said to have plucked up the oak-tree.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Curoi mac Dari
  description: A figure to whom some attribute bringing the oak; he is also said to
    have carried off half of the Boar alone.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: Lugaid the son of Curoi
  description: Named as one of the men of Munster present before Curoi arrived.
  role_refs:
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: fig:4
  name_or_label: Cetin Pauci
  description: Named as one of the men of Munster present before Curoi arrived.
  role_refs:
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: fig:5
  name_or_label: Finn mac Cumhail
  description: Named in an editorial comparison to tales that may preserve part of
    the Munster account of the Heroic Age.
  role_refs:
  - role:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: oak-uprooter
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: The passage says the oak-tree was plucked up by Fergus.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: role:2
  label: alternate heroic claimant
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: The Rawlinson addition attributes bringing the oak and carrying off half
    of the Boar to Curoi.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
- id: role:3
  label: Munster man present before Curoi's arrival
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  - fig:4
  basis: The passage names Lugaid and Cetin Pauci as the only men of Munster there
    before Curoi arrived.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: role:4
  label: figure in possibly related tale tradition
  assigned_to:
  - fig:5
  basis: The editor mentions tales of Finn mac Cumhail as possibly preserving part
    of the Munster account.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: oak-tree
  literal_form: great oak-tree
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  taxonomy_refs:
  - tree
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
- id: sym:2
  label: Boar portion
  literal_form: one half of the Boar
  associated_figures:
  - fig:2
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Notes on quatrain transmission
  summary: The passage notes where a literal translation of a quatrain appears and
    states that the quatrain is absent from the Leinster version.
  figure_refs: []
  symbol_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: scene:2
  label: Oak-tree feat with alternate attribution
  summary: Fergus is associated with plucking up a great oak-tree, while the Rawlinson
    manuscript preserves an alternate account in which Curoi mac Dari brings the oak.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  - fig:4
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
- id: scene:3
  label: Curoi carries off half of the Boar
  summary: Curoi is said to carry off one half of the Boar by himself from the northern
    half of Ireland.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:2
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: scene:4
  label: Editorial placement in Munster heroic tradition
  summary: The editor treats Curoi's exploit as a survival of the Munster account
    of the Heroic Age and connects it cautiously with tales of Finn mac Cumhail.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:2
  - fig:5
  symbol_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: Hero uproots or transports a great tree
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: The passage records an oak-tree feat, with Fergus plucking up the oak and
    an alternate Rawlinson attribution that Curoi brought the oak.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The passage is a textual note and gives only brief information about the
    action; it does not describe a sacred-tree or axis-world function.
- id: motif:2
  label: Single hero carries off a contested trophy portion
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: Curoi is said to carry off all alone one half of the Boar from all the northern
    half of Ireland.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The immediate narrative context of the Boar is not included in this passage.
- id: motif:3
  label: Regional heroic-tradition survival
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: The editor identifies Curoi's exploit as a survival of the Munster account
    of the Heroic Age, possibly also preserved in tales of Finn mac Cumhail.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  confidence: medium
  cautions: This is an editorial claim in the passage, not an independently demonstrated
    historical relationship in the excerpt.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
  claim: The passage explicitly frames the exploit attributed to Curoi as a survival
    of a Munster Heroic Age account and suggests that related material may also be
    preserved in tales of Finn mac Cumhail.
  claim_level: historical_contact
  target: Munster account of the Heroic Age and tales of Finn mac Cumhail
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: medium
  limitations: The claim is based only on the editor's note in this excerpt; no detailed
    parallel from the Finn tales is provided here.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: lines 7153-7157 / PAGE 46
  quote_or_summary: The note says the literal translation of a quatrain is in A.O.,
    p. 63, and that the quatrain does not occur in the Leinster version.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:2
  type: summary
  locator: lines 7159-7161 / PAGE 47, Line 4
  quote_or_summary: The note identifies a great oak-tree and refers to the plucking
    up of the oak-tree by Fergus.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:3
  type: summary
  locator: lines 7161-7165 / PAGE 47
  quote_or_summary: The Rawlinson manuscript addition says that others claimed Curoi
    mac Dari took the oak to them and arrived when no man of Munster was there except
    Lugaid son of Curoi and Cetin Pauci.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:4
  type: summary
  locator: lines 7165-7167 / PAGE 47
  quote_or_summary: The Rawlinson addition says Curoi carried off alone one half of
    the Boar from all the northern half of Ireland.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:5
  type: summary
  locator: lines 7167-7169 / PAGE 47
  quote_or_summary: The editor calls Curoi's exploit a survival of the Munster account
    of the Heroic Age, part of which may be preserved in tales of Finn mac Cumhail.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: medium
  comparison_claims: medium
  notes: The extraction is based on a short editorial passage. Literal actions and
    named figures are clear, but motif and comparison fields are limited by the excerpt's
    brevity and by its note-like character.
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 unsupported taxonomy motif family was assigned. The available symbol taxonomy supports tagging the oak as tree only.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg__l7153-l7169
  passage_sha256=5e257d385342d3fb6a5570c7897530d6addd81e108b62233104c570531a0702f