batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l7172-l7240
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l7172-l7240
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
passage_locator:
label: PAGE 45 / PAGE 46 / PAGE 47 / PAGE 48; lines 7172-7240
start: '7172'
end: '7240'
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 Rawlinson manuscript addendum notes Ferloga's rewards, followed by a
literal translation of a poem recounting the division of the Boar of Mac Datho,
combat over the dog Ailbe, lists of named heroes, Fergus in relation to Ailbe
and an oak, Cethern's solitary stand at a ford against Connaught's host, and editorial
notes on Cuchulain, Bodb, Lugaid's epithet, and obscure Irish phrases.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The Rawlinson manuscript addendum says Ferloga received rewards and horses
but did not receive the serenade.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The poem says a lad divided the Boar of Mac Datho.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The poem describes a combat of pride concerning Ailbe and says the fault in
the matter of the dog was small.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The poem names multiple heroes and groups, including Conor, Ailill, Ket, Bodb,
Cuchulain, sons of Nera, sons of Usnach, Senlaech, Dubhtach, Conall Cernach, Celtchar,
and Lugaid.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Fergus is said to wait for Ailbe, shake an oak, and take a hero's cloak over
a strong shield.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Cethern son of Finntan is described as alone at the ford and as not releasing
the men of Connaught's host for six hours.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The poem refers to complaint about the dog in connection with Feidlimid, Loegaire,
and Aed son of Morna.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: The closing lines characterize the participants as great nobles, hard heroes,
companions in a house, great champions, destroyers of clans, great hostages, and
great sepulchres.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: An editorial note says the poem places Cuchulain in close connection with
Bodb, called the Goddess of War, and takes this as indicating Cuchulain's original
divine nature as a war-god.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: The same note says Lugaid bears the epithet 'son of three dogs,' with two
dogs elsewhere stated to be Cu-roi and Cu-chulain and the third uncertain.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: An editorial note says Marcan's line and the oak epithet are obscure or untranslatable.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Ferloga
description: A recipient of rewards in the Rawlinson manuscript addendum who received
horses but not the serenade.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: unnamed lad
description: The lad who divided the Boar of Mac Datho.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Ailbe
description: A dog associated with a combat of pride and waited for by Fergus.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Cuchulain
description: Named in the poem; an editorial note links him closely with Bodb and
calls attention to a possible war-god nature.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:9
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Bodb
description: Named over the slaughters after the fight; the editorial note identifies
Bodb as the Goddess of War.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:9
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Lugaid of Munster
description: Named as Lugaid of Munster and given the epithet 'son of three dogs.'
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:9
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Cethern son of Finntan
description: A warrior described as alone at the ford, holding back the men of Connaught's
host for six hours.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: men of Connaught's host
description: The host opposed or held back by Cethern at the ford.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Fergus
description: A figure who waits for Ailbe, shakes an oak, and takes a hero's cloak
over a strong shield.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: named heroic company
description: A collective label for the many heroes and groups listed in the poem,
including Conor, Ailill, Ket, sons of Nera, sons of Usnach, Senlaech, Dubhtach,
Conall Cernach, Celtchar, and others.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: rewarded figure
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The addendum says Ferloga received rewards and horses, though not the serenade.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: divider of the boar
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The poem says a lad divided the Boar of Mac Datho.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: contested dog
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The poem describes combat over Ailbe and refers to the matter of the dog.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: hero with war-god association in editorial note
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The note links Cuchulain with Bodb and says this indicates an original divine
nature as a war-god.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:5
label: goddess of war
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The editorial note explicitly calls Bodb the Goddess of War.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:6
label: bearer of three-dog epithet
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The note highlights Lugaid's epithet, 'son of three dogs.'
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:7
label: solitary ford defender
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Cethern is described as alone at the ford and holding back Connaught's host
for six hours.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: opposing host at ford
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The men of Connaught's host are those not released by Cethern for six hours.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:9
label: hero associated with Ailbe, oak, cloak, and shield
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Fergus is said to wait for Ailbe, shake an oak, and take a hero's cloak over
a strong shield.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:10
label: heroic catalogue participants
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The poem lists many named warriors and describes them as nobles, heroes,
champions, and companions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Boar of Mac Datho
literal_form: boar
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: Ailbe the dog
literal_form: dog
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: oak
literal_form: oak tree
associated_figures:
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:10
- id: sym:4
label: ford
literal_form: ford
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: hero's cloak and strong shield
literal_form: cloak over shield
associated_figures:
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: three dogs epithet
literal_form: epithet 'son of three dogs'
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Rawlinson addendum on Ferloga's rewards
summary: The manuscript addendum reports that Ferloga received rewards and horses
but not the serenade.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Division of the Boar of Mac Datho
summary: The poem opens by saying that a lad divided the Boar of Mac Datho.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Combat concerning Ailbe
summary: The poem describes combat of pride for Ailbe, mentions the matter of the
dog, and names prominent figures including Conor, Ailill, Ket, Bodb, and Cuchulain.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Heroic catalogue
summary: The poem lists numerous warriors and groups, including sons of Nera, sons
of Usnach, Senlaech, Dubhtach, Conall Cernach, Celtchar, Lugaid, and others.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:9
- id: scene:5
label: Fergus, Ailbe, oak, cloak, and shield
summary: Fergus waits for Ailbe, shakes an oak, and takes a hero's cloak over a
strong shield.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Cethern's stand at the ford
summary: Cethern son of Finntan is alone at the ford and holds back the men of Connaught's
host for six hours.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:7
label: Editorial interpretation and textual obscurities
summary: The editorial note comments on Cuchulain's relation to Bodb, Lugaid's 'son
of three dogs' epithet, and obscure readings concerning Marcan and the oak.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: contest over a prized dog
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The poem describes combat of pride for Ailbe and explicitly refers to the
matter of the dog.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is an excerpted poem and does not narrate the full causes
or outcome of the conflict.
- id: motif:2
label: division of a prestigious boar
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The poem says a lad divided the Boar of Mac Datho.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The excerpt gives little detail about the ritual, social, or conflict
context of the division.
- id: motif:3
label: single warrior holding a ford
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Cethern is described as alone at the ford and as holding back Connaught's
host for six hours.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage states the feat tersely and does not describe the combat in
detail.
- id: motif:4
label: heroic catalogue after conflict
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The poem lists many heroes, groups, and attributes such as great nobles,
champions, hostages, and sepulchres.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: This is a formal poetic pattern rather than a narrative motif with a complete
plot in this excerpt.
- id: motif:5
label: war-god association of hero and goddess
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: An editorial note connects Cuchulain with Bodb, identified as the Goddess
of War, and says this indicates Cuchulain's original divine nature as a war-god.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: This is explicitly an editorial interpretation of the poem, not a direct
narrative statement by the poem itself.
- id: motif:6
label: three-dog epithet or descent formula
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Lugaid is described with the epithet 'son of three dogs,' and the note says
two of the dogs are elsewhere Cu-roi and Cu-chulain while the third is uncertain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The third dog is uncertain, and the external statements are only summarized
in the editorial note.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The editorial note compares Cuchulain's function or nature with Bodb's war-goddess
identity by presenting their close connection as evidence for Cuchulain as a war-god.
claim_level: same_function
target: Bodb the Goddess of War
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The claim depends on the editor's interpretation of proximity in the
poem and is not a full comparative argument in the passage.
- id: claim:2
claim: The editorial note links Lugaid's 'son of three dogs' epithet with other
accounts where two of the dogs are Cu-roi and Cu-chulain.
claim_level: same_motif
target: other accounts of Lugaid's three-dog epithet
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: low
limitations: The passage does not identify the other texts, and the third dog is
stated to be uncertain.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 7172-7176
quote_or_summary: 'Rawlinson manuscript addendum: after rewards to Ferloga, he did
not get the serenade, though he got the horses.'
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 7178-7183
quote_or_summary: The poem addresses lads of Connaught and says a lad divided the
Boar of Mac Datho.
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 7184-7192
quote_or_summary: Three fifties of fifty men are gone with heroes; there is combat
of pride for Ailbe, mention of the dog, and names including Conor, Ailill, Ket,
Bodb, and Cuchulain.
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 7193-7213
quote_or_summary: 'The poem lists many figures and groups: Congal Aidni, Fiamain,
Eogan, three sons of Nera, three sons of Usnach, Senlaech, Dubhtach, Berba Baither,
Illan, Munremur, Conall Cernach, Marcan, Celtchar, and Lugaid of Munster.'
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 7214-7218
quote_or_summary: Fergus waits for Ailbe, shakes an oak, and takes a hero's cloak
over a strong shield; red sorrow is associated with a red shield.
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:6
type: summary
locator: lines 7219-7223
quote_or_summary: Cethern son of Finntan smites them, is alone at the ford, and
does not release the men of Connaught's host for six hours.
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:7
type: summary
locator: lines 7224-7228
quote_or_summary: Feidlimid, Loegaire the Triumphant, and Aed son of Morna are mentioned
in relation to complaint about the dog.
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:8
type: summary
locator: lines 7229-7233
quote_or_summary: The closing stanza describes great nobles, hard heroes, companions
in a house, great champions, destruction of clans, great hostages, and great sepulchres.
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:9
type: summary
locator: lines 7235-7239
quote_or_summary: 'Editorial note: Cuchulain appears in close connection with Bodb
the Goddess of War, suggesting Cuchulain''s original divine nature as a war-god;
Lugaid has the epithet ''son of three dogs,'' with two elsewhere stated as Cu-roi
and Cu-chulain and the third uncertain.'
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:10
type: summary
locator: lines 7240-7242
quote_or_summary: 'Editorial note: the line describing Marcan seems untranslatable,
and the epithet of the oak is obscure.'
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: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: low
notes: The passage is a literal translation of a fragmentary poem plus editorial
notes. Named figures and actions are extractable, but several phrases are marked
obscure, and some motif/comparison candidates rely on terse or editorially interpreted
statements.
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'
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