batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l7854-l7873
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l7854-l7873
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
passage_locator:
label: PAGE 81 / PAGE 82 / PAGE 83 / PAGE 85; lines 7854-7873
start: '7854'
end: '7873'
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: An editorial note discusses a phrase translated as a drink of forgetfulness
of jealousy, then introduces a compiler-added conclusion. The conclusion says
that a token was given to Cuchulain that he would be destroyed by the People of
the Mound. It explains these beings as demons before the coming of the Faith,
says they fought men in bodily form and showed delights and secret things, and
says men called them the Ignorant Folk of the Mounds or the People of the Sid
because of the signs they showed.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A note glosses the translated phrase as literally meaning a drink of forgetfulness
of her jealousy.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The editor states that the conclusion to the romance is plainly added by the
compiler.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: A token is said to have been given to Cuchulain indicating that he should
be destroyed by the People of the Mound.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The People of the Mound are identified in the conclusion with demons whose
power was great before the advent of the Faith.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The demons are said to have warred against men in bodily form.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The demons are said to have shown delights and secret things to men.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Men are said to have called the beings the Ignorant Folk of the Mounds and
the People of the Sid because of the signs they showed.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Cuchulain
description: A named figure who receives or is associated with a token indicating
his future destruction by the People of the Mound.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: People of the Mound / demons / Ignorant Folk of the Mounds / People
of the Sid
description: Supernatural beings described as powerful demons before the advent
of the Faith, able to fight men in bodily form and show delights, secret things,
and signs.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: men
description: Human recipients or opponents of the demons; they are said to have
been fought by the demons and to have named them from the signs they showed.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: foretold victim
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: A token indicates that Cuchulain should be destroyed by the People of the
Mound.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: supernatural destroyers or antagonists
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The People of the Mound are linked to Cuchulain's destruction and are said
to have warred against men.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: revealer of delights, secret things, and signs
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The beings show delights, secret things, and signs to men.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: human witnesses and namers
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Men encounter the demons and name them the Ignorant Folk of the Mounds and
the People of the Sid because of their signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: drink of forgetfulness
literal_form: a drink associated with forgetting jealousy
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: token of destruction
literal_form: token given to Cuchulain indicating his future destruction
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: mounds / Sid
literal_form: mounds associated with the People of the Mound, the Ignorant Folk
of the Mounds, and the People of the Sid
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: secret things
literal_form: secret things shown by demons to men
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: signs
literal_form: signs shown by the demons, prompting men to name them
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Editorial gloss on forgetfulness drink
summary: The note explains a translated phrase as a drink of forgetfulness of jealousy
and comments on a grammatical uncertainty.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Compiler-added conclusion
summary: The passage introduces a conclusion said to be added by the compiler, contrasting
it with the style of the original author.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Token foretelling Cuchulain's destruction
summary: A token is described as indicating that Cuchulain will be destroyed by
the People of the Mound.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Demons before the Faith
summary: The conclusion describes the People of the Mound as powerful demons before
the advent of the Faith, who fought men in bodily form and showed delights and
secret things.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Naming the People of the Sid
summary: Men name the beings the Ignorant Folk of the Mounds and the People of the
Sid because of the signs they showed.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: ominous token foretelling hero's destruction
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The conclusion says a token was given to Cuchulain indicating that he should
be destroyed by the People of the Mound.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not describe the token's form or the circumstances of
its giving.
- id: motif:2
label: supernatural mound folk as powerful pre-Christian demons
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage identifies the People of the Mound with powerful demons before
the advent of the Faith and also names them as the People of the Sid.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: This is explicitly presented as a compiler-added conclusion, not necessarily
the style or viewpoint of the original romance.
- id: motif:3
label: supernatural beings reveal secret things to humans
taxonomy_refs:
- forbidden_knowledge
basis: The demons are said to have shown delights and secret things to men.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not specify the nature of the secret things or state
that the knowledge is forbidden; the taxonomy link is therefore cautious.
- id: motif:4
label: supernatural beings fighting humans in bodily form
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The demons are said to have warred against men in bodily form.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives no details about particular battles or transformations.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: Within the passage, the People of the Mound, the Ignorant Folk of the Mounds,
and the People of the Sid function as alternate labels for the same supernatural
group, interpreted by the compiler-added conclusion as demons.
claim_level: same_function
target: People of the Mound / Ignorant Folk of the Mounds / People of the Sid
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
counter_evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
limitations: The identification occurs in a conclusion described by the editor as
compiler-added, so it should not be generalized to the whole romance without further
evidence.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 7854-7858
quote_or_summary: '"a drink of forgetfulness of her jealousy"; the note adds that
the translation gives sense but comments on grammatical uncertainty.'
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 extraction evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 7860-7863
quote_or_summary: The editor says the conclusion to the romance is plainly added
by the compiler and is reproduced to show the difference between its style and
the original author's style.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 7865-7868
quote_or_summary: '"This then was a token given to Cuchulain that he should be destroyed
by the People of the Mound"; the passage adds that the demons'' power was great
before the advent of the Faith.'
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 extraction evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 7868-7871
quote_or_summary: The demons are described as warring against men in bodily form
and showing delights and secret things to them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 7871-7873
quote_or_summary: Men called the beings "the Ignorant Folk of the Mounds" and "the
People of the Sid" because of the signs they showed.
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 extraction evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The passage is clear, but its mythic content appears in a conclusion explicitly
described as compiler-added. Motif classification is therefore conservative.
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: |-
Only the supplied passage and metadata were used.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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