batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l800-l886
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l800-l886
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
passage_locator:
label: PREFACE / INTRODUCTION IN VERSE / PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAMES / LIST OF
NAMES; lines 800-886
start: '800'
end: '886'
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 pronunciation and identification list names figures, places, and texts
connected with the Irish heroic romances, including Cuchulain, Deirdre, Etain,
Ferdia, Scathach, Fand, Mider, kings, heroes, sorceresses, lovers, districts,
and the manuscript Leabhar na h-Uidhri.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage is a list of names giving pronunciations, page references, and
brief identifications for figures, places, and a manuscript associated with the
romances.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Cuchulain is identified as the hero of the "Sick-bed," the "Combat," and the
Ulster Heroic cycle in general.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Aife and Scathach are identified as instructresses of Cuchulain in war; Aife
also instructs Ferdia and others.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: obs:4
text: Several figures are identified by courtly or martial roles, including kings,
heroes, champions, a charioteer, an opponent, and a slayer.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: obs:5
text: The passage identifies supernatural or magical figures, including fairy kings
or lovers, a fairy princess, and sorceresses.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Cualgne and Murthemne are identified as districts connected with Cuchulain,
while Leabhar na h-Uidhri is identified as the oldest Irish manuscript of romance.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Aife
description: An instructress of Cuchulain, Ferdia, and others in the art of war.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Cathbad
description: A Druid.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Cuchulain
description: Hero of the "Sick-bed," the "Combat," and the Ulster Heroic cycle in
general.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Deirdre
description: Heroine of the "Exile of the Sons of Usnach."
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Dubhtach
description: An Ulster hero.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Eochaid Airem
description: The king in the "Courtship of Etain."
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Eochaid Juil
description: A fairy king killed by Cuchulain.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Eogan mac Durthacht
description: An Ulster hero and the slayer of the sons of Usnach.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Etain
description: Heroine of the "Courtship of Etain."
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Ferdia
description: Cuchulain's opponent in the "Combat at the Ford."
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Fuamnach
description: A sorceress.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Laeg
description: Son of Riangabra; charioteer and friend of Cuchulain.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Laegaire
description: An Ulster hero.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Mac Datho
description: King of Leinster in the "Boar of Mac Datho."
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Naisi
description: Hero of the "Exile of the Sons of Usnach."
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: Scathach
description: A sorceress in the Isle of Skye and instructress of Cuchulain in war.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:17
name_or_label: Uathach
description: Daughter of Scathach.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:18
name_or_label: Ailill mac Mata
description: King of Connaught.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:19
name_or_label: Ailill Anglonnach
description: Lover of Etain in the "Courtship of Etain."
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:20
name_or_label: Conall Cernach
description: Conall the Victorious; second champion of Ulster after Cuchulain.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:21
name_or_label: Conor / Conchobar
description: King of Ulster.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:22
name_or_label: Emer
description: Wife of Cuchulain; appears often in the "Sick-bed."
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:23
name_or_label: Fand
description: A fairy princess in love with Cuchulain in the "Sick-bed."
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:24
name_or_label: Fergus, son of Rog
description: Prominent in the "Exile of the Sons of Usnach" and in "Combat"; step-father
to King Conor; appears in most of the romances.
role_refs:
- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:25
name_or_label: Ket / Cet, son of Mata
description: The Connaught champion in the "Boar of Mac Datho."
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:26
name_or_label: Maev / Medb
description: The great Queen of Connaught.
role_refs:
- role:17
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:27
name_or_label: Mider
description: Etain's fairy lover in the "Courtship of Etain."
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: martial instructress
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:16
basis: Aife and Scathach are each described as instructresses in the art of war
or of Cuchulain in war.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: Druid
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Cathbad is identified as a Druid.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: hero
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:8
- fig:13
- fig:15
basis: The passage explicitly calls these figures heroes or identifies them as the
hero of a named tale or cycle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: heroine
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:9
basis: Deirdre and Etain are explicitly identified as heroines of named romances.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: king
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:14
- fig:18
- fig:21
basis: These figures are identified as kings, including kings of Leinster, Connaught,
Ulster, or a fairy king.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: fairy king killed by Cuchulain
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Eochaid Juil is called a fairy king killed by Cuchulain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: slayer
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Eogan mac Durthacht is described as the slayer of the sons of Usnach.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:8
label: opponent of Cuchulain
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Ferdia is identified as Cuchulain's opponent in the "Combat at the Ford."
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:9
label: sorceress
assigned_to:
- fig:11
- fig:16
basis: Fuamnach and Scathach are each described as sorceresses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:10
label: charioteer and friend
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: Laeg is described as the charioteer and friend of Cuchulain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:11
label: daughter
assigned_to:
- fig:17
basis: Uathach is identified as daughter of Scathach.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:12
label: lover of Etain
assigned_to:
- fig:19
basis: Ailill Anglonnach is identified as lover of Etain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:13
label: champion
assigned_to:
- fig:20
- fig:25
basis: Conall is called second champion of Ulster after Cuchulain, and Ket is called
the Connaught champion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:14
label: wife of Cuchulain
assigned_to:
- fig:22
basis: Emer is identified as wife of Cuchulain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:15
label: fairy beloved or fairy lover
assigned_to:
- fig:23
- fig:27
basis: Fand is a fairy princess in love with Cuchulain, and Mider is Etain's fairy
lover.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:16
label: prominent romance figure and step-father
assigned_to:
- fig:24
basis: Fergus is described as prominent in named romances and as step-father to
King Conor.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:17
label: queen
assigned_to:
- fig:26
basis: Maev is identified as the great Queen of Connaught.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Cualgne
literal_form: District corresponding to County Louth; associated with the "Combat"
and with Cuchulain as "Cuchulain of Cualgne."
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:2
label: Murthemne
literal_form: District in Ulster with which Cuchulain is connected in the "Sick-bed."
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: Leabhar na h-Uidhri
literal_form: The oldest Irish manuscript of romance; translated as the "Book of
the Dun Cow."
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: Isle of Skye
literal_form: Place where Scathach is described as a sorceress.
associated_figures:
- fig:16
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes: []
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: supernatural beloved or fairy lover
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: The list identifies Fand as a fairy princess in love with Cuchulain and Mider
as Etain's fairy lover.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is only a name list and does not narrate the relationships;
the taxonomy ref is approximate because the passage says "fairy," not divine.
- id: motif:2
label: martial instruction by named female teachers
taxonomy_refs:
- initiation
basis: Aife is an instructress of Cuchulain, Ferdia, and others in the art of war,
and Scathach is an instructress of Cuchulain in war.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
confidence: low
cautions: The passage does not describe an initiation episode; it only identifies
instructors and pupils.
- id: motif:3
label: heroic opposition in combat
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Ferdia is identified as Cuchulain's opponent in the "Combat at the Ford,"
and Eochaid Juil is identified as a fairy king killed by Cuchulain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage references combats but does not recount the combat scenes
themselves.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 800-886
quote_or_summary: The passage is headed "LIST OF NAMES" and supplies pronunciations,
page references, and brief identifications for names in the romances.
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 802-813
quote_or_summary: Entries identify Aife as an instructress in war; Cathbad as a
Druid; Cualgne as a district; and Cuchulain as the hero of the "Sick-bed," the
"Combat," and the Ulster Heroic cycle.
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 814-838
quote_or_summary: Entries identify Deirdre and Etain as heroines; Dubhtach and Eogan
as Ulster heroes; Eochaid Airem as a king; Eochaid Juil as a fairy king killed
by Cuchulain; Ferdia as Cuchulain's opponent; and Fuamnach as a sorceress.
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 839-862
quote_or_summary: Entries identify Laeg as Cuchulain's charioteer and friend; Laegaire
and Naisi as heroes; Leabhar na h-Uidhri as the oldest Irish manuscript of romance;
Mac Datho as king of Leinster; Murthemne as a district linked with Cuchulain;
Scathach as a sorceress in the Isle of Skye and Cuchulain's war-instructress;
and Uathach as Scathach's daughter.
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 863-886
quote_or_summary: Entries identify Ailill mac Mata, Conor, and Mac Datho as kings;
Ailill Anglonnach and Mider as lovers of Etain, with Mider a fairy lover; Conall
and Ket as champions; Emer as wife of Cuchulain; Fand as a fairy princess in love
with Cuchulain; Fergus as step-father to King Conor; and Maev as Queen of Connaught.
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: low
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is an index-style list rather than a narrative episode. Role
extraction is well supported by explicit labels, but motif candidates are provisional
because the passage only references tales and relationships without narrating
them.
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 comparison claims were added because the passage does not itself make comparisons across traditions or motif families beyond brief role labels.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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