batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l8590-l8627
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l8590-l8627
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
passage_locator:
label: PAGE 153 / END OF VOL. I. / VOL. II / PREFACE TO VOL. II; lines 8590-8627
start: '8590'
end: '8627'
translation: Heroic Romances of Ireland
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: Banba is one of the names of Ireland.
summary: The passage gives a note that Banba is one of Ireland's names, then opens
the preface to Volume II. The preface explains that shorter tales, called lesser
Tains or remscela, customarily preceded recital of the Great Tain. It lists preserved
and lost lesser Tains, identifies five edited tales included in the volume, describes
their verse and prose presentation, and notes that some appear to lead up to the
Great Tain. It also mentions a possible variant in the Tain bo Flidais in which
Cuchulain is defeated and Connaught gains his land for allies.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Banba is stated to be one of the names of Ireland.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The preface states that ancient Ireland appears to have had a custom of preceding
the recital of the Great Tain with shorter stories.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The Great Tain is described as the central story of the Irish Heroic Age.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: A list of fourteen lesser Tains is mentioned, with three said to be lost and
eleven preserved titles named.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: 'Five lesser Tains are identified as edited and included in the volume: Dartada,
Flidais, Fraich, Regamon, and Regamna.'
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The last four tales are described as short and perhaps more truly preludes,
or remscela, than the Tain bo Fraich.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: The Tain bo Fraich is described as having enough interest to be independent
and as being as long as the other four tales together.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: All five tales are said to have been rendered into verse with a prose literal
translation opposite the verse rendering.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Each tale is said to have a short introduction describing manuscript authority
prefixed to it.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: The tales are said to appear to have been put into their present form later
than the Great Tain in order to lead up to it.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: The end of the Tain bo Flidais is described as a possible exception because
it seems to give a different account of the end of the war of Cualgne.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:12
text: The Tain bo Flidais is said to seem to claim that Cuchulain was defeated and
that Connaught gained his land for its allies.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:13
text: The last four tales are said to be expressly stated in the text to be remscela
to the Great Tain.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Banba
description: Named as one of the names of Ireland.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Ireland
description: A place or country for which Banba is given as one name; ancient Ireland
is also the setting of the stated recital custom.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Cuchulain
description: Named in a reported variant account as defeated.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Connaught
description: Named in a reported variant account as gaining Cuchulain's land for
its allies.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: alternate name of Ireland
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage states that Banba is one of the names of Ireland.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: named country and cultural setting
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Ireland is named through Banba and ancient Ireland is cited as the setting
for the recital custom.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: defeated named hero in reported variant account
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The preface says the Tain bo Flidais seems to claim that Cuchulain was defeated.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: land-gaining polity in reported variant account
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The preface says Connaught gained Cuchulain's land for its allies.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols: []
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Reported variant ending of the war of Cualgne
summary: The preface reports that the end of the Tain bo Flidais appears to give
a different ending to the war of Cualgne, claiming that Cuchulain was defeated
and Connaught gained his land for its allies.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Preludes leading to a central heroic narrative
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage describes shorter stories or remscela as preceding and leading
up to the Great Tain, which is called the central story of the Irish Heroic Age.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: This is primarily a literary-framing pattern described in a preface, not
a full narrative motif enacted within the passage.
- id: motif:2
label: Variant defeat of a hero and transfer of land
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The preface reports that the Tain bo Flidais seems to claim Cuchulain was
defeated and Connaught gained his land for its allies.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage only summarizes a possible exception or variant account; it
does not narrate the episode directly.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 8590-8592
quote_or_summary: '"Banba is one of the names of Ireland."'
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 evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 8598-8601
quote_or_summary: The preface says shorter stories customarily preceded recital
of the Great Tain, described as the central story of the Irish Heroic Age.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 8601-8606
quote_or_summary: A list of fourteen lesser Tains is cited; three are lost and the
preserved ones are named as Aingen, Dartada, Flidais, Fraich, Munad, Regamon,
Regamna, Ros, Ruanadh, Sailin, and Ere.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 8606-8608
quote_or_summary: 'Five edited tales are identified: Tain bo Dartada, Flidais, Fraich,
Regamon, and Regamna; the preface says all five are included in the volume.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 8610-8614
quote_or_summary: The last four tales are called short and perhaps more truly preludes,
or remscela, than Tain bo Fraich; Tain bo Fraich is described as interesting enough
to stand independently and as long as the other four together.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 8614-8619
quote_or_summary: All five tales are said to be rendered in verse with facing prose
literal translation, and each has a short introduction describing manuscript authority.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 8619-8622
quote_or_summary: The tales are said to seem to go back to a strong literary period,
but to have been put into their present form later than the Great Tain in order
to lead up to it.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 8622-8626
quote_or_summary: The preface notes a possible exception at the end of the Tain
bo Flidais, which appears to give a different ending to the war of Cualgne and
to claim that Cuchulain was defeated and Connaught gained his land for its allies.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:9
type: quote
locator: lines 8626-8627
quote_or_summary: The last four tales are "expressly stated in the text to be 'remscela'
to the Great Tain."
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 evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage is mostly prefatory and bibliographic rather than narrative.
Extracted motif candidates are limited to explicitly stated literary framing and
a summarized variant outcome.
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 taxonomy references were assigned because the passage does not directly support any provided motif-family or symbol taxonomy item.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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