batch.motif.celtic-welsh-mabinogion-guest-gutenberg-l1315-l1346
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-welsh-mabinogion-guest-gutenberg-l1315-l1346
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
passage_locator:
label: INTRODUCTION / C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC;
lines 1315-1346
start: '1315'
end: '1346'
translation: The Mabinogion
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Peredur rides through wilderness without food or drink, enters a tent in
a glade that he first mistakes for a church, is welcomed by a richly adorned maiden,
eats from the provisions, takes her ring with her assent, and leaves. The lord
of the tent returns, disbelieves the maiden's statement that she was not harmed,
imposes wandering on her, and sets out to seek Peredur.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Peredur mounts a horse, carries sharp-pointed forks, and rides away.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Peredur travels for two days and two nights through woody wildernesses and
desert places without food or drink.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: In a wild wood, Peredur sees a glade with a tent and initially treats the
tent as if it were a church by saying his Paternoster to it.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The tent contains a golden chair near the door, occupied by an auburn-haired
maiden wearing a golden frontlet with sparkling stones and a large gold ring.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The maiden welcomes Peredur into the tent.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Food, wine, wheaten loaves, and wild boar meat are present at the entrance
of the tent.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Peredur says his mother told him to take meat and drink wherever he saw them;
the maiden tells him to take the meat and welcome.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Peredur takes half of the food and drink for himself and leaves the rest to
the maiden.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Peredur kneels before the maiden and says his mother told him to take a fair
jewel wherever he saw one; the maiden assents, and he takes the ring.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: After Peredur leaves, the knight who owns the tent, called the Lord of the
Glade, returns and sees the horse track.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: The maiden tells the lord that a man of wonderful demeanour had been there
and says that the man harmed her not.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: The lord disbelieves the maiden, vows vengeance on Peredur, says she shall
not remain two nights in the same house, and goes to seek Peredur.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Peredur
description: A rider who travels through wilderness, enters the tent, eats provisions,
takes the maiden's ring, and continues his journey.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Auburn-haired maiden
description: A lovely maiden seated on a golden chair in the tent, wearing a golden
frontlet with sparkling stones and a gold ring; she welcomes Peredur and says
he may take food and the ring.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Lord of the Glade
description: The knight to whom the tent belongs; he returns, questions the maiden,
disbelieves her, vows revenge, and sets out to seek Peredur.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Peredur's mother
description: A figure referred to in Peredur's reported explanation of rules about
taking food, drink, and a fair jewel.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: traveler in wilderness
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Peredur rides through woody wildernesses and desert places without food or
drink.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: taker of provisions and ring
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Peredur eats half the provisions and takes the ring after citing his mother's
instructions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: welcoming maiden in tent
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The maiden welcomes Peredur and assents to his taking food and the ring.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: owner of the tent
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The knight who comes after Peredur is identified as the one to whom the tent
belonged and as Lord of the Glade.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: avenger and pursuer
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The lord vows to revenge the insult and sets forth to seek Peredur.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: source of behavioral instructions
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Peredur attributes his actions concerning meat, drink, and a jewel to instructions
from his mother.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: woody wilderness and desert places
literal_form: wilderness and desert route traversed for two days and nights without
food or drink
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: tent mistaken for church
literal_form: tent in a glade, first approached as a church by Peredur
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: golden chair
literal_form: golden chair near the tent door
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: gold frontlet with sparkling stones
literal_form: golden frontlet on the maiden's forehead, set with sparkling stones
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: gold ring
literal_form: large gold ring on the maiden's hand, later taken by Peredur
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: tent provisions
literal_form: food, two flasks of wine, two wheaten loaves, and wild boar meat
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:7
label: horse track
literal_form: track of Peredur's horse seen by the returning lord
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Peredur's deprivation journey
summary: Peredur rides out with sharp-pointed forks and travels two days and nights
through wilderness and desert without food or drink.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Encounter at the tent in the glade
summary: Peredur sees a tent in a glade, mistakes it for a church, enters, and is
welcomed by a richly adorned maiden seated on a golden chair.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Food and ring taken under maternal instructions
summary: Peredur explains his mother's instructions, eats half the provisions with
the maiden's permission, kneels, and takes the maiden's ring after her assent.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: The Lord of the Glade's return and pursuit
summary: The lord returns, questions the maiden, rejects her denial of harm, imposes
a penalty on her, and sets out to find Peredur.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: wilderness journey before an encounter
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Peredur leaves on horseback and undergoes a two-day-and-two-night passage
through wilderness and desert without food or drink before reaching the tent in
the glade.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives a journey episode but does not explicitly frame it as
a ritual departure or initiation.
- id: motif:2
label: sacred-looking shelter mistaken for church
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Peredur sees a tent in the wood and, because it seems to him to be a church,
says his Paternoster to it before entering.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage states the mistaken identification but does not explain its
symbolic meaning.
- id: motif:3
label: hospitality provisions in an isolated dwelling
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The maiden welcomes Peredur, food and wine are available at the tent entrance,
and he eats half while leaving the rest to her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents welcome and provisions, but not a formal feast or
exchange obligation.
- id: motif:4
label: taking a woman's ring after permission
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Peredur kneels, cites his mother's rule about taking a fair jewel, receives
the maiden's assent, and takes her ring.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The subsequent lord treats the episode as an insult, but the maiden's
speech reports no harm and permits the act.
- id: motif:5
label: jealous or offended lord pursues visitor
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The Lord of the Glade returns, sees evidence of a visitor, disbelieves the
maiden's denial of harm, vows vengeance, and sets out to seek Peredur.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not yet narrate the encounter between the lord and Peredur.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 1315-1319
quote_or_summary: Peredur mounts a horse, takes sharp-pointed forks, and journeys
two days and nights through woody wildernesses and desert places without food
or drink.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 1319-1323
quote_or_summary: In a wild wood, Peredur sees a glade and a tent; the tent seems
to him to be a church, so he repeats his Paternoster to it before approaching
the open door.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 1323-1327
quote_or_summary: Near the tent door is a golden chair on which sits a lovely auburn-haired
maiden wearing a golden frontlet with sparkling stones and a large gold ring;
she welcomes Peredur.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 1327-1332
quote_or_summary: At the tent entrance are food, two flasks of wine, two wheaten
loaves, and wild boar meat; Peredur says his mother told him to take meat and
drink, the maiden welcomes him to take it, and he takes half.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 1332-1336
quote_or_summary: After eating, Peredur kneels before the maiden, says his mother
told him to take any fair jewel he saw, receives her assent, takes the ring, mounts,
and leaves.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 1337-1346
quote_or_summary: The knight who owns the tent, the Lord of the Glade, returns,
sees the horse track, questions the maiden, hears that Peredur harmed her not,
disbelieves her, vows vengeance, forbids her to remain two nights in the same
house, and goes to seek Peredur.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Literal extraction is well supported by the supplied passage. Motif labels
are candidate-level and should be reviewed, especially taxonomy assignment to
departure.
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 itself does not support an explicit comparison to another tradition or motif family beyond local candidate motifs.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:celtic-welsh-mabinogion-guest-gutenberg__l1315-l1346
passage_sha256=76533d22559571fb2dc46a31c75ab3a4cd4e1d1b03e4b87dfa1d189ded2243f0