batch.motif.celtic-welsh-mabinogion-guest-gutenberg-l1431-l1452
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-welsh-mabinogion-guest-gutenberg-l1431-l1452
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 1431-1452
start: '1431'
end: '1452'
translation: The Mabinogion
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Peredur meets a knight who claims to be Arthur's enemy and to have slain
Arthur's men. Peredur defeats him, grants mercy on condition that he swear to
go to Arthur's court and report Peredur's victory and his vow not to return until
he has avenged the insult to the dwarf and dwarfess. During the same week Peredur
defeats sixteen more knights, all of whom carry the same message to Arthur's court.
Arthur reproves Kai, who is grieved.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Peredur rides forward and meets a knight who questions where he has come from
and whether he is one of Arthur's men.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The knight says that he has always been Arthur's enemy and has slain Arthur's
men when he encountered them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Peredur and the knight fight, and Peredur brings the knight to the ground
over his horse's crupper.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The defeated knight asks for mercy, and Peredur grants it on condition that
the knight swear to go to Arthur's court and report Peredur's victory.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Peredur sends word that he will not come to Arthur's court until he has avenged
the insult offered to the dwarf and dwarfess.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Within that week Peredur encounters and shamefully overthrows sixteen knights.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The sixteen defeated knights go to Arthur's court carrying the same message
and threat sent by Peredur.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: Arthur reproves Kai, and Kai is greatly grieved.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Peredur
description: A man associated with Arthur's court who defeats the hostile knight
and later sixteen more knights, sending messages to Arthur's court.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: First encountered knight
description: A knight who says he has always been Arthur's enemy, fights Peredur,
is defeated, asks for mercy, and pledges to carry Peredur's message.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Arthur
description: Lord of the court from which Peredur says he comes; he later reproves
Kai.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Kai
description: The recipient of Peredur's conveyed threat; he is reproved by Arthur
and grieved.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Dwarf and dwarfess
description: A pair whose insult Peredur says he intends to avenge before returning
to Arthur's court.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Sixteen knights
description: Knights encountered within the same week, all overthrown by Peredur
and sent to Arthur's court with his message and threat.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Arthur's man
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Peredur answers that he is one of Arthur's men after saying he comes from
Arthur's court.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: victorious combatant
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Peredur defeats the first hostile knight and later overthrows sixteen knights.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: avenger of insult
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Peredur says he will not come to court until he has avenged the insult to
the dwarf and dwarfess.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: defeated opponent
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:6
basis: The first knight and the sixteen later knights are all overthrown by Peredur.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: compelled messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:6
basis: The defeated knights go to Arthur's court carrying Peredur's message and
threat.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: courtly authority
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Arthur's court is the destination of the messages, and Arthur reproves Kai
after receiving them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: threatened and reproved court figure
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Peredur's threat is conveyed to Kai, and Arthur later reproves Kai.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: insulted pair
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Peredur names the dwarf and dwarfess as those whose insult he intends to
avenge.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
symbols: []
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Encounter with Arthur's enemy
summary: Peredur meets a knight who identifies him as one of Arthur's men and declares
his hostility to Arthur's followers.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Defeat, mercy, and oath-bound message
summary: Peredur defeats the knight, grants mercy in return for an oath, and sends
him to Arthur's court with a report of the victory and a vow of vengeance before
returning.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Sixteen further overthrows
summary: Within the week Peredur defeats sixteen knights and they also go to Arthur's
court with the same message and threat.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Arthur reproves Kai
summary: After the messages reach the court, Arthur reproves Kai, who is grieved.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: victorious hero overthrows hostile knights
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Peredur defeats a knight who has slain Arthur's men and then defeats sixteen
additional knights within the week.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives combat outcomes but little description of weapons, ritual,
or supernatural context.
- id: motif:2
label: defeated opponent spared and sent as messenger
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Peredur grants mercy to the first defeated knight only if he swears to go
to Arthur's court and convey Peredur's message; later defeated knights carry the
same message.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The first knight explicitly pledges an oath; the passage states that the
later knights carry the same message but does not individually describe their
oaths.
- id: motif:3
label: vow of delayed return until vengeance is fulfilled
taxonomy_refs:
- return
basis: Peredur states that he will never come to Arthur's court until he has avenged
the insult offered to the dwarf and dwarfess.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is cautious because the passage emphasizes refusal
or delay of return, not an actual completed return.
- id: motif:4
label: retaliation for insult to vulnerable or low-status figures
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Peredur frames his absence from Arthur's court around avenging the insult
to the dwarf and dwarfess.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage mentions the insult but does not recount the original event
in this line range.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 1431-1436
quote_or_summary: Peredur rides forward, meets a knight, says he comes from Arthur's
court and is one of Arthur's men; the knight says he has always been Arthur's
enemy and has slain Arthur's men.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 1436-1445
quote_or_summary: Peredur and the knight fight; Peredur overthrows him. The knight
asks mercy. Peredur grants it if he swears to go to Arthur's court, report that
Peredur overthrew him for the honour of Arthur's service, and say that Peredur
will not come to court until he has avenged the insult to the dwarf and dwarfess.
The knight pledges and carries the message and threat to Kai.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 1447-1451
quote_or_summary: Within that week Peredur encounters sixteen knights and overthrows
them all shamefully; they all go to Arthur's court carrying the same message and
the same threat to Kai.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 1451-1452
quote_or_summary: Arthur reproves Kai, and Kai is greatly grieved.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal events and figures are clear in the passage. Motif labels are descriptive
and passage-level; taxonomy alignment is limited.
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 symbolic taxonomy entries were assigned because the passage contains no clear cave, fire, milk, mountain, serpent, tree, or water symbol and no explicit symbolic object requiring extraction.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:celtic-welsh-mabinogion-guest-gutenberg__l1431-l1452
passage_sha256=6a392a703cceb2fdac3c1b9e7f350d7de10b3a8b6b8bef20c371c756ed86c2da