batch.motif.celtic-welsh-mabinogion-guest-gutenberg-l2930-l3016
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-welsh-mabinogion-guest-gutenberg-l2930-l3016
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
passage_locator:
label: C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT
THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 2930-3016
start: '2930'
end: '3016'
translation: The Mabinogion
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Geraint accepts hospitality and healing at his former lodging, mediates
restoration of Earl Ynywl's possessions, receives Ynywl's offer of the maiden,
and sets out for Arthur's court. The narrative then shifts to Arthur's stag hunt,
the killing of the stag by Arthur, a dispute over the stag's head, Gwenhwyvar's
counsel to wait for Geraint, and a watch that sees three riders approaching.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The little or young Earl invites Geraint to his castle, but Geraint says he
will stay where he stayed the previous night.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The young Earl provides supplies, lodging arrangements, fire, straw, ointment,
and washing for Geraint after his fatigue.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Geraint tells the maiden not to dress beyond her vest and veil until she comes
to Arthur's court to be clothed by Gwenhwyvar.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Geraint, the young Earl, Earl Ynywl, the maiden, and her mother sit in ordered
precedence at a meal and receive abundant service and gifts.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Geraint refuses the young Earl's invitation for the next day and says he will
go to Arthur's court with the maiden and seek to improve Earl Ynywl's maintenance.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The young Earl agrees to follow Geraint's counsel, restore what belonged to
Ynywl, and return what Ynywl should have received since losing his possessions.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Those owing homage to Ynywl perform it, and Ynywl's castle, town, possessions,
and smallest jewel are restored.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Earl Ynywl offers the maiden to Geraint, and Geraint says she will go with
him to Arthur's court for Arthur and Gwenhwyvar to dispose of her as they will.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: Arthur's hunting parties release dogs after the stag; Cavall, Arthur's favorite
dog, overtakes the other dogs and turns the stag.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Arthur strikes the stag and cuts off its head before anyone else can slay
it; a death horn is sounded and the company gathers.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Kadyrieith tells Arthur that Gwenhwyvar is nearby with only one maiden, and
Arthur orders Gildas son of Caw and the scholars of the court to escort her to
the palace.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: The household and knights dispute sharply about which beloved lady should
receive the stag's head.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:13
text: Gwenhwyvar advises Arthur that the stag's head should not be given away until
Geraint returns from his errand, and Arthur agrees.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:14
text: 'A watch is set on the ramparts for Geraint, and after midday three mounted
figures are seen approaching: an unshapely little man, a female figure, and a
large sorrowful knight in broken armor.'
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Geraint
description: A chieftain and knight who is hosted, healed, mediates Ynywl's restoration,
and plans to bring the maiden to Arthur's court.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: the little Earl / young Earl
description: An earl who hosts Geraint, provides ointment and service, and restores
Ynywl's possessions at Geraint's request.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Earl Ynywl
description: A dispossessed earl whose castle, town, possessions, and homage are
restored; he offers the maiden to Geraint.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Ynywl's wife
description: The wife of Earl Ynywl, present at Geraint's lodging and seated beside
the maiden at the meal.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: the maiden / Ynywl's daughter
description: The maiden for whom Geraint challenged at the tournament; she is instructed
to remain in vest and veil until clothed by Gwenhwyvar and is offered to Geraint
by Ynywl.
role_refs:
- role:9
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Arthur
description: The ruler at whose court Geraint intends to go; he hunts and beheads
the stag and accepts Gwenhwyvar's counsel about the stag's head.
role_refs:
- role:11
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:13
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Gwenhwyvar
description: Arthur's queen; Geraint expects her to clothe the maiden, and she advises
that the stag's head await Geraint's return.
role_refs:
- role:13
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
- ev:11
- ev:13
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Cavall
description: Arthur's favorite dog, last released in the hunt and the dog that turns
the stag toward Arthur's party.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: the stag
description: The hunted animal turned by Cavall and beheaded by Arthur.
role_refs:
- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Kadyrieith
description: A speaker who informs Arthur that Gwenhwyvar is nearby with only one
maiden.
role_refs:
- role:17
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Gildas son of Caw and the scholars of the Court
description: Persons commanded by Arthur to attend Gwenhwyvar to the palace.
role_refs:
- role:18
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: unshapely little man on a horse
description: A mounted figure seen after midday by the watch on the ramparts.
role_refs:
- role:19
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: dame or damsel on horseback
description: A female mounted figure seen after the unshapely little man.
role_refs:
- role:19
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: large sorrowful knight in broken armor
description: A large mounted knight, bowed down and sorrowful, wearing broken and
worthless armor, seen after the female rider.
role_refs:
- role:19
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
roles:
- id: role:1
label: honored guest receiving hospitality
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Geraint is invited, supplied, anointed, washed, seated, and served.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: mediator of restitution
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Geraint asks the young Earl to restore Ynywl's property and calls for homage
to be performed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: escort to Arthur's court
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Geraint says he will go with the maiden to Arthur's court.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: host and provider
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The young Earl offers hospitality, goods, ointment, attendants, and a meal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: restoring party in dispute
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: He agrees to restore Ynywl's possessions and abide by Geraint's counsel.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:6
label: dispossessed noble restored to property
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Ynywl is described as in poverty and trouble and receives back castle, town,
possessions, and jewels.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: father or guardian bestowing maiden
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Ynywl presents the maiden to Geraint after the restoration.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: female member of Ynywl's household
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: She accompanies Ynywl and sits with the maiden and Geraint at the meal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:9
label: maiden associated with tournament challenge
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Ynywl identifies her as the maiden for whom Geraint challenged at the tournament.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:10
label: court-bound woman awaiting Gwenhwyvar's clothing
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Geraint commands that she remain in vest and veil until Gwenhwyvar clothes
her at Arthur's court.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:11
label: kingly court authority
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Geraint defers the maiden's disposition to Arthur and Gwenhwyvar, and Gwenhwyvar
counsels Arthur about the stag's head.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:13
- id: role:12
label: hunter and slayer of stag
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Arthur sets upon the stag and cuts off its head.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:13
label: queenly disposer or adornment authority
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Geraint says Gwenhwyvar is to clothe the maiden in garments of her choosing
and shares in disposing of her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: role:14
label: counselor in courtly dispute
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Gwenhwyvar advises that the stag's head await Geraint's return, and Arthur
agrees.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: role:15
label: favored hunting dog
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Cavall is named as Arthur's favorite dog and turns the stag.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:16
label: hunted quarry and trophy source
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The stag is hunted, beheaded, and its head becomes disputed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: role:17
label: messenger or notifier
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Kadyrieith tells Arthur where Gwenhwyvar is and who is with her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:18
label: escort party
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Arthur commands them to attend Gwenhwyvar to the palace.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:19
label: approaching rider seen by watch
assigned_to:
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:14
basis: The watch on the ramparts sees the mounted figures approaching after midday.
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: fire used in prepared lodging
literal_form: fire
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: ointment for recovery
literal_form: ointment
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: vest and veil
literal_form: vest and veil
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: restored possessions
literal_form: castle, town, possessions, and smallest jewel
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:5
label: stag's head
literal_form: head of the stag
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: sym:6
label: death horn
literal_form: death horn sounded for the slaying
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:7
label: broken and worthless armor
literal_form: broken and worthless armour
associated_figures:
- fig:14
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Hospitality and healing at the lodging
summary: The young Earl invites Geraint, but Geraint returns to his former lodging,
where attendants prepare housing, fire, straw, ointment, and washing for him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Courtly meal and ordered seating
summary: Geraint, the young Earl, Earl Ynywl, the maiden, her mother, and others
sit according to precedence, eat, receive service, and exchange conversation.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Restoration of Ynywl's property
summary: Geraint mediates between the young Earl and Ynywl; homage is performed,
and Ynywl's castle, town, possessions, and jewels are returned.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Maiden entrusted for Arthur's court
summary: Ynywl offers the maiden to Geraint, but Geraint says she will go with him
to Arthur's court for Arthur and Gwenhwyvar to decide her disposition.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Arthur's stag hunt
summary: Arthur's hunting parties release dogs; Cavall turns the stag toward Arthur,
who cuts off its head and gathers the company by the death horn.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:6
label: Dispute over the stag's head and watch for Geraint
summary: The court disputes which beloved lady should receive the stag's head; Gwenhwyvar
advises delay until Geraint's return, and a watch later sees three riders approaching.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:9
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:14
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- ev:14
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Hospitality and healing of a fatigued knight
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Geraint is offered lodging, supplies, ointment, washing, food, and gifts
after fatigue and weariness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents practical hospitality rather than an explicitly supernatural
healing.
- id: motif:2
label: Restoration of a dispossessed noble's rights
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Geraint secures the return of Ynywl's property and homage through counsel
and treaty.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is functional; the passage concerns noble possessions
and homage rather than a full kingship accession.
- id: motif:3
label: Maiden won or claimed through tournament service but deferred to royal court
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Ynywl identifies the maiden as the one for whom Geraint challenged at the
tournament, while Geraint defers her final disposition to Arthur and Gwenhwyvar.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not describe a marriage ceremony or explicit sacred exchange;
the label is limited to the courtly transfer and deferral.
- id: motif:4
label: Royal stag hunt and contested trophy for the beloved lady
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Arthur kills the stag, the stag's head becomes an object of dispute among
knights wishing to give it to favored ladies, and Gwenhwyvar delays its award.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:12
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: The trophy is courtly and honorific in this passage; no sacred status
is explicitly stated.
- id: motif:5
label: Awaited return from an errand to resolve courtly honor
taxonomy_refs:
- return
basis: Gwenhwyvar counsels that the stag's head not be awarded until Geraint returns
from his errand, and a watch is set for his coming.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:14
confidence: high
cautions: The wider context of Geraint's errand is only partly present in the passage.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 2930-2942
quote_or_summary: The little Earl greets Geraint, invites him to his castle, promises
provisions and ointment, and Geraint chooses to return to his previous lodging
with Ynywl's family.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 2942-2950
quote_or_summary: Servants prepare the houses with straw and fire; ointment is made
ready; Geraint is washed and comes from anointing.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 2950-2958
quote_or_summary: Geraint asks where Ynywl's family is and directs that the maiden
remain in vest and veil until Gwenhwyvar clothes her at Arthur's court.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 2959-2967
quote_or_summary: The company enters the hall, washes, sits by rank around Geraint,
eats, is abundantly served, and receives many gifts.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 2967-2974
quote_or_summary: Geraint declines a next-day visit, says he will go to Arthur's
court with the maiden, and says he seeks to add to Ynywl's maintenance while Ynywl
is in poverty and trouble.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 2974-2983
quote_or_summary: The young Earl says he will abide by Geraint's counsel, and Geraint
asks him to restore what is Ynywl's and what Ynywl should have received since
losing his possessions.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 2983-2989
quote_or_summary: Those owing homage to Ynywl perform it; by the treaty Ynywl's
castle, town, possessions, and smallest jewel are restored.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 2990-2997
quote_or_summary: Ynywl offers the maiden to Geraint; Geraint says she will go with
him to Arthur's court and that Arthur and Gwenhwyvar will dispose of her as they
will.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 3000-3006
quote_or_summary: Arthur's hunters release dogs after the stag; Cavall, Arthur's
favorite dog, surpasses the others and turns the stag toward Arthur's hunting
party.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 3006-3009
quote_or_summary: Arthur attacks the stag, cuts off its head before another can
slay it, and the death horn is sounded.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 3010-3015
quote_or_summary: Kadyrieith tells Arthur that Gwenhwyvar is nearby with only one
maiden; Arthur orders Gildas son of Caw and the court scholars to attend her to
the palace.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: 3016-3022
quote_or_summary: The company discusses who should receive the stag's head; household
and knights sharply dispute giving it to their best-beloved ladies.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: 3022-3029
quote_or_summary: Gwenhwyvar counsels Arthur not to give away the stag's head until
Geraint returns from his errand, and Arthur agrees.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: 3029-3036
quote_or_summary: Gwenhwyvar sets a watch on the ramparts; after midday they see
an unshapely little man on horseback, a female rider, and a large sorrowful knight
in broken armor.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal events and figures are clear in the supplied passage. Motif taxonomy
assignments are cautious because the passage is courtly narrative and does not
always mark symbolic or sacred significance explicitly.
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: |-
Used only the supplied passage and metadata. Some evidence locators extend slightly beyond the user-supplied terminal line label because the provided passage text includes continuation material about the stag head and watch.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:celtic-welsh-mabinogion-guest-gutenberg__l2930-l3016
passage_sha256=f57a964b336c952015835568a641c958e79cc53d7eb924305469d4bde991ccb9