batch.motif.celtic-welsh-mabinogion-guest-gutenberg-l3759-l3843
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-welsh-mabinogion-guest-gutenberg-l3759-l3843
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 3759-3843
start: '3759'
end: '3843'
translation: The Mabinogion
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: After recovering among Arthur's host, Geraint resumes travel with Enid.
Hearing wailing near the road, he finds a young woman lamenting over her slain
husband and learns that three giants killed him. Geraint pursues and kills the
giants, but is badly wounded and collapses as if lifeless on returning to Enid.
The Earl of Limours finds the women, has the dead knight buried, and takes Geraint,
thought perhaps still alive, to his court. The Earl pressures Enid to accept him
and his earldom, to eat, and to drink, but she refuses while Geraint lies on the
bier. When the Earl strikes Enid, her cry rouses Geraint from a swoon; Geraint
rises from the bier, kills the Earl, and the company flees in dread at seeing
a seeming dead man rise.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Arthur and his host remain nearly a month while Geraint is healed; Arthur
permits Geraint to depart after physicians confirm his recovery.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Geraint asks Enid to ride ahead on the high road as she had done earlier.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Geraint and Enid hear loud wailing near the road, and Geraint goes to investigate
while Enid waits.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: In an open glade Geraint sees two horses, one with a man's saddle and one
with a woman's saddle, a knight lying dead in armor, and a young damsel lamenting
over him.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The young damsel says that three giants attacked without cause and slew her
beloved husband.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Geraint sends Enid to wait with the damsel and pursues the giants along the
high road.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Each giant is described as taller than three other men and carrying a huge
club.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: Geraint kills two giants with his lance and kills the third with his sword
after the third wounds him, splits his shield, crushes his shoulder, and reopens
his wounds.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:9
text: After returning to Enid, Geraint falls lifeless from his horse, and Enid cries
loudly over him.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: The Earl of Limours and his host come because of Enid's lamentation and question
the two women about their grief.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: The Earl has the slain knight buried and has Geraint carried in the hollow
of his shield and on a bier because he thinks some life may remain in him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: At the Earl's court, Geraint is placed on a litter-couch before the hall table.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:13
text: The Earl offers Enid himself and a good earldom and urges her to be joyful
whether Geraint lives or dies.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:14
text: Enid refuses to change garments, to be joyful, to eat, or to drink until the
man on the bier does likewise.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:15
text: The Earl strikes Enid on the ear after failing to persuade her gently or ungently.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:16
text: At the sound of Enid's cry, Geraint revives from his swoon, rises on the bier,
takes his sword from the hollow of his shield, and kills the Earl at the table.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:17
text: Those at the board flee, with the passage stating that their dread is caused
by seeing a dead man rise to slay them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Arthur
description: Leader with whom Geraint stays while recovering; he grants Geraint
permission to depart after consulting physicians.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Geraint
description: Recovered but recently wounded knight who travels with Enid, kills
the giants, collapses lifeless, revives from a swoon, and kills the Earl of Limours.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Enid
description: Geraint's companion and beloved, who rides ahead, laments over his
apparent death, refuses the Earl's offers, and cries out when struck.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Morgan Tud and the physicians
description: Physicians summoned by Arthur who confirm that Geraint is truly recovered.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Unnamed young damsel
description: A woman in riding dress who stands lamenting over her slain husband
in the glade.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Slain husband knight
description: An armored knight lying dead in the glade; the damsel identifies him
as her beloved husband slain by giants.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Three giants
description: Three large attackers, each greater in stature than three other men
and carrying a huge club; they are said to have killed the damsel's husband and
are killed by Geraint.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Earl of Limours
description: A lord who arrives with a host, takes Geraint to his court, pressures
Enid to accept him and his earldom, strikes her, and is killed by Geraint.
role_refs:
- role:11
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: The Earl's host and court company
description: People accompanying the Earl and present at the board who flee when
Geraint rises from the bier and kills the Earl.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: royal authority granting departure
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Arthur withholds and then grants permission for Geraint to leave after medical
confirmation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: wounded heroic combatant
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Geraint fights and kills the three giants while sustaining reopened wounds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: avenger of slain husband
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Geraint pursues the giants after hearing that they slew the damsel's husband.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: apparently dead reviver
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Geraint falls lifeless, is carried on a bier, and later revives from a swoon
at Enid's cry.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: loyal lamenting beloved
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Enid laments over Geraint and declares him the only man she has loved or
will love.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: resisting coerced suitor
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Enid refuses the Earl's offer, food, and drink while Geraint lies on the
bier.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: medical witnesses
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The physicians confirm to Arthur that Geraint is recovered.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:8
label: bereaved widow
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The damsel laments her slain beloved husband and explains his death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: murdered spouse
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The knight is found dead in armor and identified as the damsel's husband
killed by giants.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:10
label: giant aggressors
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The damsel states that the giants killed her husband without cause; Geraint
then fights them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:11
label: coercive host
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The Earl brings Enid and Geraint to his court, pressures Enid to eat and
drink, and strikes her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:12
label: would-be replacement husband
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The Earl offers Enid himself and a good earldom while Geraint lies on the
bier.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:13
label: fearful witnesses
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The company flees after seeing the seeming dead man rise and slay the Earl.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: high road
literal_form: Road on which Geraint and Enid travel and along which the giants depart.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: open glade
literal_form: Glade near the road where the dead armored knight, the damsel, and
the two saddled horses are found.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: paired saddled horses
literal_form: Two horses, one bearing a man's saddle and the other a woman's saddle.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: huge clubs
literal_form: Huge club carried on the shoulder of each giant.
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: shield as carrier
literal_form: Geraint is carried in the hollow of his shield and later finds his
sword there.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: sym:6
label: bier and litter-couch
literal_form: Bier and litter-couch on which Geraint is carried and placed before
the table.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: sym:7
label: hall table and board
literal_form: Table before which Geraint is laid and where the Earl presses Enid
to eat; the Earl is slain there.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: sym:8
label: goblet of liquor
literal_form: Goblet offered by the Earl to Enid, said by him to cause her to change
her mind.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Recovery and renewed journey
summary: Arthur's physicians confirm Geraint's recovery, Arthur permits him to depart,
and Geraint resumes travel with Enid riding before him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Wailing in the glade
summary: Geraint investigates loud wailing and finds a damsel lamenting over her
dead husband in a glade with two saddled horses.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Combat with the three giants
summary: Geraint sends Enid to the damsel, pursues the giants, kills them, and suffers
renewed wounds.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Collapse and lamentation
summary: Geraint returns to Enid and falls lifeless from his horse, causing Enid
to utter a piercing cry.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: The Earl takes the mourners to court
summary: The Earl of Limours arrives, hears the women's accounts, buries the dead
knight, and brings Geraint on a shield and bier to his court.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Enid's refusal in the hall
summary: The Earl offers himself and an earldom to Enid and tries to make her eat
and drink, but she refuses until Geraint can do the same.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:7
label: Revival from the bier and slaying of the Earl
summary: After the Earl strikes Enid, her cry rouses Geraint from his swoon; Geraint
rises, takes his sword, kills the Earl, and the company flees in dread.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Hero avenges a slain traveler by killing giants
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A damsel reports that three giants slew her husband without cause, and Geraint
pursues and kills them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents this as a local heroic episode; no broader taxonomy
reference is directly named.
- id: motif:2
label: Apparent death followed by revival
taxonomy_refs:
- death_rebirth
- resurrection
basis: Geraint falls lifeless, is carried on a bier, and later revives from a swoon
at Enid's cry; witnesses fear that a dead man has risen.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The narration specifies a swoon, so this is apparent death or perceived
resurrection rather than confirmed literal death and resurrection.
- id: motif:3
label: Loyal spouse refuses food and new union while beloved lies as dead
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Enid refuses joy, clothing, food, and drink and says she will not eat or
drink until the man on the bier does so.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage supports fidelity and refusal motifs, but no supplied taxonomy
family precisely matches it.
- id: motif:4
label: Coercive suitor attempts to replace apparently dead husband
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: The Earl offers Enid himself and an earldom while Geraint lies on the bier,
then uses force when she refuses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: Enid is pressured and struck, but she is not literally abducted in this
passage; the taxonomy reference is approximate.
- id: motif:5
label: Beloved's cry awakens the wounded hero
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Geraint revives from his swoon at the sound of Enid's cry after the Earl
strikes her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives a direct causal sequence but does not explicitly frame
the cry as magical.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 3759-3771
quote_or_summary: Arthur remains while Geraint is healed; physicians confirm his
recovery; Arthur permits him to leave; Geraint and Enid resume travel and hear
loud wailing near the road.
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 3771-3781
quote_or_summary: In a glade near the road Geraint sees two saddled horses, a dead
armored knight, and a young damsel lamenting; she says three giants slew her beloved
husband without cause and went by the high road.
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 3781-3795
quote_or_summary: Geraint sends Enid to the damsel, pursues three giants described
as taller than three men and bearing huge clubs, kills two with his lance and
the third with his sword, while the third wounds him and reopens his injuries.
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 3795-3799
quote_or_summary: Geraint returns to Enid, falls lifeless from his horse, and Enid
utters a piercing, loud cry over him.
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 3799-3814
quote_or_summary: The Earl of Limours and his host arrive because of Enid's lamentations;
he hears the women, has the dead knight buried, and has Geraint carried in the
hollow of his shield and on a bier to court, where Geraint is placed before the
hall table.
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 3814-3831
quote_or_summary: The Earl urges Enid to change garments, offers her himself and
an earldom, commands her to eat, and offers a goblet; Enid refuses joy, food,
and drink until the man on the bier does likewise.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 3831-3843
quote_or_summary: The Earl strikes Enid; her louder cry causes Geraint to revive
from his swoon, rise on the bier, take his sword from the hollow of his shield,
kill the Earl at the table, and cause the company to flee in dread of a dead man
rising.
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 taxonomy
assignments are cautious, especially where the narrative indicates swoon rather
than literal death.
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 make an explicit cross-traditional comparison. Available taxonomy symbol refs were not applied because none of the listed symbols are directly present as literal forms in the passage.
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