batch.motif.celtic-welsh-mabinogion-guest-gutenberg-l4228-l4311
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-welsh-mabinogion-guest-gutenberg-l4228-l4311
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 4228-4311
start: '4228'
end: '4311'
translation: The Mabinogion
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: 'The passage lists members and attendants associated with Arthur and others,
often adding brief marvels or distinctive capacities: extraordinary sight, construction
of Arthur''s hall, peculiar signs of paternity, a dagger used as a bridge over
water, vengeance for Kai, chief huntsmen and kin, prodigious leaping, standing,
mountain-leveling feet, fiery feet, extreme appetite, a boon called a plague of
Cornwall, sea-sucking, barn-destroying, exaggerated bodily features, swift messengers,
and triadic equipment, animals, relatives, and attendants.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage is structured as a roster of named persons connected with Arthur,
his household, Gwenhwyvar, or named regions.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
- id: obs:2
text: Drem son of Dremidyd is said to see a gnat from Cornwall to North Britain
when it rose in the morning with the sun.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Glwyddyn Saer is identified as the maker of Ehangwen, Arthur's Hall.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Kynyr Keinvarvawc describes signs by which his son may be known, including
cold heart and hands, stubbornness, hidden burdens, unusual resistance to fire
and water, and unequalled service.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Osla Gyllellvawr carries a short broad dagger that can be laid across a torrent
as a bridge for Arthur's armies and their spoil.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Gwyddawg son of Menestyr is said to have slain Kai, and Arthur is said to
have slain Gwyddawg and his brothers in revenge.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Gilla Coes Hydd is said to clear three hundred acres at one bound and is called
the chief leaper of Ireland.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Sol can stand all day on one foot; Gwadyn Ossol levels the highest mountain
under his feet; Gwadyn Odyeith emits sparks of fire from the soles of his feet
when they strike hard objects and clears Arthur's way at stoppages.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: Hirerwm and Hiratrwm consume enormous hospitality and then continue eating
from hunger, leaving no category of food uneaten when visiting.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Huarwar son of Aflawn asks Arthur for a boon that satisfies him, and the receiving
of it is called the third great plague of Cornwall.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Sugyn son of Sugnedydd can suck up a sea carrying three hundred ships and
leave only a dry strand.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: Rhacymwri, Arthur's attendant, can strike a barn containing thirty ploughs'
produce with an iron flail until its structure is reduced like oats on the floor.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:13
text: Gwevyl son of Gwestad has lips that move to exaggerated positions on days
when he is sad.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:14
text: Uchtryd Varyf Draws spreads his red untrimmed beard over forty-eight rafters
in Arthur's Hall.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: obs:15
text: Yskyrdav and Yscudydd are attendants of Gwenhwyvar whose feet are as swift
as their thoughts when bearing a message.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: obs:16
text: Bwlch, Kyfwlch, and Sefwlch are presented in triads of shields, spears, swords,
dogs, horses, wives, grandchildren, daughters, and handmaids.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Arthur
description: Central figure whose hall, companions, huntsmen, attendants, hosts,
vengeance, and way-clearing are mentioned.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:12
- ev:14
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Drem son of Dremidyd
description: A named person with extraordinary long-distance sight.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Glwyddyn Saer
description: The maker of Ehangwen, Arthur's Hall.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Kynyr Keinvarvawc and his son
description: Kynyr states distinctive signs that would prove the child is his son.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Osla Gyllellvawr
description: Bearer of a short broad dagger used as a bridge across torrents for
Arthur's hosts.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Gwyddawg son of Menestyr
description: Slayer of Kai, later slain with his brothers by Arthur in revenge for
Kai.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Gilla Coes Hydd
description: The chief leaper of Ireland, able to clear three hundred acres at one
bound.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Sol, Gwadyn Ossol, and Gwadyn Odyeith
description: Three named figures with abilities involving standing, leveling a mountain,
fiery feet, and clearing Arthur's way.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Hirerwm and Hiratrwm
description: Two visitors noted for enormous eating and drinking.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Huarwar son of Aflawn
description: A figure whose requested boon from Arthur is described as the third
great plague of Cornwall.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Sugyn son of Sugnedydd
description: A broad-chested figure able to suck up the sea around three hundred
ships.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Rhacymwri
description: An attendant of Arthur who destroys a barn with an iron flail.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Gwevyl son of Gwestad
description: A figure whose lips assume exaggerated positions when he is sad.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Uchtryd Varyf Draws
description: A figure with a red untrimmed beard large enough to cover forty-eight
rafters in Arthur's Hall.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Yskyrdav and Yscudydd
description: Two attendants of Gwenhwyvar, swift as thought when carrying messages.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: Bwlch, Kyfwlch, and Sefwlch
description: Three sons of Cleddyf Kyfwlch, described with triadic shields, spears,
swords, dogs, horses, wives, descendants, daughters, and handmaids.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Arthurian ruler and household center
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage repeatedly names Arthur's hall, hosts, attendants, huntsmen,
vengeance, and companions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:12
- ev:14
- id: role:2
label: marvel-endowed figure
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:11
- fig:13
- fig:14
basis: These figures are each given extraordinary bodily or perceptual traits or
powers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:11
- ev:13
- ev:14
- id: role:3
label: builder of Arthur's hall
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Glwyddyn Saer is said to have constructed Ehangwen, Arthur's Hall.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: paternal identifier through signs
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Kynyr names traits that will show whether the child is his son.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: weapon-bearer enabling crossing
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Osla bears the dagger that can be laid across a torrent to form a bridge.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: killer and revenge victim
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Gwyddawg is named as Kai's killer and as slain by Arthur in revenge.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: path-clearer for Arthur
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Gwadyn Odyeith clears the way for Arthur when there is a stoppage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: insatiable visitors
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Their visit consumes vast provisions and leaves no kind of food uneaten.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:9
label: recipient of Arthur's boon
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Huarwar asks Arthur for a boon that satisfies him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:10
label: destructive attendant of Arthur
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: Rhacymwri is called Arthur's attendant and destroys a barn with an iron flail.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: role:11
label: swift messengers of Gwenhwyvar
assigned_to:
- fig:15
basis: Yskyrdav and Yscudydd are attendants of Gwenhwyvar whose feet are swift as
their thoughts when bearing a message.
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: role:12
label: triadic warrior family group
assigned_to:
- fig:16
basis: Bwlch, Kyfwlch, and Sefwlch are listed with repeated sets of three weapons,
animals, relatives, and attendants.
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: water crossing
literal_form: torrent crossed by a sheathed dagger used as a bridge
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: fire and water resistance
literal_form: fire and water named as elements no one can resist as well as Kynyr's
son
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: mountain leveled under feet
literal_form: highest mountain in the world becoming a level plain under Gwadyn
Ossol's feet
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:4
label: sparks from feet
literal_form: sparks of fire emitted from the soles of Gwadyn Odyeith's feet when
they strike hard things
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:5
label: sea sucked dry
literal_form: sea carrying three hundred ships sucked up until only a dry strand
remains
associated_figures:
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:6
label: expansive hall and beard
literal_form: red untrimmed beard spread over forty-eight rafters in Arthur's Hall
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:14
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: sym:7
label: triadic weapons and animals
literal_form: three shields, three spears, three swords, three dogs, and three horses
belonging to the three brothers
associated_figures:
- fig:16
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Catalogue of Arthurian companions and marvels
summary: A sequence of named figures is listed with kinship ties, offices, regional
associations, and extraordinary capacities.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:14
- fig:15
- fig:16
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
- ev:14
- ev:15
- ev:16
- id: scene:2
label: Dagger bridge over torrent
summary: When Arthur's hosts need to cross a torrent, Osla's sheathed dagger is
laid across the water and becomes a bridge broad enough for armies and spoil.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Marvelous feet and path clearing
summary: Sol, Gwadyn Ossol, and Gwadyn Odyeith are described through feats of standing,
flattening a mountain, fiery impact, and clearing Arthur's path.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:4
label: Destructive or consuming retainers
summary: Hirerwm and Hiratrwm consume provisions on visits, Sugyn sucks up the sea,
and Rhacymwri destroys the structure of a barn with an iron flail.
figure_refs:
- fig:9
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: scene:5
label: Triadic equipment of three brothers
summary: Bwlch, Kyfwlch, and Sefwlch are described through repeated triads of shields,
spears, swords, dogs, horses, wives, descendants, daughters, and handmaids.
figure_refs:
- fig:16
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Roster of marvelous companions
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage lists many named members of Arthur's circle and other figures,
attaching extraordinary skills, body traits, implements, or appetites to them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:11
- ev:13
- ev:14
- ev:15
confidence: high
cautions: This is a descriptive motif label, not a supplied taxonomy reference.
- id: motif:2
label: Impossible bridge made from a weapon
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Osla's short broad dagger, while sheathed, is laid across a torrent and becomes
a bridge for Arthur's armies and spoil.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not explain the mechanism or ritual status of the object.
- id: motif:3
label: Element-resistant child recognized by paternal signs
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Kynyr states that if the son is his, he will have cold heart and hands, stubbornness,
hidden burdens, resistance to fire and water, and unmatched service.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The son is not named in this excerpt, and the signs are reported in speech
rather than narrated as fulfilled.
- id: motif:4
label: Superhuman bodily capacities in Arthur's retinue
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Figures are described with extraordinary sight, leaping, standing, mountain-leveling
feet, fiery feet, sea-sucking, expandable lips, oversized beard, and thought-swift
feet.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:11
- ev:13
- ev:14
- ev:15
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents a catalogue of attributes rather than a single continuous
narrative episode.
- id: motif:5
label: Insatiable or destructive visitors and attendants
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Hirerwm and Hiratrwm consume all kinds of food during visits, while Rhacymwri
destroys a barn and Sugyn can empty the sea.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:11
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: These traits occur in separate entries and are grouped here by functional
similarity only.
- id: motif:6
label: Triadic naming and equipment pattern
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Bwlch, Kyfwlch, and Sefwlch are described through repeated groups of three,
including weapons, dogs, horses, wives, descendants, daughters, and handmaids.
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
confidence: high
cautions: No external triad taxonomy is supplied; the pattern is internal to the
passage.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 4228-4311
quote_or_summary: The passage gives a long list of named figures, many linked to
Arthur's hall, hosts, attendants, huntsmen, relatives, or regional origins.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 4228-4234
quote_or_summary: Drem son of Dremidyd can see a gnat from Gelli Wic in Cornwall
to Pen Blathaon in North Britain when it rises with the sun.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 4234-4235
quote_or_summary: Glwyddyn Saer is identified as the one who constructed Ehangwen,
Arthur's Hall.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 4235-4245
quote_or_summary: Kynyr Keinvarvawc tells his wife that if the born son is his,
he will have cold heart and hands, be stubborn, carry unseen burdens, resist fire
and water better than anyone, and be unequalled as servant or officer.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 4248-4255
quote_or_summary: Osla Gyllellvawr bears a short broad dagger; when Arthur's hosts
come to a torrent, the sheathed dagger can be laid across it as a bridge for the
armies and their spoil.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 4255-4257
quote_or_summary: Gwyddawg son of Menestyr slew Kai, and Arthur slew Gwyddawg and
his brothers to revenge Kai.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 4265-4267
quote_or_summary: Gilla Coes Hydd clears three hundred acres at one bound and is
called the chief leaper of Ireland.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 4267-4273
quote_or_summary: Sol stands all day on one foot; Gwadyn Ossol levels the highest
mountain under his feet; Gwadyn Odyeith emits fiery sparks from his soles and
clears Arthur's way at stoppages.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 4273-4280
quote_or_summary: Hirerwm and Hiratrwm feast and drink through a visit, then keep
eating from hunger and leave neither fat nor lean, hot nor cold, sour nor sweet,
fresh nor salt, boiled nor raw.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 4280-4284
quote_or_summary: Huarwar son of Aflawn asks Arthur for a boon that satisfies him,
and its receipt is called the third great plague of Cornwall; only satisfaction
can make him smile.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 4285-4288
quote_or_summary: Sugyn son of Sugnedydd can suck up the sea on which three hundred
ships are sailing, leaving a dry strand, and is described as broad-chested.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: 4288-4293
quote_or_summary: Rhacymwri, Arthur's attendant, strikes a barn containing the produce
of thirty ploughs with an iron flail until rafters, beams, and boards are like
small oats on the floor.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: 4295-4297
quote_or_summary: On sad days, Gwevyl son of Gwestad lets one lip drop below his
waist and turns the other up like a cap on his head.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: 4297-4299
quote_or_summary: Uchtryd Varyf Draws spreads his red untrimmed beard over forty-eight
rafters in Arthur's Hall.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:15
type: summary
locator: 4299-4302
quote_or_summary: Yskyrdav and Yscudydd are two attendants of Gwenhwyvar whose feet
are swift as their thoughts when bearing a message.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:16
type: summary
locator: 4304-4311
quote_or_summary: Bwlch, Kyfwlch, and Sefwlch, sons of Cleddyf Kyfwlch, are listed
with three shields, three spears, three swords named Glas, Glessic, and Gleisad,
three dogs, three horses, three wives, three grandchildren, three daughters, and
three handmaids.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Motif labels are descriptive
because the available taxonomy does not include a precise family for catalogues
of marvelous Arthurian companions.
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 does not itself make a comparative claim beyond its internal catalogue and labels.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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