batch.motif.celtic-welsh-mabinogion-guest-gutenberg-l5452-l5541
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-welsh-mabinogion-guest-gutenberg-l5452-l5541
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
passage_locator:
label: THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF
ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY; lines 5452-5541
start: '5452'
end: '5541'
translation: The Mabinogion
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Rhonabwy, in sleep, seems to journey with companions across Argyngroeg
toward Rhyd y Groes on the Severn. They meet Iddawc, a fearsome yellow-and-green
horseman, who explains that his distorted embassy between Arthur and Medrawd helped
cause the battle of Camlan and that he later did penance and gained pardon. A
red horseman, Rhuvawn Pebyr, appears and takes a share in accompanying the little
men. The party reaches the ford, where a great encampment surrounds Arthur seated
on an island. Iddawc points out Arthur’s ring-stone, whose property allows Rhonabwy
to remember the night’s vision. A red troop belonging to Rhuvawn then comes to
the ford and encamps above it.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Sleep comes upon Rhonabwy, and it seems to him that he journeys with companions
across the plain of Argyngroeg toward Rhyd y Groes on the Severn.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A mighty noise precedes the appearance of a yellow-haired youth on a chestnut
horse, dressed in yellow satin and green silk with a gold-hilted sword.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The yellow-and-green horseman’s fierce aspect frightens the travellers, and
his horse’s breathing alternately drives them distant and draws them close to
its chest.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The horseman grants mercy and identifies himself as Iddawc son of Mynyo, better
known by the nickname Iddawc Cordd Prydain.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Iddawc says that, as Arthur’s messenger to Medrawd before Camlan, he changed
conciliatory messages into harsh words and thereby stirred up wrath and battle.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Iddawc says he left before the end of Camlan, did penance for seven years
at Llech Las in North Britain, and gained pardon.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: A louder sound precedes the appearance of a ruddy, beardless youth on a stately
horse, dressed in red satin and yellow silk.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The red horseman asks Iddawc for a share of the little men travelling with
him and is identified as Rhuvawn Pebyr son of Prince Deorthach.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: At Rhyd y Groes, tents and encampments extend around the ford, and there is
the clamour of a mighty host.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Arthur sits on a flat island below the ford with Bedwini the Bishop on one
side and Gwarthegyd son of Kaw on the other.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: A tall auburn-haired youth stands before Arthur holding a sheathed sword and
wearing black satin.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: Arthur smiles and says he pities that men of the travellers’ stature should
have the island in their keeping after the men who guarded it formerly.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: Iddawc says the stone in Arthur’s ring enables Rhonabwy to remember what he
sees that night; without seeing it, he would remember nothing.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:14
text: Rhuvawn’s troop is described as all red as blood; when one knight rides from
it, he looks like a pillar of fire crossing the sky.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:15
text: Rhuvawn’s troop is said to be served with mead and bragget, beloved by kings’
daughters, and worthy because they were in front and rear in every peril.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Rhonabwy
description: The dreamer who sees the journey, questions Iddawc, and is told about
Arthur’s ring-stone.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Rhonabwy’s companions / little men
description: Companions travelling with Rhonabwy; Arthur and others refer to them
as little men or men of small stature.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Iddawc son of Mynyo / Iddawc Cordd Prydain
description: A fierce yellow-and-green horseman who overtakes the travellers, grants
mercy, and explains his role in causing Camlan through distorted messages.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Arthur
description: Called Emperor; seated on a flat island below the ford, with attendants,
and wearing a ring with a memory-giving stone.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Medrawd
description: Arthur’s nephew and foster-son, to whom Iddawc was sent with peace-seeking
messages before Camlan.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Rhuvawn Pebyr son of Prince Deorthach
description: A ruddy horseman dressed in red and yellow who asks for a share of
the little men; his troop later approaches the ford.
role_refs:
- role:10
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Bedwini the Bishop
description: A bishop seated on one side of Arthur at the flat island below the
ford.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Gwarthegyd son of Kaw
description: A figure seated on the other side of Arthur at the flat island below
the ford.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Auburn-haired youth before Arthur
description: A tall youth with auburn hair, a sheathed sword, black satin clothing,
a white face, black eyebrows, and a notably thick white wrist.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Rhuvawn’s troop
description: A troop belonging to Rhuvawn Pebyr, uniformly red as blood, praised
for perilous service, and compared to fire when a knight rides out.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Daughters of the kings of the Island of Britain
description: Women said to love Rhuvawn’s troop freely.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: dream-vision witness
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Rhonabwy sleeps and sees the journey and later is told how he will remember
what he sees that night.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: role:2
label: questioner
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Rhonabwy asks Iddawc who he is and later asks about the red horseman and
troop.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: small-statured travellers
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They accompany Rhonabwy and are called little men; Arthur remarks on their
stature.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: fearsome mounted guide or captor
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Iddawc pursues and overtakes the travellers, grants mercy, and then accompanies
them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: failed peace-messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: He says Arthur sent him to Medrawd to seek peace, but he delivered harsh
sayings instead.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: penitent offender
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: He says he did penance seven years at Llech Las and gained pardon.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: emperor and island lord
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Arthur is called Emperor and sits at the ford with attendants; he comments
on who keeps the island.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: bearer of memory-giving ring-stone
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The stone in Arthur’s ring allows Rhonabwy to remember the night’s vision.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:9
label: opposed kinsman at Camlan
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Medrawd is identified as Arthur’s nephew and foster-son, and Iddawc’s altered
messages help lead to battle with him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:10
label: red horseman
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Rhuvawn appears as a ruddy youth dressed in red and yellow on a stately horse.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:11
label: leader of praised troop
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The approaching troop at the ford is said to belong to Rhuvawn Pebyr.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:12
label: Arthur’s attendant at the ford
assigned_to:
- fig:7
- fig:8
basis: Bedwini and Gwarthegyd sit on either side of Arthur on the island below the
ford.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:13
label: armed youth before Arthur
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: He stands before Arthur holding a sheathed sword and wearing black satin.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:14
label: elite peril-facing warriors
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The troop is praised as always at the front and rear in every peril.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:15
label: royal beloved women
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: They are said to love Rhuvawn’s troop freely.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: dream journey
literal_form: sleep followed by seeming travel across Argyngroeg toward Rhyd y Groes
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: ford of Rhyd y Groes on the Severn
literal_form: a ford on the Severn with camps around it and Arthur seated below
it on an island
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: memory-giving ring-stone
literal_form: stone set in Arthur’s ring that enables remembrance of the night’s
sights
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: red blood-coloured troop
literal_form: men and horses all red as blood
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:5
label: pillar of fire comparison
literal_form: a knight from Rhuvawn’s troop looks like a pillar of fire glancing
across the sky
associated_figures:
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:6
label: yellow and green mounted appearance
literal_form: Iddawc’s yellow satin and green silk clothing and green horse caparison,
compared to broom blossom and fir leaves
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:7
label: distorted embassy speech
literal_form: fair sayings changed into harsh sayings during an embassy between
Arthur and Medrawd
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Sleep and journey across Argyngroeg
summary: Rhonabwy falls asleep and seems to travel with companions across Argyngroeg
toward the Severn ford.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Iddawc overtakes the travellers
summary: A mighty sound announces Iddawc, whose appearance frightens the travellers;
he pursues them, grants mercy, and names himself.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Iddawc recounts Camlan and penance
summary: Iddawc explains that he changed Arthur’s peaceful messages to Medrawd into
harsh words, helping to bring about Camlan, and later performed penance and received
pardon.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Rhuvawn Pebyr appears
summary: A louder sound announces a red-and-yellow horseman, later named Rhuvawn
Pebyr, who asks Iddawc for a share of the little men.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Arthur at the ford
summary: The party reaches Rhyd y Groes, sees a great encampment, and beholds Arthur
seated on an island below the ford with attendants and an armed youth before him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: The ring-stone and remembrance
summary: Iddawc points out Arthur’s ring-stone and says that seeing it enables Rhonabwy
to remember the night’s vision.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:7
label: Rhuvawn’s red troop encamps
summary: A troop belonging to Rhuvawn approaches the ford; they are praised for
perilous service, described as entirely red, and compared to fire when a knight
rides out.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:6
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: dream-vision journey to a heroic encampment
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: The episode begins with sleep and a seeming journey that leads Rhonabwy to
Arthur’s encampment and requires a special ring-stone for later remembrance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents the experience as a dream or seeming journey, but
does not explicitly frame it as a quest.
- id: motif:2
label: magical object enabling memory of a vision
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The stone in Arthur’s ring is said to have the property of making Rhonabwy
remember what he sees that night.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The object’s function is limited to remembrance in this passage.
- id: motif:3
label: messenger’s distorted speech causes catastrophic battle
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Iddawc says Arthur sent him with peace-seeking words to Medrawd, but he delivered
harsh words, stirred up wrath, and from this Camlan ensued.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: No external typological taxonomy reference is assigned from the supplied
list.
- id: motif:4
label: penance after causing war and receiving pardon
taxonomy_refs:
- initiation
basis: Iddawc leaves before the end of Camlan, performs seven years of penance at
Llech Las, and gains pardon.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage states penance and pardon literally, but does not describe
a full initiation sequence.
- id: motif:5
label: fire-like red warrior troop
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Rhuvawn’s troop is uniformly red as blood, and a knight riding from it resembles
a pillar of fire across the sky.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a visual martial image rather than a developed narrative motif
in the passage.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 5452-5456
quote_or_summary: Rhonabwy falls asleep and seems to journey with companions across
Argyngroeg toward Rhyd y Groes on the Severn.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 5456-5475
quote_or_summary: A mighty sound announces a yellow-haired youth on a chestnut horse,
clothed in yellow and green, bearing a gold-hilted sword; his fierce aspect frightens
the travellers, and his horse’s breathing moves them far and near.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 5475-5500
quote_or_summary: The horseman grants mercy, identifies himself as Iddawc Cordd
Prydain, says he altered Arthur’s peace-seeking messages to Medrawd into harsh
words, caused Camlan to ensue, then did seven years’ penance and gained pardon.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 5501-5517
quote_or_summary: A louder sound announces a ruddy beardless youth in red and yellow
on a stately horse; he asks Iddawc for a share of the little men and is identified
as Rhuvawn Pebyr son of Prince Deorthach.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 5518-5530
quote_or_summary: At Rhyd y Groes, tents and encampments surround the ford; Arthur
sits on a flat island below the ford with Bedwini and Gwarthegyd beside him, while
an auburn-haired youth in black satin stands before him with a sheathed sword.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 5531-5539
quote_or_summary: Iddawc presents the little men to Arthur; Arthur remarks on their
stature, and Iddawc tells Rhonabwy that the stone in Arthur’s ring enables him
to remember what he sees that night.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 5540-5541
quote_or_summary: Rhuvawn’s troop approaches the ford; they are served with mead
and bragget, loved by kings’ daughters, praised for facing peril, all red as blood,
and one knight appears like a pillar of fire; the troop encamps above the ford.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is strong for figures, objects, and scenes. Motif assignment
is more interpretive, especially where the supplied taxonomy does not include
exact categories for Arthurian dream-vision, memory-ring, or failed-message patterns.
No comparison claims were made because the passage itself does not require an
explicit cross-traditional comparison.
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: |-
All claims are based only on the supplied passage and metadata.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:celtic-welsh-mabinogion-guest-gutenberg__l5452-l5541
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