batch.motif.celtic-welsh-mabinogion-guest-gutenberg-l7208-l7299
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-welsh-mabinogion-guest-gutenberg-l7208-l7299
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
passage_locator:
label: PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY
/ PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 7208-7299
start: '7208'
end: '7299'
translation: The Mabinogion
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: A man later identified in the passage as Pryderi is trapped when he touches
a beautiful golden bowl on a slab. Rhiannon follows him into the castle, touches
the bowl, and is likewise trapped; thunder, mist, and the disappearance of the
castle follow. Manawyddan reassures Kicva of his honorable friendship, then they
leave for Lloegyr, where he works as a shoemaker until rival craftsmen plot against
him. They return to Dyved, where Manawyddan sows three wheat crofts. Two ripe
crofts are mysteriously stripped of their ears overnight, and he resolves to watch
the third armed.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A beautiful gold bowl of rich workmanship stands on a slab and causes the
person who takes hold of it to have his hands stuck to the bowl, his feet stuck
to the slab, and his speech lost.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Manawyddan waits until evening for Pryderi and the dogs, then returns to the
palace without them and reports the adventure to Rhiannon.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Rhiannon goes to the castle, finds the gate open, sees Pryderi holding the
bowl, and takes hold of it with him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: When Rhiannon takes hold of the bowl, her hands become fast to it, her feet
become fast to the slab, and she cannot speak.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: At night thunder and mist come, and the castle vanishes together with Pryderi
and Rhiannon.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Kicva grieves when only she and Manawyddan remain in the palace.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Manawyddan swears by Heaven that he will bear Kicva pure friendship and keep
faith with Pryderi and with her.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Manawyddan and Kicva leave for Lloegyr because they have lost their dogs and
cannot get food.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: In Lloegyr Manawyddan chooses the craft of making shoes, despite Kicva saying
the craft does not suit his noble birth.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Manawyddan makes shoes of fine leather with gilded clasps, causing the other
cordwainers in the town to become idle.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: The cordwainers become envious, counsel together, and agree to slay Manawyddan.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: Manawyddan and Kicva return to Dyved; he brings wheat, dwells near Narberth,
fishes, hunts deer, prepares ground, and sows three crofts.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:13
text: The three wheat crofts prosper and grow exceptionally well.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:14
text: When Manawyddan goes to reap the first ripe croft, he finds only bare straw;
every ear of wheat has been cut off and carried away.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:15
text: The second ripe croft is likewise found stripped to bare straw, and Manawyddan
says that whoever began his ruin is completing it and has destroyed the country
with him.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:16
text: Manawyddan decides to watch the third ripe croft at night with his arms in
order to learn who carried off the other corn.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Pryderi
description: Manawyddan's companion, seen holding the enchanted bowl and later vanished
with the castle.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Manawyddan
description: Companion of Pryderi and Rhiannon; later protector of Kicva, shoemaker
in Lloegyr, cultivator and watcher of wheat crofts in Dyved.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Rhiannon
description: Woman who reproaches Manawyddan, goes to the castle, touches the bowl
with Pryderi, becomes trapped, and vanishes with the castle.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Kicva daughter of Gwynn Gloyw
description: Woman left in the palace with Manawyddan; she grieves, is reassured
by him, travels with him to Lloegyr and back to Dyved, and asks about his plans.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:9
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Cordwainers of the town
description: Shoemakers who become idle because of Manawyddan's successful work,
grow envious, and plot to kill him.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Unidentified taker of the wheat
description: An unknown agent inferred by Manawyddan from the removal of the wheat
ears from the crofts.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: entrapped figure
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:3
basis: Pryderi and Rhiannon both become fast to the bowl and slab and cannot speak.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: lost companion
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Manawyddan returns without Pryderi, and Rhiannon says he has lost a good
companion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: surviving companion
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: After the disappearance, Manawyddan remains in the palace with Kicva.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: honorable protector
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Manawyddan vows pure friendship and faithfulness toward Kicva and Pryderi.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: craftsman and watcher
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: He practices shoemaking in Lloegyr and later arms himself to watch the third
croft.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: role:6
label: seeker of companion
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Rhiannon goes to the castle after hearing Manawyddan's account and approaches
Pryderi.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: grieving survivor
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Kicva sorrows when no one remains in the palace but herself and Manawyddan.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: traveling companion
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Kicva agrees to go with Manawyddan to Lloegyr and later accompanies the return
to Dyved.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: role:9
label: envious rivals
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The cordwainers become envious and agree to slay Manawyddan.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:10
label: unidentified crop thief
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The ears of wheat are cut off and carried away, and Manawyddan expects the
same taker to come again.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: golden bowl trap
literal_form: beautiful gold bowl of rich workmanship on a slab
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: stone slab or platform
literal_form: slab on which the bowl is placed
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: vanishing castle
literal_form: castle that disappears after thunder and mist
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: thunder and mist
literal_form: thunder and a fall of mist at night
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: crafted shoes with gilded clasps
literal_form: fine leather shoes with gilded clasps
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: three wheat crofts
literal_form: three sown crofts of exceptionally fair wheat
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: sym:7
label: bare straw after theft
literal_form: stalks left with every ear of wheat cut off and carried away
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:8
label: arms for night watch
literal_form: Manawyddan's arms taken to watch the croft at night
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Entrapment by the golden bowl
summary: A beautiful golden bowl on a slab immobilizes the one who touches it, fastening
hands to the bowl and feet to the slab and taking away speech.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Rhiannon follows and vanishes
summary: Rhiannon goes to the castle, finds Pryderi trapped, touches the bowl, is
trapped in the same way, and the castle vanishes with both after thunder and mist.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Manawyddan reassures Kicva
summary: Kicva grieves after the disappearance, and Manawyddan swears by Heaven
to preserve honorable friendship and faithfulness toward her and Pryderi.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Exile-like departure and shoemaking in Lloegyr
summary: Manawyddan and Kicva leave Dyved because of lack of food, and Manawyddan
takes up shoemaking in Lloegyr despite his noble birth.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Rival craftsmen plot violence
summary: Manawyddan's superior shoes make the local cordwainers idle; they become
envious and agree to slay him, prompting the return toward Dyved.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:6
label: Return to Narberth and cultivation
summary: Manawyddan returns to Dyved with wheat, dwells near Narberth, hunts and
fishes, prepares ground, and sows three thriving crofts.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:7
label: Mysterious stripping of the wheat
summary: The first two ripe wheat crofts are found stripped overnight, leaving only
bare straw and no ears of wheat.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:8
label: Night watch over the third croft
summary: Manawyddan resolves to watch the third croft by night with his arms so
that he may learn who removes the corn.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: enchanted object that immobilizes the toucher
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The bowl and slab fasten the hands and feet of those who touch the bowl and
render them unable to speak.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not explain the cause or agent of the enchantment within
this excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: vanishing enchanted castle
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: After Rhiannon is trapped, thunder and mist occur at night and the castle
vanishes with Pryderi and Rhiannon.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives the disappearance but not its full origin or resolution.
- id: motif:3
label: honorable guardian of another's wife or companion
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Manawyddan reassures Kicva that his friendship is pure and that he will keep
faith with Pryderi and with her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: This label summarizes a social-ethical pattern in the scene; no broader
comparison is made.
- id: motif:4
label: noble figure practicing humble craft in displacement
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Manawyddan, described by Kicva as nobly born, chooses shoemaking while away
in Lloegyr.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents the craft as socially incongruous but does not state
a ritual or initiatory meaning.
- id: motif:5
label: artisan excellence provoking envy and murder plot
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Manawyddan's shoes draw all trade away from the other cordwainers, who become
envious and agree to slay him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The rivals are ordinary craftsmen in the passage; no supernatural motive
is stated.
- id: motif:6
label: mysterious nocturnal crop theft
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_theft
basis: Two ripe wheat crofts are stripped overnight, with all ears cut off and carried
away, and Manawyddan plans to watch the third to identify the taker.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: 'The taxonomy reference is approximate: the passage shows theft of corn,
but does not explicitly mark the wheat as sacred.'
- id: motif:7
label: watching the last of three threatened fields
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: After two of three crofts are stripped, Manawyddan resolves to guard the
third at night.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The excerpt ends before the watcher encounters the thief.
- id: motif:8
label: departure and return under misfortune
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
- return
basis: Manawyddan and Kicva leave for Lloegyr because of loss and lack of food,
then return to Dyved after the plot against him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The departure and return are practical movements in the narrative; no
explicit quest frame is stated here.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: 7208-7212
quote_or_summary: The golden bowl attracts the figure; when he takes hold of it,
his hands stick to the bowl, his feet to the slab, and he cannot speak.
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: 7214-7222
quote_or_summary: Manawyddan waits for Pryderi and the dogs until evening, returns
to the palace, and tells Rhiannon what happened; she reproaches him and goes toward
the castle.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 7222-7230
quote_or_summary: Rhiannon enters the open castle, sees Pryderi holding the bowl,
touches it with him, becomes stuck and speechless, and at night thunder, mist,
and the vanishing of the castle occur.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 7232-7246
quote_or_summary: Kicva grieves when only she and Manawyddan remain; Manawyddan
vows pure friendship, faithfulness to Pryderi, and protection for her as long
as their grief continues.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 7248-7259
quote_or_summary: Manawyddan says they should not remain because they have lost
their dogs and cannot get food; he and Kicva go to Lloegyr, where he chooses shoemaking
as his craft.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 7261-7268
quote_or_summary: Manawyddan makes fine leather shoes with gilded clasps; customers
buy from him instead of others, so the cordwainers become envious and plot to
slay him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 7270-7281
quote_or_summary: Manawyddan and Kicva return toward Dyved; he brings wheat, dwells
near Narberth, fishes, hunts deer, prepares ground, and sows three thriving crofts.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 7283-7291
quote_or_summary: The first and second ripe wheat crofts are found stripped overnight,
leaving only bare straw with the ears cut off and carried away.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 7293-7299
quote_or_summary: Manawyddan finds the third croft ripe, says he will watch it at
night, takes his arms, and tells Kicva what has happened.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-welsh/project-gutenberg/mabinogion-guest.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is well supported by the passage. Motif labels are candidate
summaries only; broader taxonomy mapping is limited because the excerpt does not
explain the enchantment, the vanishing castle, or the wheat thief.
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 support a cautious comparison to an external tradition or motif family beyond candidate motif labeling.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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