batch.motif.celtic-irish-tain-bo-cualnge-dunn-gutenberg-l106-l191
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-tain-bo-cualnge-dunn-gutenberg-l106-l191
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/tain-bo-cualnge-dunn.md
passage_locator:
label: TAIN BO CUALNGE / WITH TWO PAGES IN FACSIMILE OF THE MANUSCRIPTS / MY MOTHER
/ CONTENTS; lines 106-191
start: '106'
end: '191'
translation: The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Front matter consisting of a dedication, notices of manuscript facsimile
illustrations, and a table of contents listing chapters and subsection titles
for the Tain Bo Cualnge, including entries about Cuchulain, the Morrigan, combats,
slayings, rivers, battles, bulls, and the Brown Bull of Cualnge.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage includes a dedication headed “MY MOTHER.”
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage identifies facsimile illustrations from the Book of Leinster and
from Leabhar na h-Uidhri.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: obs:3
text: The passage is primarily a table of contents for chapters and subsections
of the Tain Bo Cualnge.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: obs:4
text: Multiple contents entries name Cuchulain in connection with youthful exploits,
slayings, combats, an appearance, and rivers.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: obs:5
text: The contents list includes entries naming the Morrigan in a colloquy with
Cuchulain and in a healing episode.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The contents list includes entries concerning the finding of a bull, a battle
of bulls, and an account of the Brown Bull of Cualnge.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: The contents list repeatedly uses titles involving combat, slaying, slaughter,
rout, and battle.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: One contents entry is titled “Cuchulain and the Rivers.”
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Cuchulain
description: Named repeatedly in contents entries involving youthful exploits, slayings,
combats, an appearance, and rivers.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: The Morrigan
description: Named in contents entries for a colloquy with Cuchulain and for healing.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Brown Bull of Cualnge
description: Named in a contents entry titled as an account of the Brown Bull of
Cualnge.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Men of Connacht
description: Named in a contents entry about their rising-out at Cruachan Ai.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Youths of Ulster
description: Named in a contents entry about their slaughter.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: named recurring combat figure
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Cuchulain is named across multiple contents entries involving exploits, slayings,
combats, and an appearance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: named interlocutor and healed figure
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The contents list includes a colloquy of the Morrigan and Cuchulain and a
healing of the Morrigan.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: named bull figure
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The contents list includes an account of the Brown Bull of Cualnge and a
battle of the bulls.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: named host or collective group
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The contents list includes the rising-out of the Men of Connacht at Cruachan
Ai.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: named victim group in contents title
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The contents list includes the slaughter of the Youths of Ulster.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: bull
literal_form: bull; Brown Bull of Cualnge
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: rivers
literal_form: rivers
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: scythed chariot
literal_form: scythed chariot
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Front matter and manuscript facsimiles
summary: The passage presents a dedication and identifies two facsimile illustrations
from named manuscripts.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: scene:2
label: Contents overview of the Tain
summary: The contents list chapter titles and subsections, including the occasion
and route of the Tain, the march of the host, Cuchulain’s youthful exploits, named
slayings and combats, the finding of the bull, episodes with the Morrigan, battles,
rivers, and the Brown Bull of Cualnge.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: recurring heroic combats and slayings
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The contents list repeatedly names combats, slayings, slaughter, rout, and
battles, often involving Cuchulain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: This passage is a table of contents, not a narrative episode; it supports
only a high-level contents-based motif candidate.
- id: motif:2
label: bull-centered conflict
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The contents list includes the finding of the bull, the battle of the bulls,
and the account of the Brown Bull of Cualnge.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage provides titles only and does not narrate the bull episodes.
- id: motif:3
label: water or river encounter
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: One contents entry is titled “Cuchulain and the Rivers.”
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: low
cautions: The title does not describe what occurs with the rivers; the associated
water symbol is therefore minimal and literal.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 106-116
quote_or_summary: The passage begins with the dedication “MY MOTHER” and a facsimile
notice for page 55 from the Book of Leinster.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/tain-bo-cualnge-dunn.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 117-129
quote_or_summary: 'The contents list includes the preface and early chapters: the
Pillow-talk, the Occasion of the Tain, the Rising-out of the Men of Connacht,
the Foretelling, the Route, the March of the Host, and the Youthful Exploits of
Cuchulain.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/tain-bo-cualnge-dunn.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 130-151
quote_or_summary: The contents list includes Cuchulain’s slaying of the smith’s
hound, taking of arms, slayings of named opponents, combats, harrying, proposals,
violent death, finding of the bull, and the meeting of Cuchulain and Finnabair.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/tain-bo-cualnge-dunn.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 152-166
quote_or_summary: The contents list includes the colloquy of the Morrigan and Cuchulain,
combat and slaying of Loch, violation of the agreement, healing of the Morrigan,
a great rout, slaughter of the youths of Ulster, the scythed chariot, and the
appearance of Cuchulain.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/tain-bo-cualnge-dunn.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 167-184
quote_or_summary: The contents list includes later combats, Cuchulain and the Rivers,
bloody wounds, deer-stalking, repeated warning, array of the host, decision and
battle, muster of the men of Erin, battle of the bulls, and account of the Brown
Bull of Cualnge.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/tain-bo-cualnge-dunn.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 185-191
quote_or_summary: The passage closes this range with a facsimile notice for page
55 from Leabhar na h-Uidhri.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/tain-bo-cualnge-dunn.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: low
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is front matter and a contents list, so named figures, objects,
and recurring episode-types can be extracted literally, but narrative motif interpretation
is limited.
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 comparison beyond its own contents titles.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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