Comparative mythology corpus
batch.motif.celtic-irish-tain-bo-cualnge-dunn-gutenberg-l87-l104
batch.motif.celtic-irish-tain-bo-cualnge-dunn-gutenberg-l87-l104
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-tain-bo-cualnge-dunn-gutenberg-l87-l104
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/tain-bo-cualnge-dunn.md
passage_locator:
label: The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge / THE ANCIENT IRISH EPIC TALE
/ TAIN BO CUALNGE / WITH TWO PAGES IN FACSIMILE OF THE MANUSCRIPTS; lines 87-104
start: '87'
end: '104'
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: '"the mouths of the men of Erin and Alba shall be full of that name"'
summary: Front-matter passage for the 1914 London edition, including a facsimile
illustration caption from the Book of Leinster that says the men of Erin and Alba
will hear the name Cuchulain and have their mouths full of that name.
language: English, with an Irish manuscript caption reproduced in the illustration
note
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage announces two facsimile manuscript pages and includes an illustration
note attributed to the Book of Leinster, folio 64a.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The illustration note gives an Irish text followed by an English rendering.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The English rendering says that the men of Erin and Alba shall hear the name
Cuchulain.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The English rendering says that the mouths of the men of Erin and Alba shall
be full of that name.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The page identifies London, David Nutt, 17 Grape Street, New Oxford Street,
W.C., and the year 1914.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Cuchulain
description: Named in parentheses as the name that the men of Erin and Alba shall
hear and speak of.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: men of Erin and Alba
description: A collective group said to hear and have their mouths full of the name
Cuchulain.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
label: named heroic referent
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Cuchulain is identified as the name that will be heard and spoken by the
men of Erin and Alba.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: collective hearers and speakers of the name
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The men of Erin and Alba are said to hear the name and have their mouths
full of it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: renowned name
literal_form: the name Cuchulain
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Announcement of Cuchulain's name among Erin and Alba
summary: The caption states that the men of Erin and Alba will hear the name Cuchulain
and speak of it widely.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: heroic name proclaimed among peoples
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage centers on the future hearing and widespread speaking of Cuchulain's
name by the men of Erin and Alba.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a front-matter caption rather than a narrative episode; no supplied
taxonomy motif family directly matches the pattern.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 87-91
quote_or_summary: The passage heading announces two facsimile manuscript pages and
gives an illustration note with Irish text, attributed to Book of Leinster, folio
64a.
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: quote
locator: lines 93-96
quote_or_summary: '"For the men of Erin and Alba shall hear that name (Cuchulain)
and the mouths of the men of Erin and Alba shall be full of that name."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/tain-bo-cualnge-dunn.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 98-103
quote_or_summary: The page lists London, David Nutt, 17 Grape Street, New Oxford
Street, W.C., and 1914.
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: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage is bibliographic/front-matter material with one mythically relevant
caption about Cuchulain's name; motif extraction is therefore 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 a comparison to another tradition or motif family.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:celtic-irish-tain-bo-cualnge-dunn-gutenberg__l87-l104
passage_sha256=d7385b271d8ec49aff534ecfde2cbf25657699123f4c2ebc58e955ec76e0c4dd