He sleeps in the Blanik mountain and will emerge to protect his country at its worst time, riding on his white horse and wielding the legendary hero Bruncvík's sword. Wenceslas (Václav) of Bohemia ( Czech Republic). * Thomas the Rhymer is found under a hill with a retinue of knights in a tale from Scotland * The poet and painter Taras Shevchenko ( Ukraine), believed to be a supernatural hero ("xarakternyk"), is said to sleep under his grave mound in Kanev or even in the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. Stephen the Great (Sfântul Ştefan Cel Mare) Prince (Voievod) of Moldova ( Romania) One day he would supposedly awaken and destroy the world. * The Sleeping Giant mountain in Connecticut, USA was said by the local Quinnipiac Indians to be the demon Hobbomock, sealed by the Great Spirit. * Sebastian I, ( Portugal) (it is said by Sebastianists that the king will return in a hazy morning in time of need) At the end of Kalevala, he leaves on a boat, promising to return when he is most needed. * Väinämöinen, the protagonist of the Finnish national epic Kalevala. * The Aztec hero-god Montezuma - believed to have been a divine king in prehistoric times, and suspended in an Arizona mountain that bears his image. * Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare ( Ireland)
* The remains of the Golem of Prague are said to be in the attic of the Old New Synagogue in Prague, and that it can be brought back to defend the Jewish people. * Giewont massif which is said to be a sleeping knight ( Poland) * An unnamed giant is supposed to sleep in Plynlimon in Wales. * The legendary Moravian king Ječmínek will, according to a prophecy, return to save his country from enemies. * Emperor Frederick Barbarossa ( Germany)
* Ogier the Dane ( Danish: "Holger Danske", Denmark) the "Immortal Emperor turned to marble" (Greece) (a similar story, although Constantine was said to be turned into a statue, not to be resting in a mountain.) * Emperor Constantine XI of the Eastern Roman Empire, a.k.a. * Csaba, the son of Attila the Hun ( Hungary) who is supposed to ride down the Milky Way when the Székelys are threatened. * Merlin of the Arthurian legend, who is imprisoned in an oak tree by Nimue. (German)]Ī number of kings, rulers, and fictional characters and religious figures have become attached to this story. The omen that presages his rising will be the extinction of the birds that trigger his awakening. The story goes on to say that the king sleeps in the mountain, awaiting a summons to arise with his knights and defend the nation in a time of deadly peril. This occurrence is well-known from many stories about people entering caves and experiencing a different time scale than on Earth, suggesting a parallel dimension. The herdsman is usually supernaturally harmed by the experience: he ages rapidly, he emerges with his hair turned white, and often he dies after repeating the tale. Their conversation typically involves the hero asking, "Do the eagles (or ravens) still circle the mountaintop?" The herdsman, or a mysterious voice, replies, "Yes, they still circle the mountaintop." "Then begone! My time has not yet come." In the Brothers Grimm version, the hero speaks with the herdsman.
The stories almost always mention the detail that the hero has grown a long beard, indicative of the long time he has slept beneath the mountain. The presence of the hero is unsuspected, until some herdsman wanders into the cave, typically looking for a lost animal, and sees the hero. The stories gathered by the Brothers Grimm concerning Frederick Barbarossa and Charlemagne are typical of the stories told, and have been influential on many told variants and subsequent adaptations. The hero is frequently a historical figure of some military consequence in the history of the nation where the mountain is located. King in the mountain stories involve legendary heroes, often accompanied by armed retainers, sleeping in remote dwellings, including caves on high mountaintops, remote islands, or supernatural worlds. The Antti Aarne-classification system for folktale motifs classifies these stories as number 766, relating them to the tale of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus. A king in the mountain, king under the mountain or sleeping hero is a prominent motif in folklore and mythology, that is found in many folktales and legends.
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