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. The Aarne-Thompson classification system for folktale motifs classifies these stories as number 766, relating them to the tale of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus.
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Famous quotes containing the words king in, king and/or mountain:
“How the imagination is piqued by anecdotes of some great man passing incognito, as a king in gray clothes.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“The honest man, though eer sae poor,
Is king o men, for a that!”
—Robert Burns (17591796)
“Give me the islands of the upper air,
all mountains
and the towering mountain trees.”
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