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 and/or mountain:
“The horror of that moment, the King went on, I shall never, never forget!
You will, though, the Queen said, if you dont make a memorandum of it.”
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (18321898)
“The mountain pushed us off her knees.
And now her lap is full of trees.”
—Robert Frost (18741963)