King asleep in mountain in the context of "Prince Marko"

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⭐ Core Definition: King asleep in mountain

The king asleep in the mountain (D 1960.2 in Stith Thompson's motif-index) is a prominent folklore trope found in many folktales and legends. Thompson termed it as the Kyffhäuser type. Some other designations are king in the mountain, king under the mountain, sleeping hero, or Bergentrückung ("mountain rapture").

Examples include the legends of King Arthur, Fionn mac Cumhaill, Charlemagne, Ogier the Dane, King David, Frederick Barbarossa at Kyffhäuser, Falanto of Taranto, Genghis Khan, Constantine XI Palaiologos, Kraljević Marko, Sebastian of Portugal and King Matjaž.

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King asleep in mountain in the context of Sebastian of Portugal

Sebastian (Portuguese: Sebastião I [sɨβɐʃˈti.ɐ̃w]; 20 January 1554 – 4 August 1578) was King of Portugal from 11 June 1557 to 4 August 1578 and the penultimate Portuguese monarch of the House of Aviz.

He was the son of João Manuel, Prince of Portugal, and Joanna of Austria. He was the grandson of King John III of Portugal and Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal. He disappeared (presumably killed in action) in the battle of Alcácer Quibir, against the Saadi Sultanate of Morocco. Sebastian I is often referred to as the Desired (Portuguese: o Desejado) or the Hidden (o Encoberto), as the Portuguese people longed for his return to end the decline of Portugal that began after his death. He is considered to be the Portuguese example of the King asleep in mountain legend as Portuguese tradition states his return, in a foggy dawn, in Portugal's greatest hour of need.

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Stith Thompson → Motif (folkloristics) → Folklore → Trope (literature) → Legend → Ogier the Dane → Danish language → Kronborg Castle → Helsingør → Denmark → King Arthur → Fionn mac Cumhaill → Charlemagne → King David → Frederick Barbarossa → Kyffhäuser → Phalanthus (founder of Tarentum) → Taranto → Genghis Khan → Constantine XI Palaiologos → Prince Marko → Sebastian of Portugal → King Matjaž →