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{{Other uses|Mountain King (disambiguation){{!}}Mountain King}}
The '''king asleep in mountain''' (D 1960.2 in [[Stith Thompson]]'s [[Motif (folkloristics)|motif index system]]){{sfnp|Ó hÓgáin|1991|p=197}} is a prominent [[folklore]] [[Trope (literature)|trope]] found in many folktales and [[legend]]s. Thompson termed it as the '''Kyffhäuser''' type.{{r|thompson}} Some other designations are '''king in the mountain''', '''king under the mountain''', '''sleeping hero''', or '''Bergentrückung''' (
[[File:Holger Danske (2820802699).jpg|thumb|right|Statue of [[Ogier the Dane]] in [[Kronborg Castle]]. Ogier is said to sleep in the castle, his beard grown down to the floor, until some day when the country of Denmark is in peril.]]
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