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. The herdsman in this story was then 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 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. A related motif is the "Seven Sleepers" (D 1960.1, also known as the " Rip Van Winkle" motif), whose type tale is the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus ( AT tale type 766).įrederick sends out the boy to see whether the ravens still fly. The motifs A 571 "Cultural hero asleep in mountain", and E 502, "The Sleeping Army" are similar and can occur in the same tale. #King under the mountain 1977 mac#Some other designations are: king in the mountain, king under the mountain, or sleeping hero.Įxamples include the legends of King Arthur, Fionn mac Cumhaill, Charlemagne, Ogier the Dane, King David, Frederick Barbarossa at Kyffhäuser, Constantine XI Palaiologos, Kraljević Marko, Sebastian of Portugal and King Matjaž. Thompson also termed it as the Kyffhäuser type. The king asleep in mountain (D 1960.2 in Stith Thompson's motif index system) is a prominent folklore trope found in many folktales and legends. 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. A squad of paramedics was geared up for the blood and everybody else was geared up for the thunder and hammer part.Statue of Ogier the Dane in Kronborg Castle. Plant promised that the 1977 tour would be “blood, thunder and the hammer of the gods”. A squad of paramedics was geared up for the blood and everybody else was geared up for the thunder and hammer part. Throughout the long Sunday, the huge crowd remained orderly as it waited to get through the gates and have the experience.Īt 4:30 yesterday afternoon, the 20,000 or so Zeppelin fans waiting at the Kingdome started to chant, “We want in, we want in.” Suddenly a movement rippled through the crowd like a wave pushing the front-line troops into the fence. amid fireworks and people holding up lighted matches, the moment everybody had been waiting for. Later, Plant said his hearing came back during one number. It was a miracle the whole band wasn’t stone deaf. It was appreciated by some when the lead singer, Robert Plant, told the crowd he was deaf in one ear. What attracted these people, generally hard-core rock fans, was the experience. But the most damage was to the ears and there is a possibility 62,000 people will spend today saying, “Huh?” Led Zeppelin has earned a reputation for attracting surly crowds which generally fight and riot. “It's not a bad bunch considering the number of people here”, one Seattle police officer said of the 62,000 people, “and considering the reputation of the group.” There were several arrests, lots of dope and booze smuggled in – either under coats or inside bodies – and some very sick kids from drinking too much. It was a night of pot, pills and popcorn with the popcorn coming in a close third to the other two.īut overall, the Led Zeppelin concert at the Kingdome came off without too much trouble. They came at night by the thousands, some waiting for two days in the rain and cold for a chance to have their ears assaulted and nerves numbed and to say they saw Led Zeppelin. Review: 62,000 Led Zeppelin Fans Jam Kingdome Click here to view the US '77 Tour Programme (flipbook)
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