Arminius, the Cheruscan chieftain who defeated the Romans at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, was abducted by the dwarves and put into a magical sleep.

[juergen_hubert@mementomori.social]

Arminius, the Cheruscan chieftain who defeated the Romans at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, was abducted by the dwarves and put into a magical sleep. Now he is guarded by them beneath a hill near Bad Pyrmont.

#Germany #folktale #folklore
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Greatest_Treasure

[ardeija@literatur.social]

@juergen_hubert Now, that's an unexpected variety of the "sleeping king/emperor in the mountain" tale ...

[juergen_hubert@mementomori.social]

@Ardeija

It was a popular narrative, especially in the time between the fall of the Holy Roman Empire and the rise of the Second Empire. So it's not surprising people came up with their own variants.

[pr14minus@chaos.social]

@juergen_hubert
A variant of "As long as the ravens circle around the Kiffhäuser ..."

[juergen_hubert@mementomori.social]

@pr14minus

There are a _lot_ of variants about this.

[pr14minus@chaos.social]

@juergen_hubert
The good king to rise when his people is utterly in distress.

[juergen_hubert@mementomori.social]

@pr14minus

Personally, I see all these "sleeping kings" as useless wankers, since none of them showed up during the Third Reich in order to kick Nazi butt.

But this story was _very_ popular after the fall of the Holy Roman Empire.