{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.king-asleep-in-mountain","code":"thing-q1131291","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q1131291/","name":"king asleep in mountain","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Activities and processes","entryKind":"thing","plane":"ACT","domain":["ACT.ACT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"The king asleep in the mountain is a folkloric motif in which a legendary ruler or hero remains alive in supernatural sleep or concealment, often within a mountain and accompanied by retainers, awaiting a future return when needed.","purpose":"Enable an agent to recognise, compare and responsibly interpret versions of the king-asleep-in-mountain motif by recording the sleeper, concealed refuge, suspended agency and anticipated return.","scope":{"in":["Criteria for identifying the motif in a particular narrative version","The sleeping ruler or hero, accompanying figures and community awaiting return","The concealed resting place and conditions governing access","Suspended life, awakening conditions and the anticipated consequences of return","Version-specific evidence, classification disagreements and attributed interpretations"],"out":["Complete biographies of rulers or heroes associated with the motif","Geological descriptions and physical management of associated mountains or caves","Sleep physiology, coma and medical suspended animation","Complete models of individual legends, literary works or religious traditions","General theories of monarchy, messianism or national identity"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Test whether prolonged sleep or comparable suspended existence preserves a ruler or hero's capacity to act again; ordinary overnight sleep is insufficient.","Test whether a mountain interior or functionally comparable concealed refuge houses the sleeper; record departures from the literal mountain setting as boundary cases.","Test whether awakening connects to renewed public or collective action; awakening merely to discover elapsed time is insufficient by itself.","Distinguish continued hidden existence from a narrative explicitly requiring death followed by resurrection.","Treat a sleeping army without an identified ruler or hero as a related motif requiring separate classification justification."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"motif-identity-and-boundaries","name":"Motif identity and boundaries","description":"Establish what qualifies as this motif and where classification becomes disputed.","layers":[{"id":"recognition-core","name":"Recognition core","description":"Identify the narrative relationship among suspended existence, concealment and future agency.","findings":[{"id":"sleep-linked-to-return","name":"Sleep linked to return","description":"Record evidence connecting the concealed sleeper to anticipated renewed action. A classification starting point is [Thompson motif D1960.2](https://folkmasa.org/motiv/motif.php?mishtane=D1960.2), which associates the sleeping king with future aid to his people.","questions":[{"text":"Which passage establishes sleep or suspension, concealment and the prospect of renewed action?","id":"sleep-linked-to-return-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Does the version explicitly connect awakening with aid to a community, or is that connection supplied by a classifier?","id":"sleep-linked-to-return-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"adjacent-motif-tests","name":"Adjacent motif tests","description":"Evaluate resemblance without assuming that related motifs are interchangeable.","findings":[{"id":"inclusion-and-exclusion-rationale","name":"Inclusion and exclusion rationale","description":"Record why a candidate belongs here rather than only to prolonged sleep, hidden survival, resurrection or sleeping-army narratives.","questions":[{"text":"Would the candidate still qualify if its sleeper were not a king or its refuge were not a mountain, and whose definition permits that?","id":"inclusion-and-exclusion-rationale-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"What evidence distinguishes this candidate from ordinary enchanted sleep or a returning figure who was never asleep?","id":"inclusion-and-exclusion-rationale-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"sleeper-and-awaiting-community","name":"Sleeper and awaiting community","description":"Describe the figure whose agency is suspended and the people connected to the expected return.","layers":[{"id":"sleeper-identity","name":"Sleeper identity","description":"Separate the figure represented in the narrative from any historical namesake.","findings":[{"id":"role-and-person-continuity","name":"Role and person continuity","description":"Record the sleeper's source-given identity, royal or heroic role and whether the returning actor is understood to be the same individual.","questions":[{"text":"How does this version identify the sleeper and establish their authority or exceptional capacity?","id":"role-and-person-continuity-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the promised actor the original sleeper, a successor or an ambiguous embodiment of the figure?","id":"role-and-person-continuity-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"company-and-constituency","name":"Company and constituency","description":"Identify companions and the community for whom awakening matters.","findings":[{"id":"shared-suspension-and-public-stakes","name":"Shared suspension and public stakes","description":"Record who sleeps alongside the principal figure, who awaits them and whether return promises assistance, domination or another consequence.","questions":[{"text":"Which companions or forces share the suspension, and what role would they play after awakening?","id":"shared-suspension-and-public-stakes-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Who expects or fears the return, and where does the version identify that group?","id":"shared-suspension-and-public-stakes-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"concealed-refuge-and-encounter","name":"Concealed refuge and encounter","description":"Model the resting place as a narrative location with conditions of concealment and access.","layers":[{"id":"resting-place","name":"Resting place","description":"Capture the source's location and the function it serves in preserving or hiding the sleeper.","findings":[{"id":"refuge-form-and-localisation","name":"Refuge form and localisation","description":"Distinguish a named physical landmark from the chamber or concealed realm asserted by the narrative.","questions":[{"text":"What refuge does this version describe, and is it inside, beneath or merely associated with a mountain?","id":"refuge-form-and-localisation-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which source connects the sleeper to the named landmark, and does it support that particular localisation?","id":"refuge-form-and-localisation-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"access-and-witness","name":"Access and witness","description":"Record encounter episodes when present without requiring them of every instance.","findings":[{"id":"entry-evidence-and-restrictions","name":"Entry evidence and restrictions","description":"Capture how a visitor reaches the sleeper, what they observe and what conditions govern their departure or re-entry.","questions":[{"text":"Does a witness encounter the sleeper, and what observed details establish identity and continued suspension?","id":"entry-evidence-and-restrictions-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What actions permit, prohibit or terminate access to the refuge within the narrative?","id":"entry-evidence-and-restrictions-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"suspension-awakening-and-return","name":"Suspension, awakening and return","description":"Represent the narrative states and conditions through which unavailable power may become active again.","layers":[{"id":"suspended-time","name":"Suspended time","description":"Determine what continues or stops while the figure is unavailable.","findings":[{"id":"life-status-and-elapsed-time","name":"Life status and elapsed time","description":"Record whether the text specifies sleep, enchantment, survival or an unresolved condition, together with any stated passage of time.","questions":[{"text":"Does the source distinguish sleeping from being dead, absent or magically preserved?","id":"life-status-and-elapsed-time-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"What duration, interval or visible sign of elapsed time is stated, and is it exact or symbolic?","id":"life-status-and-elapsed-time-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"return-transition","name":"Return transition","description":"Distinguish conditions for awakening from the outcome attributed to return.","findings":[{"id":"trigger-and-readiness","name":"Trigger and readiness","description":"Record the stated trigger, who may activate or recognise it and whether a disturbance constitutes the appointed awakening.","questions":[{"text":"What event, sign, time or action is said to awaken the sleeper?","id":"trigger-and-readiness-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Can someone summon the figure, and what does the narrative say happens if the attempt is premature or mistaken?","id":"trigger-and-readiness-q02","kind":"action"}]},{"id":"promised-versus-narrated-return","name":"Promised versus narrated return","description":"Separate future expectation from an awakening or intervention that the version actually narrates.","questions":[{"text":"Does return remain anticipated, occur within the story, fail or become explicitly impossible?","id":"promised-versus-narrated-return-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which consequences are narrated events and which are predictions made by characters or narrators?","id":"promised-versus-narrated-return-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"attestation-variation-and-interpretation","name":"Attestation, variation and interpretation","description":"Keep classification and interpretation accountable to particular versions and evidence.","layers":[{"id":"version-evidence","name":"Version evidence","description":"Anchor sleeper, refuge and return claims to inspectable attestations.","findings":[{"id":"attestation-and-transmission","name":"Attestation and transmission","description":"Record the inspected text or recording, its available collection context and any documented relationship to other versions.","questions":[{"text":"Which inspected passage supports each defining element, and who authored, recorded, translated or edited it?","id":"attestation-and-transmission-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What evidence distinguishes an independently recorded version from a retelling dependent on an earlier publication?","id":"attestation-and-transmission-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"attributed-meaning-and-use","name":"Attributed meaning and use","description":"Separate narrative content from interpretations by tellers, audiences, scholars and later adapters.","findings":[{"id":"interpretive-position-and-reuse","name":"Interpretive position and reuse","description":"Record supported interpretations of deferred rescue, authority or collective identity with their proponents and context, without assigning one universal meaning.","questions":[{"text":"Who interprets the sleeper's return as rescue, restoration, threat or something else, and what evidence supports that reading?","id":"interpretive-position-and-reuse-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"When classifying a later adaptation, which changes to the sleeper, refuge or return condition must an agent disclose?","id":"interpretive-position-and-reuse-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these first","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of king asleep in mountain this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-kinds","name":"Kinds and varieties","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of king asleep in mountain this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-kinds-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of king asleep in mountain this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards","name":"Failure modes and hazards","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of king asleep in mountain this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-regional-variation","name":"Regional variation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of king asleep in mountain this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-regional-variation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of king asleep in mountain this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe the motif and its versions in different cultures from folklore sources.","Explain how it has been used in national and political imagery."],"mustNot":["Use the motif to promote violent nationalist or messianic movements.","Present legends as historical fact.","Mock the beliefs or traditions of communities that hold the legend."],"requiresHuman":["Using the legend in public campaigns or political messaging."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Sleeping-hero legends have been used to stir nationalist feeling, sometimes against neighbours.","Folk traditions belong to the communities that tell them."],"affectedParties":["Communities that hold the legends","Readers and students"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody owns the motif; folklorists and the communities that tell it keep it alive.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q131743524","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.king-asleep-in-mountain","Wikidata: Q1131291 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1131291)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["Classification assessment: candidate | supported instance | disputed instance | related motif | excluded","Sleeper role: king | other ruler | cultural hero | other | unspecified; retain the source's designation","Suspended existence: explicit sleep | enchanted suspension | hidden survival without stated sleep | death | ambiguous","Resting-place form: mountain interior | cave | underground chamber | other concealed refuge | unspecified","Accompanying company: Links to named companions, attendants or an army; alone | unspecified","Awakening condition: collective danger | appointed time | omen | deliberate summons | accidental disturbance | unspecified; multiple values allowed","Return status: anticipated | conditional | attempted | temporarily awakened | fulfilled | frustrated | denied | unstated","Community and expected consequence: Links between the sleeper, the affected community and an attributed expected benefit or harm","Attestation basis: inspected narrative | collector's summary | scholarly classification | modern adaptation | unverified attribution"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":[]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["Assess a candidate narrative against explicit motif criteria and explain uncertain matches.","Compare versions through their sleepers, refuges, awakening conditions and return outcomes.","Trace each asserted narrative detail to an inspected passage and distinguish it from interpretation.","Link related sleeping-army, hidden-hero and resurrection motifs without merging their boundaries.","Identify missing evidence and select targeted research questions before accepting a classification."]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Presenting a legend as verified history can mislead audiences about people, places and events.","Combining distinct traditions without attribution can erase cultural differences and misrepresent communities.","Using return narratives to legitimize exclusionary political claims can reinforce hostility toward other groups."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":[]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["This motif occurs in legends about rulers or heroes whose concealed sleep ends with an anticipated return.","Folklorists and historians use it to compare narratives of deferred rescue, political restoration and collective hope.","An agent may encounter it in oral traditions, literary adaptations and heritage interpretation, where versions need attribution to their communities and sources."]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q1131291: king asleep in mountain","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1131291","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: King asleep in the mountain","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_asleep_in_the_mountain","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should this registry entry follow a narrow sleeping-king-in-mountain definition or admit nonroyal sleepers and non-mountain refuges, and which classification authorities justify each boundary?","Is anticipated collective rescue required for membership, or can threatening, frustrated or unspecified returns remain instances of the same motif?","Which inspected attestations establish the range of variants without relying on modern summaries that combine details from different sources?","Does the authoritative catalogue already contain a world model covering this motif that this registry entry should reference?","How should the assigned ACT / ACT.ACT placement be reconciled with modelling a narrative motif, while preserving the registry's authoritative granularity?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q1131291/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 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