Kyffhäuser (English spelling)

Japanese: Kyffhäuser(英語表記)Kyffhauser
Kyffhäuser (English spelling)

…When the St. John IV Emperor Frederick II died (1250), many did not believe in his death and thought he had retired to Mount Etna, partly because a prophetess had predicted that the emperor was alive but not alive. This legend led to the creation of false Fredericks in Germany (such as Tille Kolb in 1284 or 1285), but eventually a legend was formed about an emperor who slept in a mountain cave at Kyffhäuser in the Harz Mountains until the end of the world. At the end of the Middle Ages, the protagonist of this legend was replaced by Frederick I, and in the 19th century, it became a national tradition through the ballads of Friedrich Rückert, and it also became a symbol of German hope during the War of Liberation against Napoleon. …

From [Mountain]

...There are many legends in Western Europe that say that not only kings and heroes, but even armies live in the mountains after death. At Kyffhäuser in the Harz Mountains in Germany, Frederick II (later linked to Barbarian I) sits waiting, and when the time comes for his country to be destroyed, he rushes to the scene with his troops (Frederick Legend). Because of the belief that the dead live in the mountains, mountains were also considered to be places where dwarves, monsters, demons, and ghosts gather. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Kyffhäuser" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…シュタウフェン朝の皇帝フリードリヒ2世が死去したとき(1250)にも,ある女預言者が〈皇帝は生きているが生きていない〉と預言したこともあって,その死を信じない者は多く,皇帝はエトナ山に引きこもったと考えられていた。この伝説はドイツでは偽(にせ)のフリードリヒ(1284年か85年のティレ・コルプなど)を生み出すきっかけとなったが,やがてハルツ山地のキュフホイザーKyffhäuserの山の洞穴で世界に終末が訪れるまで眠っている皇帝についての伝説が形成されてゆく。中世末にはこの伝説の主人公はフリードリヒ1世に変わり,19世紀にはリュッケルトFriedrich Rückertのバラードによって国民的伝承となり,ナポレオンに対する解放戦争のなかではドイツの希望のしるしともなった。…

【山】より

…山には王や英雄ばかりか軍勢まで死後にすんでいるという伝説が西ヨーロッパに多い。ドイツのハルツ山地にあるキュフホイザーKyffhäuserにはフリードリヒ2世(のち1世赤髭王に結びつけられる)が座ったまま待機していて祖国存亡の時がくると兵を率いて駆けつけるという(フリードリヒ伝説)。死者が山にすむという信仰から,山はまた小人や妖怪,悪魔,幽霊が寄り集まる所ともされた。…

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