(urth) Short Story 19: King Under the Mountain

[David Duffy]

On Sun, 15 Apr 2012, Marc Aramini wrote:

> COMMENTARY: This story is all about hubris
> King in the mountain stories involve legendary heroes

I reckon the other type of king of the mountain is alluded to.  The 
Wikipedia article on _Peer Gynt_ has:

...the question asked by the troll king: What is the difference between 
troll and man?.

The answer given by the Old Man of the Mountain is: "Out there, where sky 
shines, humans say: 'To thyself be true.' In here, trolls say: 'Be true to 
yourself and to hell with the world.'

Cheers, David Duffy.