Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-04
ENCHANTED sLespees.
ui.torioai and Mythical Percentage. No
lirvnd 10 BE slrenInE.

tievod to lie sleeping.
Altogether not less than a half hun
dred people, once prominent IN the
affairs Of the world, arc believed to
be s,eeping enchanted, drcamless
sleeps 10 cayes. gIott9cs ard other
out Of the way places, Some OF these
slumber myths begin with the earliest
dawn OF mythology, others are com.
parativcly modern.
Endymion, tho shepherd Of Mount
Latmos, beloved by Diana, was
thrown into perpetual sleep by
Jupiter, go that his youth and beauty
might DO otornally preserved.
Saleh, tho Arabian, asked God to
destroy his enemies, thcThamuditcs,
but instead OF granting the request
he sent mn angel who led Saleht to n
cave and put him 10 sleep lie slept
for twenty years, awakening to find
his friends aud relatives all dead.
Gabriel tho angel, alone recognized
him. lie called Saleh to him and
said, "Thou vast hasty In asking for
the destruction Of the Thamuditcs;
therefore God hath withdrawn from
thy lifo twonty years, taken from
thee in sleep" Gabriel then gave
Salch tho shirt worn by Adam IN the
time of his penitencc Gnd n sword
that had formerly belonged TO Noah
With these famous relics he went
among tho Thamuditcs and worked
many miracles. One of his wonder
workings produced n camel from u
rock This beast was one Of the ten
sacred animals admitted TO the para.
disc Of Mohamme1.
Tho Turks believe, along with tho
Hindoos, that Nourjahad, wife Of the
Mogul emperor, Gcanjir, has slept
for many centuries.
King Arthur. grievously wounded
ut the battle Of Camlan, did not die,
trcorling to popular belief, but was
carried away by three queens, who
watch over him during his long sleep
AT Avillion. When he awales no
will reclaim his throne and bring
back tho golden ago 10 tho British
isles.
The Soryians say that Knee La2ar,
who was supposed to have been slain
by tho Turks in 1889, is in an en-.
chanted sleep, from which no will
some day awake and slnito his enc.
mics.
Bobadil o. Chico, tho last OF the
Moorish ..gs Of Granada, sleeps
spellbound near tho Alhambru The
Moors believe that he will some day
awake and re.establish his govern
mont.
Chsrlcmngne sleeps in the Odcn.
berg in Hcss, seated ON his throne,
with hiscrown upon his head and his
sword by his side. When the time
OF antichiist IL fulfilled he will arise
and revenge the blood OF tho saints.
In Germany II is the popular belief
that Charles V will some day awake
from his enchanted sleep TO reign
over Germany, Spain, Portugal, Den.
mark, Belgium and tho Netherlands.
Tho Mohnmmedans believe that
when antichrist comes Mohammed
Mohndi viii awake and conquer him.
Swiss folk tales tell us that three
members of the Tell family are
sleeping tho sleep Of tho enchanted
at Ruth, near tho Vicrwaldstatter
Tea. Should the country again DO
ovorrun by u tyrant the Shoppers will
awake and help to free tho people
from the despot,
Thousands OF tho French peasantry
believe that Napoleon is only sleep.
ing, and that at some future time hc
will reappear and rule,
Tho above are only few Of the
celebrated slumbor myths known To
Investigators. st, Louis Republic.