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Netherlandish Proverbs (1559), by artist Pieter Brueghel the Elder, showing peasant scenes illustrating several proverbs. Folklore of the Low Countries, often just referred to as Dutch folklore, includes the epics, legends, fairy tales and oral traditions of the people of Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg.
Old publication of Karel ende Van Elegast, 12th century Dutch story of an "elf-guest" or "elf-spirit" who supports the Christian King Charlemagne. After the influence of Christian missionaries, the original mythologies were lessened in power, and for the most part adapted into folklore and legends, often made diminutive. The witte wieven for ...
The Sagas of Veluwe (Dutch: Veluwsche Sagen) are collection of Dutch fairy tales from Eastern Netherlands, particularly in the Province of Gelderland in Veluwe. They were collected by nl:Gustaaf Frederik van de Wall Perné. [1] He published these tales in two volumes:
The Flying Dutchman (Dutch: De Vliegende Hollander) is a legendary ghost ship, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the sea forever.The myths and ghost stories are likely to have originated from the 17th-century Golden Age of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) [1] [2] [3] and of Dutch maritime power.
The Lady of Stavoren, A Dutch Legend, told by Aaron Shepard; English: Tales from Europe, The Lady of Stavoren, on BBC School Radio; The Proud Lady of Stavoren, by Elizabeth Akers Allen, on Cornell University Library; Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks - When Wheat Worked Woe Archived 2014-07-04 at the Wayback Machine, told by William Elliot ...
Pages in category "Dutch folklore" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Afrikaans folklore; B.
A person in a traditional Zwarte Piet costume A person in a modernized Sooty Pete costume. Zwarte Piet (Dutch: [ˈzʋɑrtə ˈpit]; Luxembourgish: Schwaarze Péiter; West Frisian: Swarte Pyt; Indonesian: Pit Hitam), also known in English by the translated name Black Pete, is the companion of Saint Nicholas (Dutch: Sinterklaas; French: Saint-Nicolas; West Frisian: Sinteklaas; Luxembourgish ...
The Saeftinghe Legend is an old Dutch folk tale that explains the sunken city of Saeftinghe in eastern Zeelandic Flanders near Nieuw-Namen, The Netherlands, that existed until it was entirely flooded by sea waters in 1584. The legends says the city grew to be the most prosperous city on the fertile lands of the Scheldts but the inhabitants grew ...