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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.
Meder, Theo (2008), The Flying Dutchman and Other Folktales from the Netherlands, Libraries Unlimited, ISBN 978-1-59158-490-2 This article about a person from the Netherlands is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it .
The Flying Dutchman, according to folklore, is a ghost ship that can never go home, and is doomed to sail the seven seas forever. The Flying Dutchman is usually spotted from afar, sometimes seen to be glowing with ghostly light. One of the possible explanations of the origin of the Flying Dutchman legend is a Fata Morgana mirage seen at sea. [14]
Joost van Straaten was an 18th-century sea captain whose soul was claimed by Mephisto. [2] In life, he was a greedy and cruel sailor who ignored warnings of a treacherous storm, resulting in his ship and crew being swallowed by the sea.
The phrase has often been referenced comedically in the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants, particularly by the show's ghostly personification of the Flying Dutchman. [18] "Davy Jones's locker" has made occasional appearances in the cartoon as a literal gym locker used to contain souls and socks.
Brian Murray (born October 31, 1945), known professionally by his stage name as Brian Doyle-Murray, is an American actor, comedian and screenwriter.He has appeared with his younger brother, actor/comedian Bill Murray, in several films, including Caddyshack, The Razor's Edge, Scrooged, Ghostbusters II, and Groundhog Day.
Flying Dutchman (pigeon), a pigeon who received the Dickin Medal in 1945; Flying Dutchman (tobacco), for pipes distributed by Royal Theodorus Niemeyer Ltd., a Dutch company; Flying Dutchman, name given to a drift bottle that traveled 16,000 miles (1929–1935) Flying Dutchman, KLM frequent flyer program, now merged into the Flying Blue program
The Flying Dutchman or De Vliegende Hollander is a 1957 Dutch biographical film directed by Gerard Rutten about the life of famed aviator Anthony Fokker. Plot