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This legend is the Dutch adaptation of the Latin, Dialogus Miraculorum of 1223 and Libri Octo Miraculorum of 1237. [12] Mariken van Nieumeghen is an early 16th century Dutch text that tells the story of Mariken who is seduced by the devil (named Moenen). He promises to teach her all the languages of the world and the 7 arts (music, arithmetic ...
Articles relating to legends of the Netherlands, narratives featuring human actions, perceived or believed both by teller and listeners, to have taken place within human history. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
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 ...
Dutch legends (1 C, 5 P) P. Legendary Dutch people (2 C, 1 P) R. ... Pages in category "Dutch folklore" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
Pages in category "Dutch legendary creatures" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. Draeck; E.
Sinterklaas (Dutch: [ˌsɪntərˈklaːs] ⓘ) or Sint-Nicolaas (Dutch: [sɪnt ˈnikoːlaːs] ⓘ) is a legendary figure based on Saint Nicholas, patron saint of children.Other Dutch names for the figure include De Sint ("The Saint"), De Goede Sint ("The Good Saint") and De Goedheiligman ("The Good Holy Man").
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.
Buckriders on a 12th-century capital in the Abbey church of Moissac A Buckrider depicted on Jheronimus Bosch' The Garden of Earthly Delights, ca. 1485. Earliest records mentioning the buckriders originate from a tome called Oorzaeke, bewys en ondekkinge van een goddelooze, bezwoorne bende nagtdieven en knevelaers binnen de landen van Overmaeze en aenpalende landstreeken, which approximately ...