Hans FaberMar 25, 202025 minOut of averting the inevitable a community was bornThe COVID-19 pandemic is climbing towards its peak. Uncertainty of how destructive the pandemic is going to be. How many family members...
Hans FaberFeb 26, 20206 minSailors escaped from Cyclops"The reason I am late for class? Well, there was a strange cat in our barn this morning, and I stepped in its poop. Therefore, I first...
Hans FaberFeb 23, 202012 minA Theelacht. What a great idea!Halfway the ninth century, Vikings had established more or less permanent presence in Frisia in the former district called Nordendi or...
Hans FaberFeb 16, 20205 minAttingahem BridgeBrooklyn. Named after the village of Breukelen in the Netherlands. Its original Frisian name was Attingahem. With only a twist of history...
Hans FaberFeb 11, 202017 minDonkey King and the Palm GameRex illiteratus est quasi asinus coronatus ‘an illiterate king is like a crowned donkey’ or, if you prefer the alternative translation,...
Hans FaberDec 1, 20194 minThe shipwrecked people of the salt marshesTidal marshlands and Frisians, a dual entity. The Chauci and the Frisians (Frisii) had learned to adapt to this unprotective, hospitable...
Hans FaberNov 16, 201914 minWeladu the flying blacksmithMaster blacksmith Wayland is well-known from mythology. The blacksmith who was kept captive on a small island in the sea, and escaped...
Hans FaberOct 25, 201919 minGroove is in the HearthThe hearth was in pre- and early-medieval times the holy of holies, the heart of the family. Where you would lay back and groove. Groove...
Hans FaberOct 6, 20197 minGerddwyr CroesoLast year one of the bastards hiked the Pembrokeshire Coast Path in southwestern Wales (Cymru), a 290 kilometres long trail. As every...
Hans FaberSep 23, 201922 minMagnus’ Choice. The Origins of the Frisian FreedomAccording to medieval legends, around the year 800 Charlemagne and pope Leo came into conflict with the citizens of Rome. The pope was...
Hans FaberJul 27, 201913 minOrnament of the Gods found in a mound of clayIn the year 516, king Hygelac of the Geats, a tribe in the southeast of Sweden, raided Frisia. Back then, this part of the Netherlands...
Hans FaberJul 21, 20198 minAnother brick in the wallWho has not dined at least once in an ’80s Chinese restaurant that carried the name ‘The Great Wall’? At least you have been at one for a...
Hans FaberJul 19, 201932 minThe Abbey of Egmond and the rise of the GerulfingsMonk Ecgberht of Ripon was the driving force behind the Christianization of the headstrong, heathen Frisians. From the influential...
Hans FaberMay 24, 20196 minGiants of Twilight LandOn the edge of land and sea, where it is difficult to tell what is land and what is not, life is rough. The corrosive salt of the sea is...
Hans FaberMay 12, 201919 minThe United Frisian Emirates and Black PeatIn this post we will explain that the Frisian lands might as well be named the United Frisian Emirates. Of course, there are some...
Hans FaberMar 10, 201911 minHow the Hero of Haarlem is actually a dragon in disguiseIt was a Yankee by the name Mary Mapes Dodge who wrote ‘Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates. A story of life in Holland’. The book was...
Hans FaberJan 20, 20197 minKnow where to find your sweet potatoWe retrace our steps back to the sixteenth century. A time the potato was exotic. Nowadays children eat pastas, pizzas, burgers,...
Hans FaberJan 13, 201910 minWe'll drive our ships to new landIn the series Myths of Nations we disclose to you this time that the Frisians, in fact, did not come from India, as the old legends tell...
Hans FaberDec 24, 201824 minHave a Frisians CocktailWith the coming seasonal festivities at the end of the year, it is appropriate to serve you a flavorful cocktail. It is a cocktail from...
Hans FaberNov 11, 201812 minYou killed a man? That'll be 1 weregeld, pleaseHow to settle the scores in medieval Frisia when you killed someone: the function of a weregeld.