Hans Faber
Attingahem Bridge, NY
Brooklyn. Named after the charming village of Breukelen in the Netherlands. Its original Frisian name was Attingahem. With only a twist...
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Hans Faber
- Feb 11, 2020
- 18 min
Donkey King of the Paulme Game
Rex illiteratus est quasi asinus coronatus, ‘an illiterate king is like a crowned donkey’. Or, if you prefer the alternative translation,...
Hans Faber
- Dec 1, 2019
- 6 min
Shipwrecked people of the salt marshes
Tidal marshlands and Frisians. A dual entity. The Chauci and the Frisians (Frisii) had learned to adapt to this unprotected, hospitable...
Hans Faber
- Nov 16, 2019
- 15 min
Weladu the flying blacksmith
Master blacksmith Wayland is well-known from mythology. The blacksmith who was kept captive on a small island in the sea, and escaped...
Hans Faber
- Oct 25, 2019
- 19 min
Groove is in the Hearth
The 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 Faber
- Oct 6, 2019
- 7 min
Gerddwyr Croeso
Last year one of the bastards hiked the Pembrokeshire Coast Path in southwestern Wales (Cymru), a 290 kilometres long trail. As every...
Hans Faber
- Sep 23, 2019
- 26 min
Magnus’ Choice. The Origins of the Frisian Freedom
According to medieval legends, around the year 800 Charlemagne and pope Leo came into conflict with the citizens of Rome. The pope was...
Hans Faber
- Jul 27, 2019
- 14 min
Ornament of the Gods found in a mound of clay
In the year 516, king Hygelac of the Geats, a tribe in (probably) the southeast of Sweden, raided Frisia. Back then, this part of the...
Hans Faber
- Jul 21, 2019
- 9 min
Another brick in the wall
Who hasn't dined at least once in an '80s Chinese restaurant that carried the name 'The Great Wall'? Certainly you've been at one for a...
Hans Faber
- Jul 19, 2019
- 37 min
The Abbey of Egmond and the rise of the Gerulfings
Monk Ecgberht of Ripon was the driving force behind the Christianization of the headstrong heathens of Frisia. From the influential...
Hans Faber
- May 24, 2019
- 7 min
Giants of Twilight Land
At the intersection of land and sea, where it’s difficult to tell what is land and what is not, life is rough. The corrosive salt of the...
Hans Faber
- May 12, 2019
- 25 min
The United Frisian Emirates and Black Peat
In this post we'll explain that the Frisian lands might as well be named the United Frisian Emirates. Of course, there are some...
Hans Faber
- Mar 10, 2019
- 11 min
How the Hero of Haarlem is actually a dragon in disguise
It 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 Faber
- Jan 20, 2019
- 7 min
Know where to find your sweet potato
We retrace our steps back to the sixteenth century. A time the potato was exotic. Nowadays children eat pastas, pizzas, burgers,...
Hans Faber
- Jan 13, 2019
- 12 min
We'll drive our ships to new land
In the series Myths of Nations we disclose to you this time that the Frisians, in fact, didn't come from India, as the old legends tell...
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