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Hans Faber
Feb 26, 20207 min read
Sailors escaped from Cyclops, but saw World's End
"Reason I'm late for class? Well, you know, there was a strange cat in our barn this morning, and I stepped in its poop. Therefore, I...


Hans Faber
Feb 23, 202014 min read
A Theel Acht. What a great idea!
Halfway through the ninth century, Vikings had established a more or less permanent presence in Frisia, in the pagus  'territory' called...


Hans Faber
Feb 16, 202010 min read
Attingahem Bridge, NY
Brooklyn. Named after the charming village of Breukelen in the Netherlands. Its original Frisian name was Attingahem. With only a twist...


Hans Faber
Feb 11, 202020 min read
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...


Hans Faber
Dec 1, 20198 min read
Shipwrecked People of the Salt Marshes
Tidal marshlands and Frisians. A dual entity. The Chauci and the Frisians ( Frisii  or Fresones ) had learned to adapt to this...


Hans Faber
Nov 16, 201920 min read
Weladu the Flying Blacksmith. Tracing the Origin of Wayland
Master blacksmith Wayland is well-known from mythology. The blacksmith was kept captive on a small island in the sea and escaped from it...


Hans Faber
Oct 25, 201922 min read
Groove is in the Hearth. Very Superstitious is the Way
Kierin Magenta Kirby The hearth was, in pre- and early-medieval times, the Holy of Holies. The heart of the family. Where you would lay...


Hans Faber
Oct 6, 20197 min read
Gerddwyr Croeso – hiking the Pembrokeshire Coast Path
Last year (2019), one of the bastards hiked the Pembrokeshire Coast Path in southwestern Wales ( Cymru ). A 290 kilometres long trail....


Hans Faber
Sep 23, 201932 min read
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, 201916 min read
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, 201910 min read
Another Brick in the Wall
Who hasn't dined at least once in an '80s Chinese restaurant that carried the name 万里长城 'Great Wall of China'? Certainly you've been at...


Hans Faber
Jul 19, 201943 min read
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, 20198 min read
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, 201926 min read
The United Frisian Emirates and Black Peat
In this blog 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, 201912 min read
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...
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