Hans FaberApr 235 minDissolute Elisabeth and her DevilIn the Middle Age lived a once promiscuous girl named Elisabeth. She had come to repentance, found honourable employ as a maid, and had...
Hans FaberApr 1013 minWalfrid, You’ll Never Walk Alone.This post is not about Aindreas Ó Céirín (1840-1915), better known as Brother Walfrid from Ireland, and who founded the Scottish football...
Hans FaberSep 10, 202111 minLike Father, Unlike SonThe Battle of Tours in 732 turned out to be a turning point in the wars against the Umayyad Caliphate. The Caliphate was one of the...
Hans FaberMar 21, 202111 minWith a Noose through the Norsemen’s DoorAlthough the conversion was a slow and cumbersome process, and only succeeded in-depth in the course of the tenth century, Frisia...
Hans FaberFeb 21, 20217 minFrisia, a Viking graveyardWhen reading about the famous deeds of great Viking warriors, often not much attention is given to the moments of failure. Not much is...
Hans FaberNov 1, 20207 minLegend of EsonstadWhen, on a moon-clear night, on top of the dike at Lauwersmeer (Lake Lauwers), you look out over the water, you just might see in the...
Hans FaberJun 17, 202015 minMake way for the dead!High in the Swiss Alps in the region Bernese Oberland, many men, women and children have experienced the great horror of dead Frisians...
Hans FaberMay 16, 20208 minLatið meg ei á Frísaland fordervast!Latið meg ei á Frísaland fordervast! 'Do no let me perish in Friesland!' A cry out of a Faroese young woman when she was being kidnapped...
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 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 FaberSep 23, 201919 minMagnus’ Choice. The Origins of the Frisian FreedomAcoording to legends, around the year 800, Charlemagne and Pope Leo came into conflict with the city of Rome. The Pope was attacked and...
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 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 FaberOct 14, 201811 minBeacons of NordfrieslandNordfriesland or North Frisia. The western coast and islands of region Schleswig. Stretching from the Danish town Tønder in the north, to...
Hans FaberJul 2, 201733 minTolkien pleaded in favor of King FinnBetween 450-455 at the southern coast of the North Sea, a betrayal took place that has not been forgotten ever since. And it never will....
Hans FaberMay 7, 201712 minHow a town drowned overnightRungholt, a thriving and wealthy town, disappeared overnight in the year 1362. For seven centuries only legends told us about what...