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meubie
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posted October 17, 2003 04:37 AM |
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Dutch Mythology
I saw a discussion about Dutch Mythology, and the lack of it. The fact is that there are some myths!
One of the most famous is "The Song of Lord Halewijn".
It's about a European Feodale Lord who rapes and slaughters young women and his end by a woman who outsmarted him (note that the song originated in the 14th century).
The following page is a short summary of the greatest Dutch mystery Huge Dolmens in the midlle of a flat countryside: Stonehenge Style.
http://users.bart.nl/~jbmeijer/engels.htm
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meubie
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posted October 17, 2003 04:49 AM |
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Found another one:
As the story goes Jan van Hunks, a pirate in the early 18th century, retired from his eventful life at sea to live on the slopes of Devil’s Peak. He spent his days sitting on the mountain smoking weed on his pipe. One day a stranger approached and asked to borrow some spliff. After a bit of bragging, a smoking contest ensued which lasted for days. Van Hunks finally defeated the stoned stranger - who unfortunately turned out to be the devil - and they both vanished in a puff of cannabis smoke. Legend has it that the cloud of "tobacco" smoke they left became the "table-cloth" - the famous white cloud that spills over Table Mountain when the south-easter blows in summer.
Talk about heritage :-D
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Hexa
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posted October 19, 2003 01:31 PM |
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Yes there is.... The Flying Dutchman for instance!@ 
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hamsi128
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posted October 19, 2003 02:02 PM |
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there is Van Basten , Gullit and Koeman myths in near future
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Shepicker
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posted October 19, 2003 08:57 PM |
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But you know which is better than the Dutch mythology?THE ROMANIAN ONE :-) better start a new thread with that one :-)
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