Paganism in the Netherlands | Throughout History, and within Modern Traditions

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[simplybiotech-]

As a dutch person i find it such a shame that so much information of our ancestors history is gone and forgotten. But thanks anyway for sharing what you know :).

[ivobreeschoten]

My grandfather taught me loads about the Germanic gods whilst growing up int he north of the Netherlands.

[butchersblade]

I can't tell you how much this video means to me. My ancestry is from the Netherlands. I loved seeing the beautiful landscape and hearing about the traditions of my ancestors.

[adamyouker]

Thank you, Jacob. I am in Michigan where I and MANY have Dutch Ancestry. We even have cities in western Michigan named Holland and Zeeland. My ancestors came from northern Groningen. So interesting!

[dispirited_official]

I live in Belgium, so just south of the Netherlands. I think it's amazing because this is so close to my home, I literally live 2 hours by car away from where you filmed

[j-sneep]

hello and greetings from the netherlands i've been looking at your vedios for a while now i never expected you to ever come to the netherlands🇳🇱

[floortje]

Wat leuk dat je ons koude kikkerlandje zo waardeert, ik ga zeker kijken! 🇳🇱

[evajanssen]

I live in The Netherlands and am happy with this video 🙌🏽

[missyihunt]

Thank you for being so respectful of the gods, goddesses and aspects of these old spiritual ways.

[gitmoholliday]

being Dutch myself and raised in a rural area I do remember some tradition ..
it was quite normal for farmers to have a wooden floor and throw sand on it, instead of a carpet
( cheap / plenty and easily to clean out )..
on a saturday the farmer took some pride in drawing patterns in the "lawn" outside..
the farmhouses and stables usually had some wooden ornament on top of the façade
meant to scare off evil and bad weather / lighting.

we still have some bread purposely shaped like a piece of roasted meat,
originally a gift to the pagan Gods
but now usually bought to celebrate Easter / Christmas etc.
and indeed the "tree" you could tie a piece of textile at, to ask for a cure against fever etc.
some noisy traditions like honking on "winter horns" / waking people up with loud noises
lighting huge fires.
next to that some special celebrations considered "Christian" but have their origins in pagan festivities.

[Lifeletnothingholdudown]

I got chills when you were saying the prayer to the goddesses. It was beautiful.

[mauritsponnette]

Thank you for sharing! I'm from Antwerp. The Troll/Kabouter King in the hollow stump used to be my favourite creature in the fairytale forest of the Efteling as a child (still is), alongside the fairies and trolls from Droomvlucht ride (which is one of the most popular attractions in the park).

Dutch folklore is an amazing amalgamation of Celtic, Germanic and Mediterranean traditions (and who knows what else). We can't talk fully about it anymore in a scientific or authoritative way, but the folk spirit remembers and keeps on producing these tales and creatures of times otherwise forgotten. This can be an amazing stepping stone into connecting with the ancestors, the land and the otherworld, but it requires a bit of a leap into the unproven (which I think we could use a bit more of in our midst).

I will definitely visit these barrows, now that I know they exist, they're not too far from where I live.

Blessings and greetings from Antwerp, Hail!

[romo]

Nehalenia is an antagonist is the Sailor Moon series. As a Dutchy I love the randomness of the universe that this ancient goddess is kept "alive" through the medium of anime.

[nusaybah]

Hi! I'm from north italy and after taking a DNA test I discovered my Belgian/ Dutch Flemish and Gallic roots (Cenomann tribes who settled their main city in Brescia-lombardy) that represent the most part of my genome (more than 65%). So this video is really important to me thank you. In my opinion if everybody in the world took a DNA test our view about people and cultures would be more respectful, we are all connected but at the same time we are special and unique.

[mikeblei]

Southern Netherlands was a great mix of the Kelts and Germanics (Batavi). together with some Roman spices here and there. Great area to do research on paganism. Myself I'm from the old Frisian areas.

Great to see this, Jacob. Thanks and enjoy your time in Europe ;) If you get the chance try to visit a concert of Baldrs Draumar (Frisian pagan folklore)
I like to see you've visited De Efteling.

And as we say in Dutch: Mogen de Goden je goed gezind zijn.

[angielensink]

Thank you for this amazing video!My parents are Dutch, and my mother is from the south, and I love this part of the Netherlands.

[Seyone]

Good day my friend, i live in the Netherlands i recently watched Vikings after that i tried the magic truffels called Valhalla wich are legal here in the Netherlands. This made me and my friend start talking about the topic of nordic paganisme. That combined with the sirie Vikings really sparked my interest in learning norse/Germanic paganism. I love this video and wil be watching more of your content. Thanks for sharing this information and i sure do think you have a verry interesting channel. Thanks cause this is a few hours of extra content and nolage for me. :)
Also i will send you a dm or something if i get a change to read dutch books about old paganism here in the Netherlands. Mabey i will be able to translate and share some of the information with you.

[FranciscoFum]

Perhaps also something to consider, although the evidence is little, is the linguistic evidence still in the Dutch language and in Afrikaans its daughter language. The weekdays still have the names of Germanic gods. Donderdag is cognate to Donar, Thor. Woensdag, Wodan, Odin. Vrydag, Frija. Dinsdag or Things Day, over which Tiw or Tyr presided. Words even still in Afrikaans would have been Germanic pagan in older context. Words such as heil, heilig (holy), Wy and deriviatives (consecrate), cognate Old Norse Vé, same with Wierook (incense) . Hel and Hemel (heaven) are found in Germanic Pagan contexts. We have words specifically related to a storm and wind but also anger, woed, woede cognate to Odin's name as well. There are also place names in the Netherlands like Donderberg, a possible Thor connection there. Personal names with the "Ans" element (although these may be from German as well, but Old Dutch and Old High German were still close). Anselm, Ansu, Ansie cognate to Os and As for "god" as one of "Aesir".

There is the Bergakker runic inscription on a sword scabbard, it has been suggested that it may be an attestation of Old Dutch (Old Low Franconian). Although the Germanic languages were all still so close at that time.

[gurdahgoddess]

You evoking and honoring the goddesses, brought me tot tears... Thank you for doing that! Hugs from Frisia

[FelineRM]

So I'm Dutch and as far as I know my ancestry is mostly Dutch. I grew up in Amsterdam but never felt at home in a city environment. I guess that's why I never was really interested in dutch history... this is actually the first time even hearing about these burial mounts!! But im getting a bit older and I think becoming a mother has made me think about my ancestors.