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 :).
We need to tell others. I've been interested in this topic for over 16 years and recently we finally have scientists that support the idea of viking Frisia
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.
Do you live in the Netherlands too, or is it that you at some point in life found out about your ancestry? But that you don't live here? If you're really interested, you could travel to The Netherlands sometime. Our country is quite flat, but if look and search around you can find pretty beautiful places of nature. I'm 99% percent sure I myself am of Germanic heritage. First of all I've been born and raised here. (Still live here too) Also, I live in an area that's close to the German border.
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
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!
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!
Maurits, of course it is indeed possible to discuss the kabouters, the little folk, known throughout Europe these were nature spirits, the oldest Scandinavian writings mention these as the wise spirits inhabiting rock walls. These sacred stones (also known in Latvia etc) of advice and judgement were destroyed by jealous bishops. There is still a sacred stone of the 'nutons' in the Ardennes.
Before you all pray pray to the goddesses because mothers come first and then country they are signs of unconditional love to their children Then give treats to the children at home, girls first because...... I hope you find out.. Revive the pagan culture From a Hindu
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.
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.
I never knew that the folklore stories were to teach children how to be safe. That makes a lot of sense now that you say it. Life lessons in a story. So cool. Thank you for your videos. I have subscribed to your channel. I appreciate the care and detail you explain everything. I just started my pagan journey and your videos are extremely helpful in my journey.
Coming from a country that a Dutchman Abel Tasman came to before captain James cook.. New Zealand. We have strong Dutch and Scandinavian ties in my area. One of my great great grandmothers in my family was half Dutch and she married a Dane. We are also Irish, Scottish and English.
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.
Women come first When you start to any prayer remember the goddess It will increase your love towards others because mothers/goddess are a sign of unconditional love to their kids From a Hindu
Amazing video, beautiful landscape shots, and incredible information! I look forward to more of your journeys which, like Wodan, shows the enlightenment within that can come from traveling across worlds. Shamanic because even travel itself is stepping outside of one's normal space and comfort to experience something different. Although I've primarily connected most with my German father's side from Swabia (with one of our ancestral lines also from Celtic Northwest Spain) and thus a more distinctly Alpine Germanic Paganism that survived within folklore and traditions, my entire maternal side is Flemish-American only three generations removed from Vlaanderen. There are similarities with the Southern Netherlands especially in the blending of Germanic and Celtic traditions of the Belgae. Not only do we have our own Deities of the Low Countries such as Nehalennia and the Matronae (Triple Goddesses/Nornir), but folk tales or fairy tales exist about Ostara; there are place-names and local legends involving Wodan and Donar; traditions of the Wild Hunt which are prolific in the Low Countries, etc.. Much can be reclaimed from folklore and traditions that I believe are surviving remnants of our Paganism with only a thin-veneer of being "Christian" (and specifically "Catholic" in my own ancestors' case). With due respect to the Norse/Scandinavian, I think its important for people of Continental ancestry to discover our regional variations that can occasionally be different from the Norse sources. Perhaps there is such a strong tradition of the Goddesses especially because of the low proximity to the sea and the river systems which are the life-blood of the Low Countries, so a strongly Feminine spiritual energy?
I visited the hunebedden when I was younger! They're very cool, definitely worth a visit. I later also found out that they used to leave valuebales, like jewelry or something like pottery in there with the deceased. I suppose, like the Egyptian, so they could take it to the after life. Sadly there were grave robbers that would've taken everything. I learned this awhile ago in school and its been like 10 years, so not sure I remember it correctly.
Thanks for visiting my home country. Came across your video. And you visited some good examples. My favorite area is called de Regte Heide, which contains also several beatifull gravemounts. The whole area from Tilburg and Eindhoven have very much of early burial mounts and sites.
I’m so glad to find this. I’m not a professional or an author but I’m thinking about writing a historical fiction story about the life of the Yde Girl, she was a sixteen year old who lived in what is now the Tynaarlo area of Drenthe Province in the northeastern Netherlands in around the 1st century (the Iron Age) and was buried in the Stijfveen bog after what was most likely a ritual sacrifice (it’s believed to be connected to her having scoliosis), and I wanted to have a specifically ancient Dutch context for what the religion and culture of her tribe might have been like. It’s also possible the sacrifice was done to ward off a Roman invasion, but the Romans never did come to Drenthe. I’m not sure which Germanic tribe her people would match with, but on her Dutch language Wikipedia page it says her people were the “earliest inhabitants of the Saxon area”. But because obviously so little is known about the religion of the people who lived in the Netherlands at that time, I’ve decided to resort to using very archaic Dutch equivalent words and names of those from the later Norse and western Germanic mythologies and personal names, like when it comes to the gods the Anzen would be the Æsir, the Wanen would be the Vanir, Woden or Woen would be Odin, etc. The Taaldacht website is a wonderful resource for that. The girl definitely would have known of and seen the hunebedden, but I don’t know if they would have been important or meant anything to her culture. In my story she would be aware of how much the world has changed since her lifetime and she’d be looking back at the world she knew.
Interesting project! I've also been thinking for a while about writing a historical fiction story set in a pagan Netherlands for fun, but it's definitely hard😓 Especially going as far back as you are doing before the Franks and Saxons.
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.
This is so wonderful to learn, and I appreciate your videos so much. I have so much information about my Norse and Celtic pagan ancestry, but so much of my Dutch pagan ancestry has been a mystery. Learning about Nehalennia, Sandradiga, Hludsna, Vagdavercutis, Viradectis, Badhuhenna, Tamfana… so remarkable! Thank you for sharing all your work, education, and beautiful goddess ritual. Hail to the Goddesses!🔥🍎
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.
I’m loving this series and I can’t wait to see more 😊 As always the imagery is beautiful and very informative. My husband is of Dutch descent and I really enjoyed the historical content 💕
Hello! I love these videos you're doing! A huuuge swath of my ancestry are immigrants to the U.S. from The Netherlands. I used to think that was kinda boring, but it's actually fascinating and I'm proud of it now.
Thank you for such a beautiful and educational video. I’ve only recently found your channel and I’m loving it. Your book looks lovely. I just ordered it and am getting excited for it to arrive.
Great video! I'm from South-Netherland and didn't know Swifterkamp. Looked great. I'm going to ask my clan to go there a weekend! I live close to the border of Germany and work with the Matronen.
Beautiful video, Jacob! As the co-founder of a large Continental Germanic Heathenry group, this type of content is exactly what we try to bring into current consciousness.
Wow! You’ve managed to find Toterfout? Most Dutch don’t even know about it’s existence. Cool! One of the first places I’ve ever visited to explore my pagan roots.
Thank you so much for this amazing video and great collaboration with a true Dutch pagan. So many times when people talk about North-European paganism just talk about what now recognize as Germany and Scandinavia that they forget about our beautiful country and people.
@@TheWisdomOfOdin We definitely have some beautiful parts. If only more people would venture outside of Amsterdam to discover the TRUE Netherlands and what we truly have to offer. I think I can speak on behalf of all Dutch pagans, witches and heathens when I say that you are welcome back anytime!
As a kid, I remember playing with my little brothers among some hunebedden rocks. I knew they where old but it took some time to realize how old they where
Brilliant video. I have shared and suggested others watch. Thank you. Valuable resource for fledglings to Paganism, and those of us elders to re-jog the memory.
Production and editing is super professional! Work on the thumbnails though, I almost skipped. Ai generate pagan gods, cut them out and add to your thumbnail. That tune at the beginning was awesome!
What a lovely production. Well done. I personally don’t consider myself Pagan (maybe I am more than I’m aware), but whenever I see Pagans and hear them talk they always strike me as caring and sensitive people. I mean honoring nature, history and your forefathers/mothers is a valuable thing to focus on, whatever label is attached to it.
My family is from Groningen and Friesland, in fact many of my family still lives there. I've been able to find out that they lived there from at least the 1400s til the 1940s. I'm so incredibly proud of my Dutch/Frisian heritage and this just adds to that. Thank you.
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.
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.
Language and toponomy is indeed a good place to find heathen traces of our past Also yeah i read that indeed the Bergakker Inscription might be the oldest evidence of the Dutch language as it is descendant of Old Frankish, otherwise i think it was in the Lex Salica. I heard it isn't what people usually thought was the oldest trace of Old Dutch "Hebban Olla Vogala" because that may have been Kentish instead
Just come across your RUclips channel new sub mate shout from england I'm a pagan guy love to the pagan community worldwide ❤ it's growing across Europe brilliant getting back to are ancestors roots culture
Nice that you pay attention to Dutch Heathenism. I come from the Netherlands myself. the goddesses you describe have their own monument now where they may have been worshiped. maybe interesting to look this up next time.
Really nice and beautiful video! I myself am Dutch. I've been born here and to this day still do. Not sure I'd ever live in another country. I've seen 2 of the hunnebedden that you showed in the video, one only once, and the other a few times or so. Since that one's the closest to where I live. I'm 99% sure I'm of Germanic heritage, since I live in an area that's close to the German border. Really enjoyed watching this video!
Excellent video. I’ve been to the Netherlands, but only saw Amsterdam and the like. I wished I knew of Efteling, it looks amazing. Oh well I guess I need another euro trip 😁
I am shocked you have found a goddes with this beautifull name Nehalennia in my own little Netherlands. And more shocked that she is all over the place. What?! How did I not know this?? Thank you for sharing this. I love when young ones (I am almost twice your age) teach me something. I will need to get into this, I want to get to know her. Thank you bearded young one, keep up the good work.
Growing up in the most southern part of the Netherlands I never came in touch with paganism at all. Only when I was exposed to baltic paganism in Lithuania (which still has a huge following and is deeply rooted in the culture) through my wife, I started to notice all the different landmarks around the place i grew up in which (most probably) have pagan roots. Although there are a lot of these pagan landmarks littered throughout the landscape, they are very hidden, as is the practise of paganism throughout The Netherlands.
Thank you for this. In an interview about a movie called “Redbad” I read something rather sad. As they were doing research for the movie, the filmmakers and scriptwriters found out that the romans and particular the christian church were very successful in destroying anything that had to do with our pagan ancestors. “Redbad” is a story worth diving into by the way. I am from the lands of the Hunnebeds and always have felt disconnected somehow from my ancestors. I really liked your information and learned some new things. It helps finding the roots a bit. Ps. Have you heard of vrouw Holle. She is interesting as well.
Thank you for this beautiful video Jacob. Did you know that many farms, houses and even churches in the eastern (rural) part of The Netherlands still have pagan symbols such as sun crosses, runes, trees of life (Irminsul), etcetera?
Afrikaner from South Africa here. I have my family tree all the way to the 1400s inthe Netherlands. I have always wondered if there are more to my roots other than the brave Dutch Protestants that came to Africa. Thank you for giving us a glimpse into our past. Liefde en Groete uit Johannesburg!
@@jacquelinevanderkooij4301 you are correct. Mostly from Zeeland, also Edam and even a naughty lady from Amsterdam. They believe that Maria Kickers has 76000 descendants who has the surname Botha in South Africa today..
From Fryslan, and i have found out some interesting history about our province. Books bring some stuff to the surface too when they are older than 1900. We had the goddess Fostare, or Fostera(Westergeest) , Baduhenna, The god Stavo( stavoren), and Holler ( Holwerd) par example.
Are there any arguments why those toponyms would not come from the words for 'staves' and 'hol' + 'wierde'? I mean, I could posit a god Harel as a founding figure for Haarlem, or a god Amster for Amsterdam, but that seems a bit of a random way of explaining modern place names.
My father is Pennsylvania Dutch and i am too my mother was deep Irish and Welsh i believe she had once said and why i wait so long to see how the ancient world once was i just realized some time ago from inside to seek for it I've had different dreams and before my parents passed away my father and mother i told only i can see images in the tree's where my father was pleased with a smile and he said always thank the gods for the gifts they passed down to you .I have and some times it can be scary especially with certain sacred trees which bears the nuts and i am thankful to see what i see
27:34 Thank you Jacob. This quite sums it up, what about 90% of the Dutch people wish, for someone from abroad to be aware of - not calling the Netherlands in the same breath with (the artificiality in many of the aspects to the culture of) Holland. Not that I don't like a n y thing in these western provinces, their overall image just doesn't do much justice to the beauty of the major part of the country and it's history. I myself live near a small piece of nature reserve in the South close to the German border, called 't Jaomerdal, a peaceful little place with three or four of these burial mounds, and a name that according to folktale refers to the wailing you can still hear there at night, of the ghosts of Julius Caesar's slaughtered 14th legion. But it's a happy place worth every visit :)
I wish this was comon knowledge and that people took pride in how we treated nature... I can't believe we drifted so far from this natural state... I love this ❤️
There is also a Frisian God called Stavo, and the myth of frisians being descent from Freya according to the Oera Linda. As well as mounts where churches being on top upon were connected with star patterns. I am from a city called Bolsward and it is the Bulls mount. We have a special day called BOLLETONGERSDEI. which is on the first day of September. When there is another cosmological event.
History is very important to remember, teach and touch in some way. Not doing this will create empty spaces to never again to be filled. We can't like or understand all of history but not knowing it, we will not be able to understand the human condition.
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 :).
We need to tell others.
I've been interested in this topic for over 16 years and recently we finally have scientists that support the idea of viking Frisia
Everything is destroyed by rigid christianity
Christianity truly did a number severing everyone from there roots and destroying all information about our ancestry
My grandfather taught me loads about the Germanic gods whilst growing up int he north of the Netherlands.
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.
I hope you can come and visit us one day so you can see where your ancestors came from :)
It is very special to visit Holland when you have Dutch ancestry!
Do you live in the Netherlands too, or is it that you at some point in life found out about your ancestry? But that you don't live here? If you're really interested, you could travel to The Netherlands sometime. Our country is quite flat, but if look and search around you can find pretty beautiful places of nature. I'm 99% percent sure I myself am of Germanic heritage. First of all I've been born and raised here. (Still live here too) Also, I live in an area that's close to the German border.
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
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!
Michigan has so many towns inspired by Europe, its really interesting
Rockford, Mi here!
Harrison Michigan here
Holland here! Van Wieren
Heyyyy im from holland area too hahaa omg hi fellow Dutchie!!!!
Guess what, Ive cleaned betsy devoss' house before hehe
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🇳🇱
Het is wel grappig dat die gast nu waarschijnlijk ook in Nederland is
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!
Maurits, of course it is indeed possible to discuss the kabouters, the little folk, known throughout Europe these were nature spirits, the oldest Scandinavian writings mention these as the wise spirits inhabiting rock walls. These sacred stones (also known in Latvia etc) of advice and judgement were destroyed by jealous bishops. There is still a sacred stone of the 'nutons' in the Ardennes.
@@Foxglove963 Thank you for sharing this information! I'll have a look at the nutons.
I live in The Netherlands and am happy with this video 🙌🏽
Glad you enjoyed it!
Before you all pray pray to the goddesses because mothers come first and then country they are signs of unconditional love to their children
Then give treats to the children at home, girls first because...... I hope you find out..
Revive the pagan culture
From a Hindu
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.
Goed gezind, I presume.
Mogen, meervoud, of: moge (gebiedende wijs) het zo zijn dat...
En menapii ( Zeeland/ Vlaanderen)
Thank you for being so respectful of the gods, goddesses and aspects of these old spiritual ways.
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.
Lombards where famous for their long beards and where germanic in origin.
Still 5 % has Nordic 🧬
I never knew that the folklore stories were to teach children how to be safe. That makes a lot of sense now that you say it. Life lessons in a story. So cool. Thank you for your videos. I have subscribed to your channel. I appreciate the care and detail you explain everything. I just started my pagan journey and your videos are extremely helpful in my journey.
Glad you found your way here!
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.
Coming from a country that a Dutchman Abel Tasman came to before captain James cook.. New Zealand. We have strong Dutch and Scandinavian ties in my area. One of my great great grandmothers in my family was half Dutch and she married a Dane. We are also Irish, Scottish and English.
You evoking and honoring the goddesses, brought me tot tears... Thank you for doing that! Hugs from Frisia
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.
Great to see you being in my country Jacob, welkom!
What a beautiful place! Love from Germany and may ODIN bless you all 🍂⭐❄
This really touched my heart 💛especially the prayer really opened something inside of me… Thank you for doing this healing work 🙏🏻💛
Greets from Holland 😉
Excellent video Jacob.
Greetings from New Zealand
I love hearing about the pre-Roman cultures.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I got chills when you were saying the prayer to the goddesses. It was beautiful.
So beautiful! 🍎🔥
Women come first
When you start to any prayer remember the goddess
It will increase your love towards others because mothers/goddess are a sign of unconditional love to their kids
From a Hindu
We call godddesses as mothers
I did too! My family is Irish/Danish and German. I felt like Rann heard you and wanted to pass along her thanks for the kind words
All right lass gan to. The UK for more
Amazing video, beautiful landscape shots, and incredible information! I look forward to more of your journeys which, like Wodan, shows the enlightenment within that can come from traveling across worlds. Shamanic because even travel itself is stepping outside of one's normal space and comfort to experience something different. Although I've primarily connected most with my German father's side from Swabia (with one of our ancestral lines also from Celtic Northwest Spain) and thus a more distinctly Alpine Germanic Paganism that survived within folklore and traditions, my entire maternal side is Flemish-American only three generations removed from Vlaanderen. There are similarities with the Southern Netherlands especially in the blending of Germanic and Celtic traditions of the Belgae. Not only do we have our own Deities of the Low Countries such as Nehalennia and the Matronae (Triple Goddesses/Nornir), but folk tales or fairy tales exist about Ostara; there are place-names and local legends involving Wodan and Donar; traditions of the Wild Hunt which are prolific in the Low Countries, etc.. Much can be reclaimed from folklore and traditions that I believe are surviving remnants of our Paganism with only a thin-veneer of being "Christian" (and specifically "Catholic" in my own ancestors' case). With due respect to the Norse/Scandinavian, I think its important for people of Continental ancestry to discover our regional variations that can occasionally be different from the Norse sources. Perhaps there is such a strong tradition of the Goddesses especially because of the low proximity to the sea and the river systems which are the life-blood of the Low Countries, so a strongly Feminine spiritual energy?
I really enjoyed this video. Definitely learning more about my dutch pagan roots.
I visited the hunebedden when I was younger! They're very cool, definitely worth a visit. I later also found out that they used to leave valuebales, like jewelry or something like pottery in there with the deceased. I suppose, like the Egyptian, so they could take it to the after life. Sadly there were grave robbers that would've taken everything.
I learned this awhile ago in school and its been like 10 years, so not sure I remember it correctly.
Wat leuk dat je ons koude kikkerlandje zo waardeert, ik ga zeker kijken! 🇳🇱
Gr uit Zweden floortje doe ze de groeten daar.
Vrouw Holle is spreekt mij erg aan. Welke spreekt jouw aan?
Zo er zijn dus meer Nederlanders hier
@@j-sneep4224 hail de oude goden
@@dteun tsjaad
Gezellig!
Thanks for visiting my home country. Came across your video. And you visited some good examples. My favorite area is called de Regte Heide, which contains also several beatifull gravemounts. The whole area from Tilburg and Eindhoven have very much of early burial mounts and sites.
Glad you found your way here 🇳🇱!
My grandmother was Dutch grandfather German. I'm Pagan.
I’m so glad to find this. I’m not a professional or an author but I’m thinking about writing a historical fiction story about the life of the Yde Girl, she was a sixteen year old who lived in what is now the Tynaarlo area of Drenthe Province in the northeastern Netherlands in around the 1st century (the Iron Age) and was buried in the Stijfveen bog after what was most likely a ritual sacrifice (it’s believed to be connected to her having scoliosis), and I wanted to have a specifically ancient Dutch context for what the religion and culture of her tribe might have been like. It’s also possible the sacrifice was done to ward off a Roman invasion, but the Romans never did come to Drenthe. I’m not sure which Germanic tribe her people would match with, but on her Dutch language Wikipedia page it says her people were the “earliest inhabitants of the Saxon area”. But because obviously so little is known about the religion of the people who lived in the Netherlands at that time, I’ve decided to resort to using very archaic Dutch equivalent words and names of those from the later Norse and western Germanic mythologies and personal names, like when it comes to the gods the Anzen would be the Æsir, the Wanen would be the Vanir, Woden or Woen would be Odin, etc. The Taaldacht website is a wonderful resource for that. The girl definitely would have known of and seen the hunebedden, but I don’t know if they would have been important or meant anything to her culture. In my story she would be aware of how much the world has changed since her lifetime and she’d be looking back at the world she knew.
Interesting project! I've also been thinking for a while about writing a historical fiction story set in a pagan Netherlands for fun, but it's definitely hard😓 Especially going as far back as you are doing before the Franks and Saxons.
@@kimashitawa8113 Yeah. It's still an interesting time though.
What a Beautiful & Insightful Video💖 TY
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.
This is so wonderful to learn, and I appreciate your videos so much. I have so much information about my Norse and Celtic pagan ancestry, but so much of my Dutch pagan ancestry has been a mystery. Learning about Nehalennia, Sandradiga, Hludsna, Vagdavercutis, Viradectis, Badhuhenna, Tamfana… so remarkable! Thank you for sharing all your work, education, and beautiful goddess ritual. Hail to the Goddesses!🔥🍎
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.
I love traveling vicariously through this channel.
Thank you for sharing this. I live in the state of Washington in the USA 🇺🇸
I’m loving this series and I can’t wait to see more 😊 As always the imagery is beautiful and very informative. My husband is of Dutch descent and I really enjoyed the historical content 💕
Hello! I love these videos you're doing! A huuuge swath of my ancestry are immigrants to the U.S. from The Netherlands. I used to think that was kinda boring, but it's actually fascinating and I'm proud of it now.
Glad you enjoyed this video! Hope you are able to visit some of these places one day
Thank you for such a beautiful and educational video. I’ve only recently found your channel and I’m loving it. Your book looks lovely. I just ordered it and am getting excited for it to arrive.
Hope you enjoy my book, I also will be working on a book on travel soon!
Great video! I'm from South-Netherland and didn't know Swifterkamp. Looked great. I'm going to ask my clan to go there a weekend! I live close to the border of Germany and work with the Matronen.
Beautiful video, Jacob! As the co-founder of a large Continental Germanic Heathenry group, this type of content is exactly what we try to bring into current consciousness.
Wow! You’ve managed to find Toterfout? Most Dutch don’t even know about it’s existence. Cool! One of the first places I’ve ever visited to explore my pagan roots.
Thank you so much for this amazing video and great collaboration with a true Dutch pagan. So many times when people talk about North-European paganism just talk about what now recognize as Germany and Scandinavia that they forget about our beautiful country and people.
The Netherlands is one of my favorite places in Europe ❤️
@@TheWisdomOfOdin We definitely have some beautiful parts. If only more people would venture outside of Amsterdam to discover the TRUE Netherlands and what we truly have to offer.
I think I can speak on behalf of all Dutch pagans, witches and heathens when I say that you are welcome back anytime!
As a kid, I remember playing with my little brothers among some hunebedden rocks. I knew they where old but it took some time to realize how old they where
i'm here for this! my grandfather's family is dutch
Never knew I had these hills next to my city. Thanks for sharing
Brilliant video. I have shared and suggested others watch. Thank you. Valuable resource for fledglings to Paganism, and those of us elders to re-jog the memory.
Thanks for sharing!
I have just recently stumbled across your channel. I am in love with it completely.
Welcome aboard the ancient religion train 🚂!
You are a gifted speaker
Production and editing is super professional! Work on the thumbnails though, I almost skipped. Ai generate pagan gods, cut them out and add to your thumbnail. That tune at the beginning was awesome!
This is a beautiful video, thank you.
Thank you for this such amazing rich history I just love learning new things and places
You have a very beautiful channel! Thank you for sharing your journey with us all 🍎
The Eftrling Park looks amazing!
What a lovely production. Well done. I personally don’t consider myself Pagan (maybe I am more than I’m aware), but whenever I see Pagans and hear them talk they always strike me as caring and sensitive people. I mean honoring nature, history and your forefathers/mothers is a valuable thing to focus on, whatever label is attached to it.
I can't wait 🥺✨✨ Happy Pagan Hour
Thank you for all you are doing! Many blessings 💜
I really enjoyed this video! That village y’all stayed in looks awesome. I can really see how connected a person souls feel to the ancestors there.
Thank you for making this video Jacob❤
My pleasure!!
My family is from Groningen and Friesland, in fact many of my family still lives there. I've been able to find out that they lived there from at least the 1400s til the 1940s. I'm so incredibly proud of my Dutch/Frisian heritage and this just adds to that. Thank you.
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.
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.
Language and toponomy is indeed a good place to find heathen traces of our past
Also yeah i read that indeed the Bergakker Inscription might be the oldest evidence of the Dutch language as it is descendant of Old Frankish, otherwise i think it was in the Lex Salica.
I heard it isn't what people usually thought was the oldest trace of Old Dutch "Hebban Olla Vogala" because that may have been Kentish instead
Just come across your RUclips channel new sub mate shout from england I'm a pagan guy love to the pagan community worldwide ❤ it's growing across Europe brilliant getting back to are ancestors roots culture
This is definitely gonna be my relax hour
Nice that you pay attention to Dutch Heathenism. I come from the Netherlands myself. the goddesses you describe have their own monument now where they may have been worshiped. maybe interesting to look this up next time.
Really nice and beautiful video! I myself am Dutch. I've been born here and to this day still do. Not sure I'd ever live in another country. I've seen 2 of the hunnebedden that you showed in the video, one only once, and the other a few times or so. Since that one's the closest to where I live. I'm 99% sure I'm of Germanic heritage, since I live in an area that's close to the German border.
Really enjoyed watching this video!
Excellent video. I’ve been to the Netherlands, but only saw Amsterdam and the like. I wished I knew of Efteling, it looks amazing. Oh well I guess I need another euro trip 😁
I think most dutch people would like people to go to the Efteling rather than Amsterdam 😂 (even though I liked Amsterdam too!)
Those opening shots though!!!
Holy shit what an amazing video😍
What a great experience to stay there!
Im Dutch and i'm not religious at all but i can appreciate whai i see here in this video, from a historic point of view
Waar is dit precies? Die grafheuvels zijn heel mooi 🙏🏻❤️
THANK YOU 🌲🌲🌲
The tree in this video is a stunning spirit
I am shocked you have found a goddes with this beautifull name Nehalennia in my own little Netherlands. And more shocked that she is all over the place. What?! How did I not know this?? Thank you for sharing this. I love when young ones (I am almost twice your age) teach me something. I will need to get into this, I want to get to know her. Thank you bearded young one, keep up the good work.
Thank you 🙏 I highly recommend going to the museum in Leiden and seeing her statues in person ❤️
Growing up in the most southern part of the Netherlands I never came in touch with paganism at all. Only when I was exposed to baltic paganism in Lithuania (which still has a huge following and is deeply rooted in the culture) through my wife, I started to notice all the different landmarks around the place i grew up in which (most probably) have pagan roots. Although there are a lot of these pagan landmarks littered throughout the landscape, they are very hidden, as is the practise of paganism throughout The Netherlands.
Super cool! I live in the Netherlands and I'm always curious about this stuff 🥰
Your ritual gave me goosebumps
Thank you for this. In an interview about a movie called “Redbad” I read something rather sad. As they were doing research for the movie, the filmmakers and scriptwriters found out that the romans and particular the christian church were very successful in destroying anything that had to do with our pagan ancestors. “Redbad” is a story worth diving into by the way.
I am from the lands of the Hunnebeds and always have felt disconnected somehow from my ancestors. I really liked your information and learned some new things. It helps finding the roots a bit.
Ps. Have you heard of vrouw Holle. She is interesting as well.
Thank you for this beautiful video Jacob. Did you know that many farms, houses and even churches in the eastern (rural) part of The Netherlands still have pagan symbols such as sun crosses, runes, trees of life (Irminsul), etcetera?
Also the horses on the roof like you find in places like Germany too which was an important symbol to the pagan Saxons i believe.
@@kimashitawa8113 That is true. Nordrhein-Westphalen still has the Saxon horse in its flag, just like the provence of Twente in The Netherlands.
@@r.r.f.kalkhoven Amazing how Germanic motifs haven't dissapeared after 1000+ years of Christianity
Really enjoyed what you had to say so subbed 🤟
Afrikaner from South Africa here. I have my family tree all the way to the 1400s inthe Netherlands. I have always wondered if there are more to my roots other than the brave Dutch Protestants that came to Africa. Thank you for giving us a glimpse into our past. Liefde en Groete uit Johannesburg!
From where in the Netherlands in 1400?
As I understand most of the farmers came from Zeeland (southwest of modern Netherlands.)
@@jacquelinevanderkooij4301 you are correct. Mostly from Zeeland, also Edam and even a naughty lady from Amsterdam. They believe that Maria Kickers has 76000 descendants who has the surname Botha in South Africa today..
I lived for seven years in Holland and only heard about the new witches
But never met anyone. Thanks for this video 👍🙏❤️
From Fryslan, and i have found out some interesting history about our province. Books bring some stuff to the surface too when they are older than 1900. We had the goddess Fostare, or Fostera(Westergeest) , Baduhenna, The god Stavo( stavoren), and Holler ( Holwerd) par example.
Are there any arguments why those toponyms would not come from the words for 'staves' and 'hol' + 'wierde'? I mean, I could posit a god Harel as a founding figure for Haarlem, or a god Amster for Amsterdam, but that seems a bit of a random way of explaining modern place names.
My father is Pennsylvania Dutch and i am too my mother was deep Irish and Welsh i believe she had once said and why i wait so long to see how the ancient world once was i just realized some time ago from inside to seek for it I've had different dreams and before my parents passed away my father and mother i told only i can see images in the tree's where my father was pleased with a smile and he said always thank the gods for the gifts they passed down to you .I have and some times it can be scary especially with certain sacred trees which bears the nuts and i am thankful to see what i see
Pennsylvania dutch is german though
Whatever you do or life leads you these moments can never be taken. Enjoy each second. Life is too amazing not to experience it.
Come to denmark and drink some mead with me 😁😁😁 I live near Rammedige 😁
Great video - loved it - the prayer to the goddesses was very good - acceptance of all deities
Erg leuke video! Bedankt en de groeten uit Groningen.
I am a pantheist however I love the respect for nature and traditions held in your faith much love from a non-pagan.
27:34 Thank you Jacob. This quite sums it up, what about 90% of the Dutch people wish, for someone from abroad to be aware of - not calling the Netherlands in the same breath with (the artificiality in many of the aspects to the culture of) Holland. Not that I don't like a n y thing in these western provinces, their overall image just doesn't do much justice to the beauty of the major part of the country and it's history.
I myself live near a small piece of nature reserve in the South close to the German border, called 't Jaomerdal, a peaceful little place with three or four of these burial mounds, and a name that according to folktale refers to the wailing you can still hear there at night, of the ghosts of Julius Caesar's slaughtered 14th legion. But it's a happy place worth every visit :)
I fully agree
The best translation of OLB was by Dr. FRanklin Pearce, a philologist who worked for the Library of Congress.
A Very interesting Video 👌🏻👍🏻
I love this!
Very interesting, thanks
I wish this was comon knowledge and that people took pride in how we treated nature... I can't believe we drifted so far from this natural state... I love this ❤️
There is also a Frisian God called Stavo, and the myth of frisians being descent from Freya according to the Oera Linda. As well as mounts where churches being on top upon were connected with star patterns. I am from a city called Bolsward and it is the Bulls mount. We have a special day called BOLLETONGERSDEI. which is on the first day of September. When there is another cosmological event.
Please visit Archeon theme park at Alpen aan de Rijn!
May lord Odin and lord Thor bless and keep you safe brother be blessed be my friend
Skol!
History is very important to remember, teach and touch in some way. Not doing this will create empty spaces to never again to be filled. We can't like or understand all of history but not knowing it, we will not be able to understand the human condition.
Hunebedden are not burialmounts but are build for communal protection during natural dissasters... Thanks for the video, Gretings, Henk from NL