i was just wondering :) ......so does anyone know?
2006-07-17 18:57:35 · 10 answers · asked by Queen of Halloween 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
The legend of The Flying Dutchman is said to have started in 1641 when a Dutch ship sank off the coast of the Cape of Good Hope:
Captain van der Decken was pleased. The trip to the Far East had been highly successful and at last, they were on their way home to Holland. As the ship approached the tip of Africa, the captain thought that he should make a suggestion to the Dutch East India Company (his employers) to start a settlement at the Cape on the tip of Africa, thereby providing a welcome respite to ships at sea.
He was so deep in thought that he failed to notice the dark clouds looming and only when he heard the lookout scream out in terror, did he realise that they had sailed straight into a fierce storm. The captain and his crew battled for hours to get out of the storm and at one stage it looked like they would make it. Then they heard a sickening crunch - the ship had hit treacherous rocks and began to sink. As the ship plunged downwards, Captain VandeDecken knew that death was approaching. He was not ready to die and screamed out a curse: "I WILL round this Cape even if I have to keep sailing until doomsday!"
So, even today whenever a storm brews off the Cape of Good Hope, if you look into the eye of the storm, you will be able to see the ship and its captain - The Flying Dutchman. Don't look too carefully, for the old folk claim that whoever sights the ship will die a terrible death.
Many people have claimed to have seen The Flying Dutchman, including the crew of a German submarine boat during World War II and holidaymakers.
On 11 July 1881, the Royal Navy ship, the Bacchante was rounding the tip of Africa, when they were confronted with the sight of The Flying Dutchman. The midshipman, a prince who later became King George V, recorded that the lookout man and the officer of the watch had seen the Flying Dutchman and he used these words to describe the ship:
"A strange red light as of a phantom ship all aglow, in the midst of which light the mast, spars and sails of a brig 200 yards distant stood out in strong relief."
It's pity that the lookout saw the Flying Dutchman, for soon after on the same trip, he accidentally fell from a mast and died. Fortunately for the English royal family, the young midshipman survived the curse.
2006-07-17 19:02:46 · answer #1 · answered by dragonsarefree2 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Flying Dutchman was a ship that has tremendous speed due to her lateen sails and a great captain named VanderDecker who knew how to sail with and against the wind. It was said she was made bargained to the Devil since she moved so fast.
the legend of the Dutchman is a bit of a sorrowy tale, where the ship ran aground hidden rocks in the Cape of Good Hope along Africa and the Ship was sinking. The captain sputted a curse that HE WOULD ROUND THE CAPE EVEN TIL DOOMSDAY. And thusly a ghostship was apparently born. People apparently died nasty and painful deaths when the ship was spotted. Kinda' like seeing a banshee while she is crying.
2006-07-18 02:04:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is also an opera by Wagner – very dramatic and exciting ....
The Flying Dutchman sails around the world and finds himself
in a "perfect storm" ... He prays to God, but praying doesn't
help... so he's going to CURSE ... all : The world, the family, the humans, love, God.. ... and someone called
"Satan" takes his curses and
bans him, the Dutchman, to sail around the world ... for ever
an ever ... until he finds a girl with love in her heart. And when the
girl falls in love with The Flying Dutchman, the terrible curse
is broken ... but until nowadays the curse is still on that poor
guy ... some full moon night You can see him and his gang in the
pale light... humming ... singing .. praying ....
Pooh, they must be more than 500 years old today. How can
they find a girl for the captain ?!?!
2006-07-18 07:23:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to folklore, the Flying Dutchman is a ghost ship that can never go home, but must sail "the seven seas" forever. The Flying Dutchman is usually spotted from afar, sometimes glowing with ghostly light. If she is hailed by another ship, her crew will often try to send messages to land, to people long since dead.
2006-07-18 01:59:45 · answer #4 · answered by superflygurl123 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
watch the pirates of the caribean 2 (dead man's chest)
well it's kinda more exciting than the part 1 of it like it's boring but this part 2 is great.. and also mixed legend of the flying dutchman,,
2006-07-19 05:56:46 · answer #5 · answered by Katie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the Black Pearl on crack- kidding! It's the ship that lost it's soul to the sea and must forever serve it by sailing and claiming souls. Davy Jones is just an errand boy for the Devil who has control over the cursed waters of the earth. (The Mormons were right!)
2006-07-18 03:47:54 · answer #6 · answered by MorningGlory's Girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah i heard the disney channel's version and i wondered...if the people who saw the ship were never heard from again...then how could they have told the story of the ship in the first place?
2006-07-18 02:01:55 · answer #7 · answered by **BLu Tinkerbell** 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't that the scary ghost pirate on Spongebob Squarepants?
2006-07-18 02:02:13 · answer #8 · answered by ruletheworld 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See new Disney movie. That's a good rendition.
2006-07-18 01:59:41 · answer #9 · answered by valcus43 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
heres a link to the story
http://www.occultopedia.com/f/flying_dutchman.htm
2006-07-18 02:01:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋