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[October, 
Germans, with its dense forests ? It is also remarkable 
tha f the Frisians settled in the higher marches bordering on 
Germany— -consequently to the east of Friesland — were 
always 55 armed against the savage Britons (Vrwilderda 
Britne). How could the Britons attack Friesland from this 
side ? 
The following passage seems to prove that Dr. Ottema 
has not studied very carefully the book for which he stands 
sponsor “ With regard to mythology this writing, which 
bears no mythical character, is not less remarkable than 
with regard to history, Notwithstanding the frequent and 
various relations with Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, we 
do not find any traces of acquaintance with the Northern or 
Scandinavian mythology. Only Wodin appears in the person 
of Wodan, a chief of the Frisians, who became the son-in- 
law of one Magy, king of the Finns, and after his death was 
deified.” Yet on the very next page we read that Frya, the 
grand-daughter of the eternal and almighty Wr-alda* 
(query, Ur-alte, the primeval one), is the mother of Frya’s 
people, the Frisians, and is reverenced as the representative 
of Wr-alda. Can Dr. Ottema have overlooked that this is 
none other than the Scandinavian Venus, Freya, or Friga, 
to whom the sixth day of the week was consecrated by our 
forefathers ? Again, we read in the “ Oera Linda Book ” of 
Irtha, the earth, daughter of Wr-alda, and mother of Frya. 
Is not this the Hertha who was worshipped by the Germans, 
and whose consecrated chariot was preserved in the Isle of 
Riigen down to the times of Charlemagne ? Then we have 
mention of Walhallagera as a city of importance. Does 
not this remind the reader of Valhalla, the gara or gardt 
(citadel) of the gods ? 
But whilst Dr. Ottema thus ignores the very palpable 
connection between his book and the Teutonic mythology, 
he finds in it the “ closest connection ” with Greek and 
Roman legends, and even derives from it an account of the 
“ origin of two deities of the highest rank, Min-erva and 
Neptune. Minerva (Athene) was originally a Burgtmaagd, 
priestess of Frya, at the town of Walhallagara, Middelburg, 
or Domburg, in Walcheren. The other, Neptune, called 
by the Etrurians Nethunus, the god of the Mediterranean 
Sea, appears to have been, when living, a Friesland Viking, 
or sea-king, whose home was Alderga (Ouddorp, not far 
from Alkmaar). His name was Teunis, called familiarly by 
* Named also, in one passage, Alvader, i.e., All-father, the true name of the 
Supreme among the Teutonic nations. 
