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Buckriders

The Buckriders (Dutch: Bokkenrijders, French: Chevaliers du bouc) are a part of South-Eastern Dutch and North-Eastern Belgian folklore. They are witches, who rode through the sky on the back of flying bucks provided to them by the Devil to rob and murder common people and church possessions. The trials against the buckriders differed from 'ordinary'…

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Cultural Significance

LimburgSittardValkenburgKlimmenGeul
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History

LandgraafCologneBeekVenlo
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Buckriders and witch-hunts

OvermaasLoonMeuse
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Etymology

WellenSatan
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Raids and raiders

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Buckriders

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Avg. degree1.97
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Buckriders

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related to history · 16
Buckriders → Across, Causes, Cologne, Daniels, Devil, Earliest, Keulen, Landgraaf, Oorzaeke, Over, Overmaas, Overmaeze, Pastor, Sleinada, The, This
related to Etymology · 13
Buckriders → Bokkenrijders, Formally, In, Johan, Muysen, Philip Mertens, Satan, Southern Netherlands, The, Van Muyses, Wellen, Wouters, Wouters's
related to Cultural Significance · 7
Buckriders → As, In, In Limburg, Pieter Ecrevisse, Romanticism, Sittard, These
related to Raids and raiders · 7
Buckriders → God, Many, More, Prosecution, Since, This, Trials
related to Buckriders and witch-hunts · 6
Buckriders → Early Modern Period, European, Historians, Limburg, The, These

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devil trials de limburg people buckrider van many bokkenrijders gang place common area convicted witches trial bucks century death innocent

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Buckridersrelated to Buckriders and witch-huntsThe0.60section
Buckridersrelated to Buckriders and witch-huntsEarly Modern Period0.60section
Buckridersrelated to Buckriders and witch-huntsHistorians0.60section
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Buckridersrelated to Buckriders and witch-huntsLimburg0.60section
Buckridersrelated to Buckriders and witch-huntsEuropean0.60section
Buckridersrelated to Cultural SignificanceIn Limburg0.60section
Buckridersrelated to Cultural SignificanceIn0.60section
Buckridersrelated to Cultural SignificanceRomanticism0.60section
Buckridersrelated to Cultural SignificanceSittard0.60section
Buckridersrelated to Cultural SignificancePieter Ecrevisse0.60section
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