Ellert and Brammert are legendary giants from

Dutch folklore Folklore of the Low Countries, often just referred to as Dutch folklore, includes the epics, legends, fairy tales and oral traditions of the people of Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. Traditionally this folklore is written or spoken in Dutch ...

who supposedly robbed travellers in Drenthe,

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.The flying Dutchman and other folktales from the Netherlands By Theo Meder, Minke Priester The Ellert en Brammert museum is named after them.

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