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Stephie · 22-25, F
@SStarfish There is a folklore tradition that the name Antwerpen is from Dutch handwerpen ("hand-throwing").
A giant called Antigoon is said to have lived near the Scheldt river and extracted a toll from passing boatmen. He severed the hand of anyone who did not pay, and threw it in the river.
Eventually the giant was killed by a young hero named Silvius Brabo, who cut off the giant's own hand and flung that into the river. This is unlikely to be the true origin, but it is celebrated by a statue in the city's main market square, the Grote Markt.
Excerpt courtesy of Wikipedia
A giant called Antigoon is said to have lived near the Scheldt river and extracted a toll from passing boatmen. He severed the hand of anyone who did not pay, and threw it in the river.
Eventually the giant was killed by a young hero named Silvius Brabo, who cut off the giant's own hand and flung that into the river. This is unlikely to be the true origin, but it is celebrated by a statue in the city's main market square, the Grote Markt.
Excerpt courtesy of Wikipedia