sacrificial place for the Moon. Materberg - translates "mother-goddess hills". Paasbergen - translates "Easter hills", once dedicated to spring, Ostara (hills with this name located in Arnhem, Ede, Ermelo, Lochem, Lunteren, Terborg / Wisch, Oldenzaal / Losser). Nijmegen - derivative of "Novio Magusanus". Magusanus was the Roman name of Donar. Nijmegen was the heart of the Batavian cult of the god Donar. Nijmegen had two temples dedicated to Donar. Poppestien - translates "baby stone" is a big flat stone. According to legend, it delivered babies (in Bergum). Willibrordsdobbe - the name of a natural well on the island, named after Willibrord, but seen by the locals as a holy well. Note according to history, Willibrord renamed the sacred pagan wells in his own name (on the island of Ameland). Wittewievenbult - translates "White Women hill". Local legend holds that some witte wieven appear on Christmas Eve every year and dance on this hill (near the village of Eefde). Wittewijvenkuil - translates "White Woman Pit", is a pit between two hills near the village. Local legend holds that three witte wieven lived there (near the village of Barchem). Wodansbergen - translates "Wodan's hills", once dedicated to Wodan. Woensdrecht - town named after Wodan. Woensel - former town, now city district in Eindhoven, named after Wodan: either Wodan's sale (hall) or Wodan's loo (forest). Woezik - translates "Wodan's oak". Several Wodans-oaks were known (in Wolfheze). Wrangebult - translates "Thorn-hedge-hill". A "wrange" was a plaited hedge of thorns which was sometimes created around a holy place. Local legend holds it was a heathen sacrificial hill (in Hummelo). Zonnebergen - translates "Sun hills", once a sacrificial place for the Sun (hills with this name located in Gorssel, Oosterbeek, Vorden, Wageningen). See also Gallia Belgica Nordwestblock Salian Frankish Mythology Notes References Encyclopedia Mythica. Griffis, William Elliot. Dutch Fairy Tales For Young Folks. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1918. (English). Available online by SurLaLane Fairy Tales. File retrieved 2-24-2007. Lendering, Jona. Nehalennia, July 2006. File retrieved 9-21-2007. McNamara, Jo Ann, translator. Vita Eligii (The Life of St. Eligius), in English. Available online by Northvegr Foundation, copyright 2005. File retrieved 2-24-2007. Meijer, Reinder. Literature of the Low Countries: A Short History of Dutch Literature in the Netherlands and Belgium. New York: Twayne Publishers, Inc., 1971. Magusanus, Joris. Donar (Thor) in Dutch folklore. English translation by Ansuharijaz. Online: Reginheim, 2002. File retrieved 06-02-2007. Magusanus, Joris. Willibrord and