The Oera Linda Book
- Date of account
- Published in 1872; claimed Frisian antiquity
- Location
- Frisia, Netherlands-related literary context
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
The Oera Linda Book is a purported ancient Frisian manuscript describing a matriarchal civilization, floods, migrations and a long history of the Frisian people. Linguistic and historical analysis has generally classified it as a nineteenth-century forgery or literary construction, despite periods of serious or ideological interest. It offers a useful comparison for studying invented antiquity, nationalism, language manipulation and the reception of medieval-looking documents. The text’s historical importance lies in its modern transmission and influence, not in the existence of the civilization it describes.
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