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Writing poets, songs and stories, drawing, other cultures and religions, medical science with herbs, gardening, reading, ARCHERY (I'm an archer!), medieval swordfighting, re-enactment, music, making music (with my band, called Astolat. At the moment I play: tin whistle, low whistle, practice chanter, recorder, bamboo flute, zither and glockenspiel ), Scandinavia, music, history, Wicca and other pagan religions, visiting fantasy/gothic/music festivals, nature, spirituallity

Phantom of the Opera, Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Dance, Pirates of the Caribbean, Harry Potter, movies from Tim Burton (Alice in wonderland, The nightmare before christmas, The corpse bride, Sweeney Todd etc.), Dracula, Pride and Prejudice, Braveheart, Merlin( I & II), Merlin (the BBC series), de legende van de Bokkenrijders, Microcosmos, Robin of Sherwood, Robin Hood, Hook (about an adult Peter Pan!), Winnetou (with Lex Barker and Pierre Brice), Emma, Zorro, I Claudius, Indiana Jones, Elizabeth, The Tudors, Amelie Poulain, Pan's labyrinth, The prince of Persia, The sorcerer's apprentice and many more. I love movies and I like romantic movies (almost) as much as fantasy or action movies (unless they fight with guns)

Metal, Gothic, (Pagan)Folk, Classical, Opera, Medieval, Celtic, Traditional, Flamenco, Native American music. After Forever, Alborada, Alestorm, Amberian Dawn, Amon Amarth, Annwn, Arcana, Bacio Di Tosca, Blackmores Night, BRANA KETERNA, Brendan Perry, Caprice, Celtic Woman, CORVUS CORAX!!!(my all time favourite band!!!), Dargaard, Dark Sanctuary, David Bowie, Dead Can Dance, Eivor Palsdottir, Elend, ELUVEITIE, Emilie Autumn, Enigma, Epica, Estampie, FAUN, Finntrol, Galahad, Hammerfal, Hayley Westenra, HEATHER DALE, Hel, Henry Purcell, Hildegard von Bingen, Inkubus Sukkubus, Juanes, Kamelot, Kate Bush, Kivimetsän Druidi, KORPIKLAANI, Leaf, Lordi, Loreena McKenitt, Lunasa, MEDIEAVAL BEABES, Mjölner, Mozart, Nightwish, Olafur Arnalds, OMNIA, Ordo Funebris, Poeta Magica, Qntal, Rapalje, Rosa Crux, Sava, Schandmaul, Secret Garden, Theatre of Tragedy, Trail of Tears, Tristania, Trobar de Morte, Tyr, Unto Ashes, Valravn, Within Temptation and soundtracks ( like Bravehaert, Harry Potter, Lord of the Dance, Lord of the Rings, Microcosmos, Narnia, Phantom of the Opera, Pirates of the Caribbean, Sweeney Todd, Vengo)

All the books written by Juliet Marillier (the best fantasy author in the whole wide world!) and Fiona McIntosh(almost as good as Juliet), Lord of the Rings, Earthsea quartet by Ursula le Guin (those books are amazing!! Shame I haven't read them earlier...) Harry Potter, Cadfael, The Hobbit, The mabinogion (Welsh stories), The Edda, The dark is rising, almost all historcal fantasy books, everything about king Athur (I've always loved him!), medieval literature. And I specially like to read myths, legends and fairytales. Dutch, English, Indian or Scandinavian: it doesn't matter.