QUOTE(SeekerVI @ Nov 26 2007, 05:57 PM)
I'd guess Netherlands. If you do a search, you can usually find names that tie in with a certain culture or at an etymology site.
On a side note, Google now scares me much more than it used to, with only two Netherlands sites preceding this one, this post was 3rd in a search for "Vonyne".
I just finished reading a book called The Nine Doors of Midguard.. a book on rune magick. It speaks of some people having an entity known as a fetch that is bound to them or a family line.. ALMOST like a Beansidhe, or the Banshee of the celts, but for people of germanic backgrounds, such as German, Dutch, English, Scandanavian, etc. Another difference is that fetches dont nessasarily harald misfortune, but serve as protectors (like valkyries). But I ALSO read that some legends speak of people being punished by them, like when one viking renounced Odin and the other gods, his fetch killed him.
Sooo i have some ideas. I have German, but not any relatives from hailing from the Netherlands that i know of. Thanks for the Netherlands idea. I would have never thought to look into that kind of thing. If anybody else has ideas please share.. i dont want to jump to conclusions yet.. its too early, and I dont have enough info.. i just wanna have some explaination to give to those who are too scared to stay the night because of their expriences.