Flying Dutchman (legendary ghost ship)

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The Flying Dutchman is a legendary ghost ship from maritime folklore, said to be doomed to sail the oceans forever and serve as an omen of misfortune to those who see it.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legendary ghost ship
maritime legend
nautical folklore motif
associatedCaptainName Van der Decken GENERATED
Vanderdecken GENERATED
associatedCaptainNationality Dutch GENERATED
associatedWith maritime folklore
sailor superstition
the Cape of Good Hope NERFINISHED
culturalMeaning symbol of cursed fate
symbol of endless wandering
symbol of maritime superstition
featuredIn Richard Wagner's opera Der fliegende Holländer NERFINISHED
modern popular culture about pirates
numerous films and television series
various sea stories and ballads
firstAttestedCentury 18th century
hasCurse doomed to sail the oceans forever
hasLanguageOfEarliestAccounts Dutch
hasLanguageOfEarlyAccounts English
hasLegendOrigin European seafaring traditions
hasMotive cannot make port
condemned to sail until Judgment Day
hasNature ghost ship
hasRole omen of misfortune
portent of disaster
hasTheme blasphemy and curse
eternal punishment
fate and doom
supernatural at sea
influencedBy sailors' tales of phantom ships
influencedWork The Flying Dutchman (opera) NERFINISHED
mentionedIn Samuel Taylor Coleridge's era of Romantic literature
perceivedBy naval officers in reported sightings
sailors
popularizedInCentury 19th century
relatedConcept ghost ship
phantom vessel
sea omen
reportedSightingsRegion Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
Southern Ocean NERFINISHED
waters near the Cape of Good Hope
seenAs bad omen for sailors
harbinger of storms
sign of impending shipwreck
typicalAppearance glowing ship
sailing against the wind
seen in the distance or in fog
typicalSetting around the Cape of Good Hope
stormy seas

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Flying Dutchman basedOn Flying Dutchman (legendary ghost ship)
subject surface form: Flying Dutchman (Pirates of the Caribbean)