Silvius Brabo founder of Antwerp
Silvius Brabo is an Antwerp folklore figure. According to the legend, he would have been a Roman soldier who killed the giant Druon Antigoon, chopped off his hand and threw it into the Scheldt.
According to that same legend, Antwerp was in past centuries terrorized by the giant named Druon Antigoon, which forced all navigators to pay tolls before they were allowed to go over the Scheldt river. If they refused Antigoon cut their hand off and threw them in the river. The Roman legionnaire Silvius Brabo came over one day and rebelled against the giant. He fought with Antigoon, killed him, then cut off his hand and threw the body into the river. By "throwing the hand" Antwerp would have come to her name. Throwing means "werpen" in Flemish and "Ant" could refer to "Antigoon" or to the dialect word of "hand". Also a 15th century chronicle claimed that the province of Brabant would also owes its name to Brabo.