The Baltic Vikings: Curonians

[@aaronstavern]

Documentary I used in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6KypYOebsx4qbM Thumbnail art by: instagram.com/_pekle_?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[@arekarek1991]

In West, everyone knows only vikings where slavs was a stranger tribe.

[@cilindras2952]

As a Lithuanian I am deeply greatful to you for making this video. Since baltic pagan religion and history is so obscure and most of our older history is only found in sources from other cultures and countries, we ourselves miss out on alot of it. I always used to be really frustrated at how much of our ancestor's history and culture went unrecorded in any way, but your video has made me realise that there is so much more invaluable pieces of information left to discover than I first thought, it's just that they are all scattered across other cultures. Now I'm hell-bent on searching for it.

[@aaronstavern]

My pleasure!

[@Swarmah]

Latvians are lucky that these tales still survived here, but mostly as mythical stories and novels from old age, but we had people gathering those diaries and stuff. And in Latvia those things mostly survived because of german historians recording a lot of stuff in their books back in the day.

[@cilindras2952]

@@Swarmah true, it's really paradoxical how having had your country occupied and at risk of ethnic extinction saved so much of it's early history

[@Swarmah]

@@cilindras2952 then came rashians and tried to destroy it all tho. Germans back in the day had very cultural society, they had a lot of historians, who just wanted to record everything and examine it, they were very interested in the unknown.

[@HolyKnight-zm7ff]

You wanna know why you can't find any Baltic pagan culture? You wanna know?! Well here's the reason: YOUR ANCIENT BALTIC ANCESTORS HAD NO CULTURE!!! *BECAUSE THEY WERE SAVAGES!!!* BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! DEUS VULT!!! YOU PAGAN SAVAGE!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[@laurandz]

“God, save us from the plague, the fire and the Curonians." This was found inscribed on a Danish church, dated to the 11th-12th centuries.

[@Husrip19]

No proof.

[@laurandz]

@@Husrip19 there is the mention in Heimskringla. Not as vivid but it does contain the main bit - the prayer to God to protect from the Curonians

[@frand1844]

They also said that on that sign is Croatians xD but on church in middle Europa somewhere

[@bobthebuzztard]

@@frand1844 🐴💩

[@vilisveidis]

Haha! I just made a comment saying how my father visited that (or a similar site) during his 20's. Glad to know other people know of it as well :)

[@vilisveidis]

During my father's travels across Europe when he was in his 20's, he came to a monument in northern Denmark saying:"God save us from the storms, and the Kurs(Kurši)" (EDIT: This prayer is alluded to in 7:50 of the video!) It makes me proud to be descended from one of the only peoples that the Vikings not only couldn't conquer, but downright feared for their ferocity. Lai dzīvo Baltija!!🇱🇻🤝🇱🇹🤝🇪🇪

[@aistisbirskys3927]

I am mostly kuršis an a bit of žemaitis

[@RackerPaS]

🙄 Anyone who prays in a church is a Christian and no longer a pagan Viking.

[@MykhailoAndrushchenko]

Lol what does estonia have to to with it?

[@aistisbirskys3927]

@@MykhailoAndrushchenko estonias are half baltic, half finish finish are half siberian half skandinavian

[@Deport.blacks]

Balts were slaves. by the way

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

The word viking has become a brand of pirates from skandinavia to a degree that people forget that pretty much every nation around Baltic sea practiced piracy. Scandinavians just practiced it most extensively.

[@vitagail]

Skandinavija iš nothing to do with this video

[@finger5748]

@@vitagail it kinda does tho it refrences vikings many times

[@tritonmole]

Im from Kurzeme, modern name for the land of Curonians. There is an old saying of Kurši putting up cut off legs of invaders on sticks on the Baltic sea shores. Most invaders thought it was a warning to stay away from these lands, but actually the warriors were drying up the legs in the seashore winds and sun to be able to pull off the fine leather boots from the cutoff legs.

[@tyv5887]

That’s metal af!

[@kraanz]

I've heard that story, too, and it's quite stupid. It simply doesn't make sense.

[@DitaDike1993]

@@kraanz Thats half truth, but human skin was used,yes. As descendant of Curonians, my ancestors did a lot of cruel things, as exsample, - killing newborns, if they was fathered by some other men, from different culture. As i know, we didnt took slaves. We just killed. Womens was strictly guarded, and until ww2, women from Kurzeme had 1 common thing, getting pregnant before men go to war,from our men. Long story short, we did all things together, also, raising children. There wasn't only mother/father thing. Inwolved was all people in hause. In most cases paid workers( other Latvians,not slaves), and 3-4 generations of family members. We still do that, in some parts..... Curonians didn't leave family home,they expanded family home. ✅

[@kraanz]

@@DitaDike1993 Kuršiem pilnīgi noteikti bija vergi, t.i., dreļļi, kas gan nedudz atšķiras. Vergs ir vergs, drellis/thrall sevi var... "atrstādāt," vai pat otrādi, pārdot sevi drellībā. Apmŗam, ja tu esi drellis 20 gadus no vietas, wtf, tu laikam neesi normāls =] Kurši nodedzināja pirmo zviedru galvaspilsētu tik pamatīgi, ka tie bija spiesti labāk uzcelt jaunu - Stokholmu. Sirot Kursā nebija laba ideja, tev atriebsies. Un, tāpat kā pie skandināvienm, kas tavuprāt, valdīja saimniecībā, kad tie stulbie veči atkal aibrauca kauties? Saimniece! ;D P.S. Ir iemesls, kāpēc uz pasaules globusa ir viens līcis, ko sauc nevis par zviedru, somu, dāņu vai pom'erāņu līci, vai jūru. Vācieši vienīgie to uzdrīkstas saukt par Austrumu jūru. Pārējie tie zina to kā tieši Baltijas jeb drīzāk, baltu jūuru.Šeit? Nelien.

[@maijaliepa119]

@@DitaDike1993 🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲Thank You for Your Words. Blessings 🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲

[@Briedys101]

I'm Lithuanian and I'm so happy that I found this video. Instant subscribe, our history is so scatered around the Europe. It is really hard to find such information. Video is great from the begining to the end. That background music creates amazing atmosphere, you just dive yourself into the past...

[@aaronstavern]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@macinhorstemeyer1961]

My paternal grandmother was also from Lithuania. I was adopted from Poland.

[@thecritic69420]

My name is Kuhr. My ancestors were driven away from their home during WW2 but I can trace my roots way back to the Kuren (how we call them in German).

[@Vort317545]

In 1183 a force of 186,000 Curzeme and fellow Latvian and Baltic tribes had enough of Swedish Viking raids on our shore of the Baltic Sea. We raided, sacked their capital Sigtuna marched across to Norway and gave them some payback to!! So frightened were they that Norway converted to Christianity for help from the Pope. And in Sweden all Christian masses up to the 16th Century ended with the prayer. God save us from the Cur! God save us from the wrath of Latvians. We Latvians and fellow Balts are Deeply proud of our Pagan Identity. While the rest of Europe gave up their gods an goddesses

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

This isn't uniquely Baltic. The Finnic Balts were equally stubborn. Keralian, Estonian, Sami, and other Finnic peoples equally stayed closeted pagans so long. Uralics broadly speaking. It's also wasn't uncommon for Uralic and Baltic or even a Occasional Northernmost Slav in Northern Russia and Urals, to be closet pagans or syncreticize of Christianity and pagans. I remember for example a Latvian Christian who had pagan customs and a Lithuanian downright pagan who merely use Jesus as a additional god for salvation rites. It's a rather interesting culture. When Christian they're syncretic and when pagan it's in full.

[@edtrx3475]

Bruh where did you get that history from? That is 100% wrong

[@danbratan]

But u did give up ur gods tho 🤔

[@HolyKnight-zm7ff]

Does that even matter?!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! OY!!! YOU CURONIANS GOT BRUTALLY CONQUERED BY US HOLY CHRISTIAN KNIGHTS!!! DEUS VULT!!! YOU PAGAN SAVAGE!!! THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR BEING EDGY(ACTING VIKING)!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[@demblik]

... nobody knows latvians from this period... Curonians and estonians from Saaremaa have some like union against nordic raiders and they made raids against scandinavians and even against germans. Some times they took along western estonians to increase raiding group. There were no Latvians on the coast of Baltic Sea, Livonians lived there. From today latvian Riga to estonian Pärnu. Look on the map.. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livonians

[@harvestblades]

Great video! My maternal grandmother is from Lithuania (fled in 1950), & I love learning more about our ancient Baltic ancestors & teaching this to my children and eventually my grandchildren. Would love to see more on the Balts & I look forward to seeing more of your content.

[@baltimoreeddy1210]

Mine did too i was told civil war but i dont know and would like to know

[@jhtsurvival]

My great grandfather did in 1908

[@robwalsh9843]

The similarities in warfare that the Baltic peoples had with the Norse reminds me of how the Mongols frequently fought Turkic and Tungistic peoples who also practiced warfare in a manner similar to themselves.

[@KK-us4qu]

Google xiongnu empire and you might find yourself going down an interesting rabbit hole.

[@vviewerv915]

One of best videos about Curonian tribe.

[@christinewilliams6286]

I just found out that my father is mainly Lithuanian. This explains a lot about me and things I am drawn to. Thank you so much for this!

[@dfaltin]

Great video. I German with East Prussian ancestry. Some of my ancestors came from the Curonian Spit and were amonst the last speakers of the Curonian language in the 1940s.

[@kestutisa3826]

It is not Curonian language. Its a dielect of Latvian + mixed with Lithuanian and German.

[@Duur4Life]

One thing to keep in mind is that in Northern Curonia lived Finno-Ugrics - Curonian Livonians. Outsiders might have not distinguished between Northern Curonians aka Finno-Ugrics and Southern Curonians aka Balts. It were probably the Northern Curonians who used to go on raiding trips along with Saaremaalased (Oeselians) since they both were Finno-Ugrians and spoke very similar languages.

[@Hierofan]

*The Curonians from the Land of Amber* are one of the most interesting ancient peoples that I've learned about. Thank you for the video.

[@datdude534]

Thanks for the video! My dad was the first born in America and both sides of his family were from Latvia, so it's awesome hearing about the history of the area!

[@maragracesvan6790]

As a Latvian from Kurzeme (Courland) I would like to thank you for making this video and being almost completely correct stating facts. I imagine it is hard to detect the exact historical facts when most available written sources have been made by intruders to the particular territories. By the way "pagans" as Christians like to call them are not destroyed. They adapted to the world of Christianity to survive. 😉

[@Hamsteak]

As a Curonian and Latvian descendant from the Tontegode family. I'm trying to find more info on my family. I'm 37 from Canada, my Grandpa fled Latvia during WW2. He passed away 6 years ago, so now a lot of the vocal family history has disappeared

[@garmonington5673]

I’m glad I came across your video. I found out I have Baltic DNA as well as Swedish and Germanic. I enjoy learning about my heritage. Thank you.

[@Occident.]

Great heritage. 👍

[@linagrincelaityt417]

My grandmother used some words in her language which were curonian origin and her family home was close by Apuole. We are still here just under different names.

[@kraanz]

*Apūle

[@SG-js2qn]

My father's childhood friend was from this region, his family fled in the war. Last name Kurse (Kursi). Gone for many years now, God bless him. 🙏

[@kajus1402]

Worth mentioning that not all of the Curonians were conquered. The most Southern parts of Curonia joined the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and ended up assimilating into the neighboring Samogitian tribe. This includes the aforementioned Apuolė hillfort. It's believed to be the reason why the local dialect/language is so different from the rest, due to the Curonian influence.(e.g word for duck is Pylė, believed to be a curonianism and not seen in any other Lith dialect, they preserved the diphong ei instead of the diphong ie, which was only done by western balts etc)

[@HolyKnight-zm7ff]

DEUS VULT! YOU INFIDEL! YOU CURONIAN SAVAGES GOT CONQUERED!!! GET WRECKED!!!! ⚔️⚔️⚔️

[@HolyKnight-zm7ff]

WHO CARES ABOUT THAT?!!! WHY DON'T YOU JUST ACCEPT THAT YOU GOT CONQUERED IN AN EPIC WAY?!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[@spinamalatesta6202]

There is plenty of the diphong ei in Latvian language, probably due to the Curonian influence - meita, kleita, veikals, sveiki, beigas, teikt, reibt etc. Not just preserved some, but truly essential for the language.

[@fandangofonteinskalita1333]

@@spinamalatesta6202 oooo I never thought of it that way, how fun! I know a lot of livonian words exist in Latvian - Maksa, Skuķis, allaž, beka, jauda, but I never thought of the couronian impact on Latvian. What a fool am I!

[@eugenijusmalisauskas-jf2fy]

Pylė sakydavo mano močiutė ,o ji gyveno Pakruojo raj. TAIP kad nevykęs pvz.

[@pawew.6830]

There were other tribes, mostly slavic which had similiar tactics as the Vikings. On the Island of Wolin (in present day Poland) were Wolinians en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolinians also knowns as Chąśnicy pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chąśnicy (this article needs translation from polish).They have plunder the Kungahälla, Roskilde near Copenhagen and Lübeck.

[@1mTheCat]

I am from Lithuania. I remember when I was in fitht grade we learned about this in history classes. Since Curonians lived on the shore of Lithuania they used to suffer from Vikings attacks. There was even a prayer made called "God save from Vikings" but it was really back and forth relationship between Vikings and Curonians. They would often sail to the shores of Scandinavian and commit the same kind of atrocities.

[@geoffaldwinckle1096]

I remember reading a 1950s book about this, in the general library of the University of Auckland, NZ, in about 1990. Wish i could remember the author.

[@thearchy8680]

🇱🇹🤝🇱🇻 Real viking descendants.

[@ricardsrozenbergs9415]

True my brother

[@janismoisejs6314]

About a year ago I actually found out that I’m a very far desensitised for Kurši🇱🇻🇱🇻

[@skrabs]

My Name is SKRABS, a original curonian word. Ist means „treasure, money“. Thais word doesnt exist in another language and I think, that my anchores are curonian vikings.

[@SweetArmadillo361]

@@skrabs "Skarb" in Polish.

[@ralleman]

@@SweetArmadillo361 Thank you! Thats true! The similar words means the same thing. My ancores lived at curonian spit. My great grandfather came from a little village near Ruß (Rusne).

[@Alvaro_Litti]

So nicely made. Enjoyed every second of it! 😃 Try some time to make something about Estonians or ancient Estonians. Maybe even about the Oesaelians. 👍😊

[@aaronstavern]

Thank you! That's definitely on the list

[@dasarath5779]

i would love something like that!

[@OviaiMusic]

Great video make more video about Prussia or Curonians or any baltic tribes. I think they should be more promoted not many know anything about it

[@linasma235]

Lithuania was the last pagan state in Europe. Almost 1,000 years after the official conversion of the Roman Empire facilitated the gradual spread of Christianity, the Lithuanians continued to perform their ancient animist rituals and worship their gods in sacred groves. By the 13th Century, modern-day Estonia and Latvia were overrun and forcibly converted by crusaders, but the Lithuanians successfully resisted their attacks. Eventually, the state became Christian of its own accord: Grand Duke Jogaila converted to Catholicism in 1386 in order to marry the Queen of Poland

[@HolyKnight-zm7ff]

That's why Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are poor trash places!!! The feces toilets of Europe!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[@raivorudus1070]

I dont agree with you. Latvians was pagans until 19th century, Estonians was not go to Christianity to end of today.

[@linasma235]

@@raivorudus1070 I'm not talking about people who lived in forests or fields and maintained their customs and partly their religion, I'm talking about a state whose religion was paganism and for which the crusades were organised, and as unfortunate as it is for the states that created the twentieth-century origins of the Crusades, surely no-one would organise a crusade against them

[@774CISCO]

Thank you for the channel great insights

[@langskeppet9887]

Would love to see a video about the Vendel age, it holds many epic legends in Sweden, thanks for this awesome video.

[@justaspivoriunas9416]

In official sources it is stated that Kuronian language disappeared early, but I have read in literature not connected to linguistics, that between World Wars some fishermen in Kuronian spit Lithuania still spoke Kuronian. Or at least some Baltic dialect unintelligible for Lithuanian speakers.

[@angelsmagick]

Enjoyed the history.... I'm addicted to listening...

[@aaronstavern]

Appreciate the support! ✊🏻🖤

[@AxionXIII]

When the whole world feared the Norse, the Norse feared the Kurs.

[@HolyKnight-zm7ff]

And the Kurs feared the Holy Christian Knights. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@HolyKnight-zm7ff]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! GET TF OUT OF HERE WITH THAT BUFFOONERY!!! CURONIANS GOT THEIR ASSES CONQUERED BY CHRISTIAN KNIGHTS!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[@vytautassulcas6494]

@@HolyKnight-zm7ff nope, they didnt, and finaly Balts defeated Christians in 1410

[@HolyKnight-zm7ff]

@@vytautassulcas6494 WTF?!!! THE GLORIOUS CHRISTIAN PALADINS MADE THE CURONIANS THEIR SUBMISSIVE GIRLFRIENDS!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[@naktisnaktiss9880]

Teutonians were ended up long before. Mind Sureb and Saule battles. @@vytautassulcas6494

[@OviaiMusic]

Curonians went to fight with Vikings with Sweden and Denmark and stayed on Gotland Island

[@weedsm0ke]

They burn down capital city of vikings witch nowadays is known as Stockholm

[@rudolfstikmanis3548]

Amazing video. One mistake that I think you mentioned was that the Curonians were the last to be conqered by the Brother of the Sword (Livonians). In fact, the last of them were the Semigallians, neighbors of the Curonians. These 2 tribes were both enemies and friends on many occasions. If I remember correctly the attack on Daugavgrīva monastery in 1228, which you mentioned, was conducted by both the Curonians and Semigallians.

[@FVBmovies]

They were indeed frenemies.

[@elviskramins1369]

Hehehe! Good to see something about my tribe as well! Thank you! :)

[@shook6323]

I live just 5 kilometers from Apuole, every year around mid August there is huge celebration of Apuole. I would invite anyone intrested in Curonians history visit this celebration and have a drink where once these great people lived and fought.

[@KoniB.]

Well done. To the point. Told in a good tale meter.

[@ricardsrozenbergs9415]

I like this video finally some good content about my people

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

Germanic/Nordic people were obsessed with trying to conquer, exterminate or assimilate the Baltic lands. Which is Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, etc. What attracts Germans and Scandinavians into this land? The Eastern Baltic sea I mean.

[@Visgirtas]

hot women obviuosly

[@henrylee2792]

As i know, Nordic people had allied relations with Balts... In Old Ladoga, the first capital of Rus; nords, balts, finns, slavs and even germans lived tougether, formed pirate troops, and commited attacks on Byzantie Empire and the area.

[@HolyKnight-zm7ff]

​@@Visgirtas WHAT?!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! A HOLH CHRISTIAN KNIGHT LIKE ME WOULDN'T EVEN WANT TO LOOK AT THOSE DISGUSTING SMELLY SAVAGES!!! THEY ARE NOT EVEN WOMEN!! THEY'RE SIMPLY MEN ACTING LIKE WOMEN!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! THE ONLY THING A HOLY CHRISTIAN KNIGHT LIKE ME WANTS TO DO WITH THOSE SAVAGE "WOMEN" IS TO CUT THEIR BREASTS AND COOK THEM ALIVE!! THEN I WILL FEED THEM TO MY DOGS!!! PAGAN BALTIC WOMEN?!! DISGUSTING!!!

[@HolyKnight-zm7ff]

​@user-tx4xn4kn9m Pagan Baltic women are savages!!! A holy Christian knight like me wouldn't even want to look at those smelly dirty savages you call "women"!!!

[@josephwarra5043]

Amber was one thing, very valuable in ancient times and highly prized up to the present day, it was used as currency and jewelry, it is the fossilized resin from ancient trees, sometimes encapsulating small insects and plants and even birds and reptiles. The eastern Baltic was rich in timber, foodstuffs, horses, cattle, bison, all kinds of birds and people whom the Scandinavians and Germans tried to enslave. A powerful state arose in Lithuania who fought these invaders and eventually brought an end these invasions. Rare in the past, the stories of the peoples of theses regions is becoming better known and more and more information is becoming available. One good thing thing that the internet has done is made research in this area much easier and much more available to researchers around the world. After hostility and repression for ages, the peoples of the eastern and southern Baltic still live, may God protect and guide them always, Amen.

[@richard7673]

I’m so proud of you for show Lithuanian some light as we really go overlooked. And you make beautiful and professional videos. I wish you a great time and hope u gain more subs and grow your channel

[@aaronstavern]

Thank you very much Richard!

[@balticbvll2987]

dont forget latvia, curonians mostly lived there

[@richard7673]

@@balticbvll2987 I wouldn't say most

[@balticbvll2987]

@@richard7673 yes you would

[@laurandz]

@@richard7673 you’d be really, really wrong then. Of course Curonians lived in what is today’s Latvia. Look at where Courland is. Or, you know, any approximate map.

[@simas941]

Great video sir. As a balt I’ve learnt something new!

[@bendenton580]

I found out I have Baltic and Celtic DNA. However it's hard to tell what parts specifically. I hope it's Irish and curonian. Badass mix.

[@shymebc]

I think we forget also the Slavs of Pomerania were also know as fierce sea raider (The Wends). Using ships designed to carry horses to raid deep into danish territory even after the Viking age. Even reaching eastern Norway. With Christianity taking root in Denmark many crusaders and holy wars were needed to subdue them as they still practiced paganism into the 13 century. A stepping stone for the the following crusades that would eventually reach the baltics

[@v.z.407]

Thank you. I really enjoyed how informative and well made is your video.

[@ugnikalnis]

In Lithuania Curonian descends used and worshiped pagan traditions till 19th century!

[@HolyKnight-zm7ff]

That's why Lithuania is a poor 🗑🗑🗑💩💩💩💩💩🧻🧻🧻🧻 😂😂😂

[@HolyKnight-zm7ff]

F YOUR COUNTRY!!! GLORY BE TO GOD!!! AMEN!!!

[@fridryx8464]

@@HolyKnight-zm7ff you have some mental problems, try to fix them somehow

[@MikzorTheFirst]

Nice to see you're developing your style. Well done!

[@lebeninglastonburyderinsel1766]

Thank you. Very interesting video. I really enjoyed your video. I

[@andytlwy]

Dude this video looks amazing! 🔥

[@Kristobliss]

That Baltic Bloodline runs deep in my Veins!!

[@HolyKnight-zm7ff]

And that means you're a savage who is prone to being conquered!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[@wilheimreis8272]

🤘💪💙⚔️🪓⚔️💙💪🤘 hell yeah,great info

[@may_18_may]

Hi. Me and my all relatives were born in the land of ''Baltic Vikings''. It is interesting to watch this video, feels like this is about my roots or something. Thanks.

[@pystykorva7114]

Hyvä! Jatka samaan malliin! ;)

[@antanassmetona4054]

Balts are not cousins to slavs. We're nowhere close to even being similar in any way whatsoever. Besides that, great video.

[@ViXbart11]

Slavs and Balts are the closest cousins to each other from root of Yamnaya culture indo-european languages family

[@antanassmetona4054]

@@ViXbart11 completely wrong. Balts and Finnic people are the closest genetically. Linguistically Baltic is an isolated language group, just like Albanian or Greek.

[@ViXbart11]

@@antanassmetona4054 You confused me so much that I had to check it out... But in the end it turns out that I was right :) Baltic languages are from indo-european languages family. Finnic lan. are from Ugro-finnic family from Ural✌ ...but you managed to cause a stir🙆‍♂

[@antanassmetona4054]

​@@ViXbart11 Yes, Baltic languages come from an Indo-European language family. No one is even denying that. But it's a fact that Finnic people are the closest relatives genetically to Baltic people and vice versa. Balts and Slavs are completely different entities, and that's your argument that I tried to point out.

[@jeremievivianagriffin9458]

YES,Balts are related to the Slavs.

[@Son-of-Tyr]

Love this video bud. Great research, great content. Took me a bit to get to it(working) but man what a treat once I did. Great job buddy. Check out the Oeselians more. Deep dive on them would be great. Dude I love it yes! The battle of Bravellir!!!

[@aaronstavern]

They will be coming soon don't worry 😉✊🏻✊🏻

[@langskeppet9887]

The battle of Bråvalla would be awesome!

[@Such.is.life.of.an.adventurer]

Very good well done video. 5/5 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸 5/5🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Also could you make a video about grass snakes 🐍 being worshiped in the Baltic region? I’d like to see more videos about Baltic region in particular since there are very little videos on the Baltic region stories, legends and history, very little. And your videos are often interesting and great to listen to.

[@aaronstavern]

Snake worship in the baltics!? I'm on it! ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻

[@Such.is.life.of.an.adventurer]

@@aaronstavern 🤘

[@simkunaskestutis6467]

Toponims of Curonians in Lithuania and Latvia with "- ga": Kretinga. Palanga. Neringa. Kuldiga...

[@SL-hq2ck]

Very well made video!

[@aaronstavern]

Thank you!

[@ningen1980]

Explains the meaning of my given name Dain (song). I know not of Latvian or Slavic language, but the elder songs resonate my soul.

[@vytautassulcas6494]

You can listen Lithuanian song "Stay" for EuroVision Contest this year. It contains magic "Čiūto oi tūto" in english "chiooto oh tooto"

[@zuikis]

Funny thing lithuanians called vikings "žuvėdos" wich translates as "fish eaters" and Curonians "kuršiai" wich probably is a fish called "karšis" Abramis brama - common bream, that's because with the dialect vowels change and no one understood how similar words can actually be, also there is "kuršių marios" the Cronian lagoon at lithuanian coas side, and it is full of bream ,so probably Curonians were called by this fish name and viking were called fish eaters.

[@druginys]

Čia girti lietuviai pirtyje taip vadina vikingus?

[@naktisnaktiss9880]

Ne, blaivūs lietuviai, kuršiai, prūsai taip vadino žuvėdus (švedus) prieš tūkstantį metų ir dar ilgai vėliau. @@druginys

[@antanassmetona4054]

@@druginys visi lietuviai taip anksčiau vadino vikingus, specifiškai švedus

[@RBoii]

I love to theorize that the relentless heart of the Curonians lived on in the Latvian Legions during the Kurland Fortress.

[@remigijuslukauskas4517]

I have a homestead in north-eastern Lithuania. The village of Kuršiškii is nearby. Historians claim that it was founded by the Curonians who fled to Lithuania fleeing from the Teutonic Order when they lost to it. I jokingly tell men who have taken wives from that village that their wives are not Lithuanian. They are surprised, angry, but when I tell the whole story, they laugh and say that it was a long time ago. The villagers do not remember anything about their origins.

[@Arminius420]

This is so true everyone thinks of vikings as just Swedes or Dans or Norse and forgets about the eastern people that were raiding in the Baltics long after and were responsible for the end of sword brothers.

[@jakkeledin4645]

One question; Curonians = kuurit are baltic and uralic peoples. Usual uralic culture is forest culture. How they make that unic sea culture???? Has anybody do any searshing for that??? Thanks for video.

[@LuDux]

Fun fact: less than kilometre away from Apuolė hillfort there is birthplace of father of Marija Gimbutas(Gimbutienė)

[@brandonmichel-kv1xl]

My ancestors. I'm Lithuanian/Swedish and love my nature and dogs more than people

[@FantomBloth]

I love Latvia ❤. I met a Latvian girl. Thought she was Slavic, cause of Soviet stereotype. But my father said Latvians are Baltics. I'm learning thete hystory. This video helped me a lot!!! Thank you! 🇧🇬❤️🇱🇻

[@SPSSkals]

We still have our pagan traditions, we know the religious beliefs and gods, even if we don't believe it so much, but we have pagan celebrations like Jani where we dance around fires and so on. Also some Curonian language pieces still exist just not completely. My grandma was from Kurzeme (Curonia) and she spoke some words that were very unique to Latvian.

[@CommonSenseMatters1111]

We are still here in Lithuania 🇱🇹

[@albanfisher6857]

Can you post some of your sources 🙏 I would love to read more on thistopic

[@T0XICGRIEFER666]

Its nice to see a new indo european iv discovered, thank you buddy

[@vitostan3134]

I may be wrong but I have to give feedback on your geography. Kursiai city is in southeastern Lithuania so to say Coronian decedents are Latvian is only partially correct, to say it mildly.

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

If you start doing videos about nordic peoples other than just finns whose history is less know you might actually be able to increase the views on your channel significantly. The few other channels about similar topics are very often bot English speaking. There are some still existing loan words from kuronians in Finnish language but I can only remember one. Scythe-vigades-viikate. It apparently means all cutting.

[@incremental_failure]

Hard to say which way the word spread. Scythe in Estonian is vikat, in Latvian it's completely different. What if it spread from South Estonia to Kuronia?

[@KohaAlbert]

Northern Crusades Baltics aka "Last lagans of Europe" got crossed for what the ancestors of the crusaders did just century or two earlier (not to forget: "old habits die hard")

[@edpazikas8777]

Would you by chance have this logo with the Celtic icon and the bear inside it to offer? Thank you and greetings…

[@naktisnaktiss9880]

Surprisingly there is nothing about Ragnar Lodbrok having been beaten by curonians twice in famous THE VIKINGS serial movie.

[@kraanz]

In the very first episode, Ragnar loses a battle "somewhere in the East." He loses almost his entire force, and the last man attacking him can be heard screaming "mirsti!" Also, Vikings is an absolutely horrendous series. No history in it whatsoever. Not a single warrior knows what a helmet is (because we would struggle to tell them apart), the Anglo-Saxons wear 14th-15th century armor, Lagartha eventually leads an army of lesbians wearing Matrix-style leather coats, and so on, and so on. Also, it makes it feel like the Lothbroksons conquered the entire world in, like, 3 years. Historical Rollo lived roughly 200 years later. Stopped watching it after Ragnar's death. I couldn't take it any more.

[@indrekkpringi]

The Saaremaa Vikings origins are so old. they predate all written records of Viking culture. In fact the anthropological findings on Saaremaa reveal that they were the first Vikings. All other Viking culture came from Scandinavians copying their ships and raiding tactics. The Curonians were probably the 2nd Vikings since they lived right next to Saaremaa.

[@skrabs]

Thank you for the english version. I saw it in lituanian, but dont understand.

[@aaronstavern]

That's the exact same reason why I made this 🤣🤣🤣

[@mskouds]

hey curonians arent dead they all live in a town called Kuršenai :D

[@LitNoah]

Raminkis,eržile! :D

[@HolyKnight-zm7ff]

WHAT?!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! CURONIANS GOT CONQUERED BY US HOLY CHRISTIANS KNIGHTS!!! DEUS VULT!!! YOU DIRTY PAGAN SAVAGE!!! THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR BEING EDGY(ACTING VIKING)!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[@HolyKnight-zm7ff]

SAVAGES!!! CURONIANS ARE SAVAGES WHO GOT CONQUERED BY US GLORIOUS HOLY CHRISTIAN KNIGHTS!!! AS A RESULT, ENTIRE CURONIAN WAY OF LIFE WAS LOST!!! POOR POOR CURONIANS!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[@kraanz]

No, they live in Kurzeme. Literally meaning "the land of kurši."

[@naktisnaktiss9880]

Kuršėnuose gyvena tik tie, kur likosi po Durbės mūšio.

[@josephkrizauskas1052]

Where do the Samogitians fit in all of this?

[@jlmcgill2031]

It’s really sad and unfortunate how European tribes lose their native identity after Christianization.

[@missmorgan5630]

Lithuanian here. Our and our brothers Latvians and Estonians identity is very alive and celebrated! We still celebrating some pegan events and singing our folk songs with pride! Check out Latvian song and dance festival for example, it's been talked about with jealousy in Lithuania long after 😊

[@incremental_failure]

This is why Christianity typically gets a smirk from people.

[@Edis12121]

You are wrong mate, baltic people still retained their national identity, plus Grand Duchy of Lithuania was the last country to be baptised And our pagan influence still somewhat remained (national holidays on sacred pagan days) So my advice is dont make your own personal conclusions before you write stuff like this

[@wolfganggugelweith8760]

Ah, the Kurländer!

[@Sksk27547]

50 miles long? Interesting 🙂

[@tashatexass8051]

I'm from curonian ancestry...still kinda wild and untamed

[@davidcunningham2074]

very interesting.

[@W47689]

All my ancestors got from the northern region. From sweden to lithuania, up to northern poland my ancestry is from

[@hannes0000]

Do oselians video also please.

[@mussegt]

Intrestingly I have 21,1% Curonian DNA and I am from Finland. And I am pension from military from Air Force 34 years. But I am also 21,7% Viking (Swedish) Now I understand why my DNA is so much in Gotland too. They did live and fight each others under 100 miles or 150km from each others. DNA is so interesteing, You can find new relatives and get info where are You really from.

[@jrsgarage7623]

Irish in Finland. I got a somewhat mythological bloodline. I'm a direct decendent of forest Finn's that decended from Viking kings and princes in northern Sweden burea and includes the Bure kinship. I can send the geneology tables I got. Like 30 pages back 1000 years.

[@danilapolesciuk4316]

I don't know if it's possible here but I really wanna see it

[@jrsgarage7623]

@@danilapolesciuk4316 what's your email

[@amandasheals1202]

@jrsgarage I am very interested in researching more about my own ancestry from this area- would you be willing to share the geneology charts you have?

[@superchickeny7]

Subbed easily

[@christ1577]

ngl it's funny hearing foreigners struggle with Latvian language and it's hard names of places and people

[@zooziz5724]

So I'm seeing this story in comments of Scandinavians either praying or a writing carved into church to save us from Curs or Kurs. Could it be the origin of English word curse? :D Edit: it make sense. If they themselves called anything like today's dialect of north west Lithuania it should sound something like KURSHE (KURŠÈ) - KUR as in CURse, SH as in SHine and EH as in mEH. So it could litteraly be spelled as Curse since latin as far as I remember either didn't have letter K or used C and K interchangeably. Take that into consideration and you have and it's literally the same word Kurše and Curse. Thats wilde to think about :D imagine if there were some stories that were interpreted as curse but in reality it was just some wild Baltic boys causing some ruckus :D

[@apalupsk]

When you start your episode with - "the modern baltic nations, close cousins to the slavs" you immediately discredit yourselves. Balts are not related to slavs. More slavs are related to Balts, like Belorussians (krivchi)

[@florencemetta7721]

Came here because I am 4.4% Baltic.

[@Mot1956]

Slavs in Russia and Belarus were de facto converted to Christianity only in 16th century. There is a Slavic pagan community in Balerus that were never converted to Christianity and was destroyed by the communists only in 20th century.

[@cherub3624]

Good old Harold Wartoot.

[@WaffenWitches]

No wonder, the Courland pocket lasted for a whole year against the overwhelming horde of Soviets

[@davestrasburg408]

Fascinating! Shows how monotheism has been the misfortune of the world.

[@studentstudent5044]

I am from Sweden