Origins and Pagan (Pre-Christian) Society

The Curonians were a Baltic tribe inhabiting the shores of the Baltic Sea from before the 5th to the 16th centuries, in what are now the western parts of Latvia and Lithuania. They eventually merged with other Baltic tribes, contributing to the ethnogenesis of present-day Latvians and Lithuanians. The Curonians gave their name to the region of Courland (Kurzeme) They possessed a strong warrior culture and are considered by some researchers to be eastern Baltic, while others believe they were