Corconti

Memories of the Riesengebirge, painting by Caspar David Friedrich, before 1835

The Corconti or Korkontoi were an ancient people, named as Germanic, in (2.10) of the Geography of Ptolemy (after 83 – 161 AD). They resided in the vicinity of Asciburgius Mountain near the Elbe river. Asciburgius was on the edge of the modern Sudetes range (Krkonoše in Czech, Karkonosze in Polish, Riesengebirge in German).

The name of the tribe may be related to the modern Slavic names for the terrain but that is uncertain. Ptolemy counted them among the peoples inhabiting Magna Germania. Their eastern neighbours were the Lugi Buri, who bordered the sources of the Vistula.

Germanic peoples

Languages	Germanic parent language Proto-Germanic language North Germanic languages Old Norse West Germanic languages Ingvaeonic languages South Germanic Northwest Germanic East Germanic languages Germanic philology

Prehistory	Nordic Bronze Age Pre-Roman Iron Age in Northern Europe Jastorf culture Nordwestblock Przeworsk culture Wielbark culture Oksywie culture Chernyakhov culture

Roman Iron Age in northern Europe	Magna Germania Germanic Wars Battle of the Teutoburg Forest Germania Irminones Ingaevones Istvaeones Chatti Marcomanni Suebi

Migration Period	Germanic Iron Age Alemanni Anglo-Saxons Angles Jutes Saxons Burgundians Danes Franks Frisii Geats Goths Visigoths Ostrogoths Vagoth Gothic War (376–382) Gotlander Heruli Lombards Rugii Scirii Suebi Swedes Vandals Varangians Vikings Germanic Christianity Romanization

Society and culture	Mead hall Alliterative verse Migration Period art Runes Runic calendar Sippe Ancient Germanic law Lawspeaker Thing Germanic calendar Germanic kingship Germanic name Numbers in Norse mythology Romano-Germanic culture

Religion	Odin Thor Nerthus Veleda Tuisto Mannus Paganism Anglo-Saxon Continental Germanic mythology Frankish Norse Christianity Arianism Gothic

Dress	Bracteates Fibula Suebian knot

Warfare	Gothic and Vandal warfare Anglo-Saxon warfare Viking Age arms and armour Migration Period spear Migration Period sword

Burial practices	Tumulus Ship burial Norse funeral Alemannic grave fields Sutton Hoo Spong Hill

List of ancient Germanic peoples Portal:Ancient Germanic culture

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Opera Corcontica - Scientific Journal from the Krkonoše National Park

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Corconti

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