Polish Folk Beliefs - Polish Tribes

Polish Tribes

The following is a list of Polish tribes—tribes which constituted the lands of Poland in the Early Middle Ages, at the beginning of the Polish state. Some of them have remained separate ethnicities while others have been assimilated into the culture of Poland.

  • Masovians (Masovia, in Polish "mazowszanie")
    • Mazurs (Mazurians) (Masuria, in Polish "mazurzy")
    • Kurpie (in Polish "kurpiowie" or "kurpie")
  • Polans (Polanes, Polanians, in Polish "polanie") (Warta river basin)
    • Bambrzy
  • Silesians (in Polish "ślązacy") (Silesia)
  • Warmiaks (Warmia, in Polish "warmiacy")
  • Pomeranians (Farther Pomerania and Pomerelia, in Polish "pomorzanie")
    • Kashubians (Cassubians, in Polish "kaszubi")
    • Slovincians (in Polish "Słowińcy")
    • Kociewiacy
    • Borowiacy
  • Bieżuńczanie
  • Bobrzanie
  • Dziadoszanie
  • Golęszyce
  • Goplans (Kuyavia and Pomerania, in Polish "goplanie", or "goplani")
  • Lędzianie (Lesser Poland, in Polish "lędzianie")
    • Lachy Sądeckie
  • Opolanie (upper Odra, Silesia)
  • Kujawianie
  • Pyrzyczanie
  • Ślężanie (Lower Silesia)
  • Trzebowianie
  • Vistulans (Lesser Poland, in Polish "wiślanie")
  • Gorals (in Polish "górale", i.e. highlanders)
See also: Bavarian Geographer, a list of tribes in Central Europe, composed in the 870s.

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