Stelle Sic et Vafros, Fricontas, Murrinos,...; (Cosmographia Aethici Istri (700 - 730), Cap. 2, § 29 (p. 116, lin. 5 - p. 117, lin. 6)) [4920]

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Text Cosmographia Aethici Istri (700 - 730) Anonymous - Other
Quotation Sic et Vafros, Fricontas, Murrinos, Alapes, Turchus, Alanus, Meotas, Chugnos, Frigis, Danus, Vinnosus, Rifeos, Olches, quos vulgus Orcus in illis regionibus appellant, gentes spurcissimas hac vita inmundissima, degentes ultra omnia regna terrarum, sine deo, sine lege vel caerimonias. Nam et illarum regionum pagi omnes Germania est appellata, eo quod sint inmania corpora inmanesque nationes, sevissimis moribus duratae, adeo indomiti, frigore et rigore ferentes ultra omnes gentes. Centum pagos dicit esse inter habitabiles et inhabitabiles a Reno fluvio usque oceanum, insolas plurimas et Meotidas paludes.
Translation § 29, p. 29: Likewise, too, the Vafri, Friconti, Murrini, Alapes, Turks, Alani, Meotae, Huns, Frisians, Danes, Vinnosi, Riphaeans, and Olches, whom the folk in those parts call orci, very filthy peoples leading the most foul life – worse than all the kingdoms of the world – without a god, or law, or rituals. Moreover, all the districts of those lands are called Germania, because the <peoples> are immense in body and are monstrous races, hardened by the most savage folkways; moreover, they are indomitable, bearing cold and hardship better than all {other} peoples. He claims that there are one hundred districts between the inhabitable and uninhabitable <regions> from the River Rhine to Ocean, numerous islands, and the Meotidan Swamps.
Summary A list of real and fictitious peoples inhabiting the far North – a region that the author refers to as Germania.
Quotation source Cap. 2, § 29 (p. 116, lin. 5 - p. 117, lin. 6)
Temporal Coverage 600 - 730
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