 Jordanes was of Gothic descent and ended up as a monk in Italy.In his work "De origine actibusque Getarum" ("The Origin and Deeds of the Getae/Goths"), the Gothic origins and achievements, the author of 550 AD provides information on the big island Scandza, which the Goths come from.He expects that of the tribes who live here, some are adogit living far north with 40 days of the midnight sun.