 All information of the Gepids' origins came from "malicious and convoluted Gothic legends," recorded in Jordanes' "Getica" after 550.According to Jordanes's narration the northern island of "Scandza," which is associated with Sweden by modern scholars, was the original homeland of the ancestors of the Goths and Gepids.They left Scandza together in three boats under the leadership of Berig, the legendary Gothic king.