Editing Rugii (section)

===Scandinavia===
Jordanes makes a references to a people called the Rugii still living in Scandinavia in the sixth century, in the area near the Dani, who are normally presumed to be the Danes.<ref>Jordanes, ''Getica'', L,261.266; LIV,277</ref>{{sfn|Andersson|2003}}

According to an old proposal, the Rugii possibly migrated from southwest Norway to [[Pomerania]] in the 1st century AD.<ref name=britannica>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/512463/Rugi |title=Rugi (people) |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica Online]] |publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]] |access-date=8 September 2012}}</ref> [[Rogaland]] or Rygjafylke is a region (fylke) in south west Norway. Rogaland translates "Land of the Rygir" (Rugii), the transition of ''rygir'' to ''roga'' being sufficiently explained with the general linguistic transitions of the [[Norse language]].{{sfn|Andersson|2003}}

Scholars suggest a migration either of Rogaland Rugii to the southern Baltic coast, a migration the other way around, or an original homeland on the islands of Denmark in between these two regions.{{sfn|Andersson|2003}} None of those theories is so far backed by archaeological evidence.{{sfn|Andersson|2003}} Another theory suggests that the name of one of the two groups was adapted by the other one later without any significant migration taking place.{{sfn|Andersson|2003}} 

Scholars such as Andersson regard it as very unlikely that the name meaning "rye-eaters" or "rye-farmers" was invented twice. In favour of a Scandinavian origin, despite doubts about the early cultivation of Rye, he cites the sixth century claim of Jordanes that Scandinavia was the "womb of nations".{{sfn|Andersson|2003}} Others such as Pohl have argued that the similarity of names has been uncritically interpreted to indicate tribal kinship or identity, feeding a debate about the location of an "original homeland" without any reference to historical sources. Pohl also suggests that one possibility suggested by the work of [[Reinhard Wenskus]] and the [[Vienna School of History]] is that the name of the Rugii could have been spread by small elite groups who moved around, rather than mass migration.{{sfn|Pohl|2003}}