Berig is a legendary king of the Goths appearing in the Getica by Jordanes.
According to Jordanes, Berig led his people on three ships from Scandza
(Scandinavia) to Gothiscandza (the Vistula Basin). They settled and then
attacked the Rugians who lived on the shore and drove them away from their
homes, subsequently winning a battle against the Vandals. Arne Søby, a Danish
historian, has nonetheless proposed that Cassiodorus, who wrote the original
text on which Jordanes's work is based, invented him, with inspiration from
the name of Βέρικος (Berikos or Verica). Some archaeological research
indicates, however, that the transition of Oksywie culture into Wielbark
culture was peaceful and its timing coincides with the appearance of new
population of Scandinavian origins in previously uninhabited area ("no man's
land") between the Oksywie and Przeworsk culture areas. The 16th-century
Swedish archbishop of Uppsala, Johannes Magnus in his history of the Swedes
and Goths, was the first to publish a song known as the "Ballad of Eric,"
about an early Gothic king called Eric, who bears some similarities to Berig.
It was once thought to contain authentic folk tradition about the king, but it
is now regarded as inaccurate. However, Magnus discusses king Berig separately
as having united the Swedes and Goths some 400 years after Eric's death. In
popular culture, Berig is referenced (as Berik) in the song Three Ships of
Berik, Pts. 1 and 2 by Swedish symphonic metal band Therion. (en)
FamilySearch.com has a possible father that would have been over 75 years old
when Berig was born. Also have a possible mother that was born 40 years after
Berig was born. I cannot find any other reference to possible parents;
therefore, I have opted to end the line with Berig.