- Godmund
Godmund ("Guðmundr") was a king in
Jotunheim inFinnmark , ruling over a land calledGlæsisvellir .He and his men were said to have lived many times the span of normal men, so that heathens believed that the Deathless Acre ("
Údáinsakr ", compareFountain of Life ) was in his realm.After Godmund's death, he was worshipped with sacrifices and called a god.
Godmund's son
Hofund marriedHervor . They had two sons:Angantýr andHeiðrekr Legendary saga s where Godmund appears:
*"Bósa saga ok Herrauðs "
*"Helga þáttr Þórissonar "
*"Hervarar saga "
*"Norna-Gests þáttr "
*"Þorsteins þáttr bæjarmagns "In
Saxo Grammaticus ' "Gesta Danorum " (VIII), Guthmundus is the brother of Geruthus (Geirröðr ).
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