Godmund

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Godmund (Guðmundr) was a king in Jotunheim in Finnmark, ruling over a land called Glæsisvellir.

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, compare Fountain of Life) was in his realm.

After Godmund's death, he was worshipped with sacrifices and called a god.

Godmund's son Hofund married Hervor. They had two sons: Angantýr and Heiðrekr

Legendary sagas 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).