Glæsisvellir
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Glæsisvellir (Glittering Plains) was a location in Jotunheim in Norse mythology. It is mentioned in sources such as Bósa saga ok Herrauds, Hervarar saga, Þorsteins þáttr bæjarmagns and Helga þáttr Þórissonar.
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Glæsisvellir (Glittering Plains) was a location in Jotunheim in Norse mythology. It is mentioned in sources such as Bósa saga ok Herrauds, Hervarar saga, Þorsteins þáttr bæjarmagns and Helga þáttr Þórissonar.
==Legend== In Glæsisvellir could be found a location called Ódáinsakr, or Údáinsakr (lit. "Deathless Acre", meaning the "Undying Lands"). Everyone who went there became healthy and young, and so no one ever died there. The Eireks saga víðförla is about a man who searched for and found Údáinsakr.
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