Glæsisvellir (Glittering Plains) was a location inJotunheim inNorse mythology. It is mentioned in sources such asBósa saga ok Herrauds,Hervarar saga,^[1]Þorsteins þáttr bæjarmagns andHelga þáttr Þórissonar.

In Glæsisvellir could be found a location calledÓdáinsakr, orÚdáinsakr (lit. "Deathless Acre", meaning the "Undying Lands"). Everyone who went there became healthy and young, and so no one ever died there. TheEireks saga víðförla is about a man who searched for and found Údáinsakr.

In theHervarar saga, it is the kingdom ofGudmund and his sonHöfund. Gudmund was a friendlyjötunn who was popular in later sagas.

InGesta Danorum,Saxo Grammaticus makes a reference to Odainsaker as the place where theScanian governor Fialler retired after having been attacked by the Danish kingWiglek:

• Elysian Fields
• Hyperborea
• Tír na nÓg

• Egeler, Matthias (2019): 'Iceland and the Land of Women. The Norse Glæsisvellir and the Otherworld Islands of Early Irish literature'. In: Aisling Byrne and Victoria Flood (eds.).Crossing Borders in the Insular Middle Ages. Brepols, Turnhout, p. 227-247
• Lindow, John (2002).Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs. Oxford University Press.ISBN 978-0-19-515382-8.
• Simek, Rudolf (1996).Dictionary of Northern Mythology. D. S. Brewer.ISBN 0-85991-513-1.
• Orchard, Andy (1997).Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell.ISBN 978-0-304-34520-5.

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