sentences:  Like other legendary sagas, it combines remote fantasy places, in this case Glæsisvellir, with known places; the description of the environs of Alreksstaðir suggests local knowledge.It has also been classified as a conversion þáttr, one of those dealing with either the conversion of Scandinavia to Christianity or with the contrast between Christian times and heathen times.Godmund, who varies in characterisation in different Old Norse works, is here "the enemy of the virtuous Christian King Olaf".