Jón lærði Guðmundsson

Medieval Icelandic scholar, poet, and alleged sorcerer

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Jón lærði Guðmundsson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈjouːn ˈlairðɪ ˈkvʏðmʏntsɔn]; 1574–1658) was an Icelandic autodidact, poet, and alleged sorcerer.

He is considered a pioneer of Icelandic literary history, because he was the first to write a description of Icelandic nature and a critical account of a contemporary event, in Icelandic.^[1] His poetry gives insight into contemporary Icelandic folklore.

Guðmundsson, who lived in Strandir, was considered a great master of magic in 17th century Iceland. He was said to have turned around the Turkish slave ships from the coasts of Iceland more than once, an achievement which gave him widespread fame, and was described in popular prints.^[2] He was also said to have killed two ghosts between 1611-1612 with two of his poems: "Fjandafæla" and "Snjáfjallavísum".^[3] He had to leave his home region and was tried for sorcery several times during the 1630s, but managed to avoid the death penalty every time.^[2]

Guðmundsson wrote an unbiased report of the Slaying of the Spaniards and as a result was declared an outlaw in his own country.^[4]

References

^ Hreinsson, Viðar (29 January 2018). "Ghosts, Power, and the Natures of Nature: Reconstructing the World of Jón Guðmundsson the Learned". Framing the Environmental Humanities. Brill. pp. 67–85. doi:10.1163/9789004360488_006. ISBN 9789004360488. Retrieved 16 August 2023. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
^ ^a ^b Ankarloo, Bengt & Henningsen, Gustav (red.), Skrifter. Bd 13, Häxornas Europa 1400–1700 : historiska och antropologiska studier, Nerenius & Santérus, Stockholm, 1987
^ "Jón Guðmundsson lærði | BRAGI". bragi.arnastofnun.is. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
^ "Spánverjavígin / Euskal baleazaleen hilketa / La matanza de los vascos / The Slaying of the Basques". Forlagið bókabúð (in Icelandic). 21 April 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2023.