Curious Story How Sæmundur The Wise Tricked The Devil Three Times

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Magic is a popular subject in Icelandic folklore. Many stories exist about people who performed extraordinary magical feats and achieved amazing things.

Many ancient books and manuscripts record the magical beliefs and practices of Icelanders, which have been preserved for future generations.

One curious story, reflecting a mixture of Christian and Pagan elements, is about how Sæmundur Sigfússon (1056 – 1133) tricked the Devil not just once but three times. Each time, he used a different trick, confusing the Devil.

Sæmundur Sigfússon, also known as Sæmundur the Learned or Sæmundur the Wise, was a priest who had attended the Black School (Svartiskóli). Whether he studied in France or somewhere in Franconia, in northern Bavaria, Germany (formerly a separate duchy of the Holy Roman Empire), is still debated by scholars.

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