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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nWhen the two-county sheriffs arrived it was soon revealed that the community suspected a certain \u00de\u00f3r\u00f0ur Gu\u00f0brandsson. After repeated hearings, he admitted that he had met the devil in the form of a fox and had sent it to Tr\u00e9kyllisv\u00edk. During the proceedings, the sheriffs heard that two other men, Egill Bjarnason and Gr\u00edmur J\u00f3nsson, were rumored to be sorcerers. After some time in custody, they both admitted having practiced forbidden magic. All three were burnt in September 1656.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In spite of the executions, the belching and fainting fits in and around the church continued, and in 1670 two inhabitants of the community were whipped harshly, first at the general assembly at \u00deingvellir and again in Tr\u00e9kyllisv\u00edk, though no charges against them could be proved and they denied all knowledge of magic. Reports continued of the same disturbances until the last decade of the 17th century when harsh weather and a famine pushed any other concerns out of people’s minds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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