{"product_id":"latra-bjorg-62936-36416","title":"Látra-Björg # 62936","description":"Látra-Björg. Compiled by Helgi Jónsson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLátra-Björg was a very large woman and not beautiful to look at. She was ill-tempered and reclusive; she sometimes went about with her friends and people thought she was a witch and she was a scoundrel. She sometimes wandered around the countryside and begged for money because she was a poor woman, but she did not want to go into exile or be dependent on others. At that time, Jón Benediktsson was a ruler in Rauðaskriðar. He thought of criticizing Látra-Björg's behavior; then she said:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The evil spirit's scheming,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e never judge unjustly;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e He is right in his speech,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Nowhere is there any honor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e These verses were recited to a ruler, and he became angry and sued Látra-Björga for this poem; but when the trial took place, she recanted and said that others had misrepresented the verses to her out of malice and had slandered her. She had recited them about the ruler in the opposite way to what she had recited, and she could not be sure that the poem would be read backwards. If it had been correctly recited like this:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHe is a good man, but nowhere is he\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e speaks the truth,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e base judgments, never cares\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e evil spirits trick.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And could a ruler let things stand?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Once upon a time, Látra-Björg had to take an oath that was very unpleasant to her; then she said:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I pray to the one who commits murder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e and death on a hard cross was the way\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e to deprive him of abundance and grace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e who forces me to travel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And after that she was not forced to take the oath, because the ruler was blinded by her words of command, and he nevertheless decided to stick to his own case with men, as the story also says he had met himself, for when he once harshly judged a poor man for a small matter, the poor man (some say it was Látra-Björg) said:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Judge Jon, you judge me,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Your judgment is harsh;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e the judge will judge you\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e which determines all judgments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThen Jón contracted the long and severe illness that led to his death, and yet he gave the land of Kotamýr to the poor in Reykjadalur so that he could be freed from it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It is said that Látra-Björg was a powerful poet, and it is said that once, when a voyage had been delayed for a long time, she said this:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The mug grows and the wind,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I want to brew a poetic beat,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e sail, come in here alone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e to comfort us today.","brand":"Bókin.is","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51125149794632,"sku":"OSC-36416","price":4900.0,"currency_code":"ISK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/4029\/9848\/files\/49960.jpg?v=1754797989","url":"https:\/\/www.bokin.is\/en\/products\/latra-bjorg-62936-36416","provider":"bokin.is","version":"1.0","type":"link"}