Maritxu Guller

Maritxu (María) Erlantz Guller[a] (1912–1993), also known as the "sorgin ona" or "white witch of Ulia", was a Spanish teacher, tarot reader and fortune teller who supposedly had paranormal powers.[1]

Life

Maritxu was born in 1912 in Isaba, Navarre.[2] She studied to become a teacher in Pamplona and subsequently worked as a teacher in Irañeta during the Spanish Civil War.[3][4] On 8 October 1938 she married a Swiss man named Giovanni Guller, who encouraged her to deepen her studies in parapsychology.[2][5][4] The couple moved to San Sebastián in 1952 and settled in a baserri in Mount Ulia.[2][5]

Maritxu created various Tarot decks which were published by Fournier including El Gran Tarot Esoterico in 1976 (with illustrations by Luis Pena Longa) along with its instruction manual.[6][7][8] Designed by Maritxu and illustrated by Luis Pena Longa, the deck features classic Tarot motifs as well as variations inspired by the system of French astrologer and tarot reader Eudes Picard, first outlined in his 1901 work.[9] The deck was republished in 2016 by Lo Scarabeo and distributed by Llewellyn Worldwide.[10] Martitxu also created two Basque themed decks; the Euskal Tarot Mitika or Basque Mythical Tarot in 1982 (with illustrations by Angel Elvira which were inspired by Basque mythology)[8] and the Tarot de Euskal Herria in 1991 (with illustrations by Alfredo Fermín Cemillán "Mintxo"), which she dedicated "to all women, to help them interpret the Tarot wisely."[11]

In addition to her Tarot decks, Maritxu created over 36,000 grimoires for divination.[2]

She died in 1993 in San Sebastián.[12] A children's park is named after her in San Sebastián, where she lived for many years.[13]

Notes

  1. ↑ Sometimes spelled "Guler" when translated into Spanish, especially in her published work.

References

  1. ↑ "Maritxu, la bruja buena de Ulía, 'protegía' al Rey 1986". El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). 2006-02-16. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "María Erlanz | Real Academia de la Historia". dbe.rah.es. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  3. ↑ "Grimorio". www.filosofia.org. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  4. 1 2 Guler, Martitxu (1976). El Gran Tarot Esoterico, Libro de instrucciones escrito. Fournier. ISBN 84-85074-07-6.
  5. 1 2 "Erlanz Mainz, Maritxu - Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia". aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  6. ↑ "Las cartas vascas del tarot". El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). 2013-08-05. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  7. ↑ Guler, Maritxu (1976). Gran Tarot Esoterico, El. Fournier (Heraclio). ISBN 9788485074075.
  8. 1 2 Guler, Marixtu (1982-01-01). El Taroo Mitico Vasco: Basque Mythical Tarot. Angel Elvira.
  9. ↑ Picard, Eudes (1901). Manuel synthétique et pratique du Tarot. Paris.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  10. ↑ "El Gran Tarot Esoterico". Llewellyn Worldwide. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  11. ↑ "Tarot de Euskalherria. 78 Cartas | VV. AA. | Casa del Libro". casadellibro (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  12. ↑ Barbería, José Luis (1993-04-05). "Maritxu Guller, 'la bruja buena de Ulía'". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  13. ↑ Gipuzkoa, Departamento Territorial Diputación. "Maritxu Guler, parque de -San Sebastián - Directorio geográfico y callejero". b5m (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-13.
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