![]() ![]() In urban legends, folklore and superstition, wills-o'-the-wisp are typically attributed to ghosts, fairies or elemental spirits. ![]() ![]() Louis Light in Saskatchewan, the Spooklight in Southwestern Missouri and Northeastern Oklahoma, the Marfa lights of Texas, the Naga fireballs on the Mekong in Thailand, the Paulding Light in Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the Hessdalen light in Norway. Wills-o'-the-wisp appear in folk tales and traditional legends of numerous countries and cultures notable wills-o'-the-wisp include St. In literature, will-o'-the-wisp metaphorically refers to a hope or goal that leads one on, but is impossible to reach, or something one finds strange or sinister. The phenomenon is known in English folk belief, English folklore and much of European folklore by a variety of names, including jack-o'-lantern, friar's lantern and hinkypunk, and is said to mislead travellers by resembling a flickering lamp or lantern. In folklore, a will-o'-the-wisp, will-o'-wisp or ignis fatuus ( Latin for 'giddy flame'), plural ignes fatui, is an atmospheric ghost light seen by travellers at night, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes. The Will o' the Wisp and the Snake by Hermann Hendrich (1854–1931) ![]()
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