In folklore, a will-o'-the-wisp, will-o'-wisp, or ignis fatuus (Latin for 'foolish flame'; pl. ignes fatui), is an atmospheric ghost light seen by travellers...
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Will o' the Wisp (Dr. Jackson Arvad) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a physicist who gained control...
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Will O' the Wisp is the sixth studio album by Leon Russell. The album was released in 1975 on Shelter Records. It peaked at No. 30 on the Billboard albums...
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Look up will o' the wisp or will-o'-the-wisp in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Will-o'-the-wisp is the light phenomenon traditionally ascribed to ghosts...
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Will O' the Wisp (French: Le feu follet) is a 1931 novel by the French writer Pierre Drieu La Rochelle. It has also been published in English as The Fire...
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Will-o'-the-Wisp (Portuguese: Fogo-Fátuo) is a 2022 Portuguese musical romantic comedy film, directed by João Pedro Rodrigues. The film stars Mauro Costa...
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called jack-o'-lanterns (also known as, will-o'-the-wisps). It is suggested that the name also has ties to the Irish legend of Stingy Jack, a drunkard...
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Spider (solitaire) (redirect from Will o' the Wisp (solitaire))
in each Will o' the Wisp is another solitaire card game which was invented by Geoffrey Mott-Smith and is played the same way as Spiderette. The exception...
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Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp is a lost 1917 American drama film directed by Tod Browning. As described in a film magazine review, Neil Dacey (Carrigan)...
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the name refers to the ghostly light will-o'-the-wisp from folklore. The other main characters were Arthur the caterpillar, as a gruff cockney; Mavis...
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Fairy (section Spirits of the dead)
haunt specific locations, and to lead travelers astray using will-o'-the-wisps. Before the advent of modern medicine, fairies were often blamed for sickness...
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The Fire Within (French: Le Feu follet, pronounced [lə fø fɔlɛ]; "The Manic Fire" or "Will-O'-the-Wisp") is a 1963 drama film written and directed by Louis...
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novel Will O' the Wisp (1931) and Louis Malle's feature film The Fire Within (1963). The film premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Best...
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western Maryland Colgate Wisp, a single-use toothbrush Agriocnemis, a genus of damselfly commonly known as a wisp Will-o'-the-wisp (disambiguation) This...
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Concierto de Aranjuez (1939) is included, as well as a piece called "Will o' the Wisp", from Manuel de Falla's ballet El amor brujo (1914–1915). Sketches...
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Grimm, the lore that unbaptized children become pilweisse (bilwis [de]) Also, the de:Irrlicht (≈ will-o'-the-wisp), called Dickepôten locally in the southern...
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with Halloween Jack-o'-lantern may also refer to: In English folklore, jack-o'-lantern is an alternative term for will-o'-the-wisp or ignis fatuus, an...
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Lake Khanka (category Geography of the Russian Far East)
Matthias Hase, the lake is named Lake Hinka and the river flowing from it called by the names Ousoury and Schur. On the 1752 map of d'Anville, the lake is named...
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the Will o' the Wisp. The season finale featured Jack becoming possessed by a hyperactive Scottish Will o' the Wisp, also known as a Spunkie. The Spunkie...
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for Siouan shadow people. Essentially ghosts. Wewe Gombel Wili Will o' the wisp – Jack o lantern (English) Wraith Yurei See also: Category:Ghosts, and...
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Klabautermann, Schrat, Wild man, Drak, Aufhocker, Ork, poltergeist, bogeyman, Will-o'-the-wisp, various Feldgeister, and Erlking. Famous individual Kobolds are King...
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Hotspot (album) (redirect from Will-o-the-Wisp (Pet Shop Boys song))
highlighted "I Don't Wanna", "Wedding in Berlin", and "Will-o-the-Wisp", and wrote in summary of the album: "'Happy people/Living in a sad world,' they celebrate...
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mouth in the mud. The phenomenon, which seems to be a variation of will-o'-the-wisp folklore, is now dismissed as sightings of combustible marsh gas. A...
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List of occult terms (section O)
Witches' Sabbath Witch ball Witchcraft and divination in the Hebrew Bible Will-o'-the-wisp Werewolf, see also Rougarou Wendigo Ya sang Yowie (Aust. abor...
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has been associated with Jack o' the Lantern, the King of the Pixies. The two may also be considered will-o'-the-wisp type characters who lead travelers...
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"unknown fire") is a Japanese term given to the optical or supernatural phenomenon similar to will-o'-the-wisp; see shiranui. It is also a name associated...
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The Feu follet or Fifollet is a legendary spirit in French and Louisiana folklore, similar to the Will-o'-the-wisp. Feu follet, Feufollet or Feu-follet...
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Siege of Sidney Street (redirect from The Sidney Street Siege)
1985). "Review: Clarke, F G: Will-O'-The Wisp: Peter the Painter and the Anti-Tsarist Terrorists in Britain and Australia". The Slavonic and East European...
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suicide inspired the book Will O' the Wisp by Pierre Drieu la Rochelle. The movie The Fire Within from Louis Malle is based on this book. The movie Oslo, August...
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wearing baggy blue breeches but he also took the form of a white horse, a black pig and a wisp of blue smoke. The family took his presence in good stride but...
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