The Library of Congress > LCCN Permalink

View this record in:  MARCXML | LC Authorities & Vocabularies

Will-o'-the-wisp

LC control no.sh 85146779
Topical headingWill-o'-the-wisp
    Browse this term in  LC Authorities  or the  LC Catalog
Variant(s)Aleya
Fifolet
Hitodama
Ignis fatuus
Jack-o'-lantern (Will-o'-the-wisp)
Spunkie (Will-o'-the-wisp)
See alsoFire
    Browse this term in  LC Authorities
Light
    Browse this term in  LC Authorities
Marshes
    Browse this term in  LC Authorities
Found inDowning, Johnette. The fifolet, 2015: CIP galley (The Louisiana Cajun-French word fifolet comes from the French words feu (fire) and follet (sprite). In folklore around the world, other names for the fifolet are feufollet (fire sprite) in France, will-o-the-wisp in England, jack-o-lantern across Europe, aleya (marsh ghost light) in India, and hitodama (human soul or ball of energy) in Japan.)