LC control no. | sh 85146779 |
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Topical heading | Will-o'-the-wisp |
Variant(s) | Aleya Fifolet Hitodama Ignis fatuus Jack-o'-lantern (Will-o'-the-wisp) Spunkie (Will-o'-the-wisp) |
See also | Fire Light Marshes |
Found in | Downing, 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.) |