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Folklore

Old stories. Long shadows.

Will o the Wisp: Meaning, Folklore and the Science

Foolish fire, corpse candle, hinkypunk, luz mala: the wandering marsh light has many names. Where the will-o'-the-wisp legend comes from, how it changes around the world, and what science has proposed to explain it.

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