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marsh light

2 records across 2 traditions carry this current.

Europe & the North · 1

Will-o'-the-wispOmen · Britain · Ireland · EuropeMysterious marsh lights explained in folklore as misleading spirits (jack-o'-lantern, foolish fire). Science later offered gas explanations; the story remains a map of dangerous ground.

South Asia · 1

AleyaOmen · Bangladesh · IndiaBengali marsh lights of the Sundarbans and wetland Bengal, often held to be the unquiet glow of drowned fishermen. An omen and a map of deadly water, akin to will-o'-the-wisp, not a beast.