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Ghost Flames: Life and Death in a Hidden War, Korea 1950-1953 is a non-fiction narrative history of the Korean War written by Charles J. Hanley and published in August 2020 by PublicAffairs, an imprint of Perseus Books Group, part of the Hachette Book Group. The book tells the story of the war through the experiences of 20 individuals who lived ...
Some ghost lights such as St. Elmo's fire or the shiranui have been explained as optical phenomena of light emitted through electrical activity. Other types may be due to combustion of flammable gases, ball lightning , meteors , torches and other human-made fires, the misperception of human objects, and pranks.
Hitodama: Yūrei are frequently depicted as being accompanied by a pair of floating flames or will o' the wisps (hitodama in Japanese) in eerie colors such as blue, green, or purple. These ghostly flames are separate parts of the ghost rather than independent spirits. [14]
The Will o' the Wisp and the Snake by Hermann Hendrich (1854–1931). In folklore, a will-o'-the-wisp, will-o'-wisp, or ignis fatuus (Latin for 'foolish flame'; [1] pl. ignes fatui), is an atmospheric ghost light seen by travellers at night, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes.
Ra, fire god of the sun, light, warmth, and growth; Sekhmet, protective lioness goddess of war, along with some elements of disease and curing of disease.Sometimes referenced in relation to the sun and its power, so possibly had to do with upkeep of the sun at times and fire
Zarrar Kahn’s “In Flames” is set mostly in a cramped apartment nestled not too far from the rowdy, crowded streets of Karachi. The hustle and bustle from the outside — not to mention the ...
As onibi are thought of as a type of atmospheric ghost light, there are ones like the below. Other than these, there is also the shiranui, the koemonbi, the janjanbi, and the tenka among others. [5] There is a theory that the kitsunebi is also a kind of onibi, but there is also the opinion that strictly speaking, they are different from onibi. [1]
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