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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.
Onibi (Wakan Sansai Zue)Onibi (鬼火, "Demon Fire") is a type of atmospheric ghost light in legends of Japan. According to folklore, they are the spirits born from the corpses of humans and animals.
Drapé - (France) Ghostly horse monster who finds and spirits away children wandering at night to an unknown location, never to be seen again. Gytrash- (english) shapeshifting spirit usually taking the form of a horse, mule or other animal. Opposite of a will o the wisp, as it appears to the lost and leads people back to where they want to be.
10. Sirens. Origin: Greek Sirens are another mythological species that have found a home in modern times. There are movies and TV shows about the seductresses with beautiful and enchanted singing ...
Figure of Joan the Wad above the "Joan the Wad and Piskey Shop" in Polperro, Cornwall. Joan the Wad is a mythological character in Cornish folklore.She is the Queen of the Pixies, which are tiny mythical creatures usually associated with the counties of Cornwall and Devon in England.
Japanese folklore also has yokai creatures called nukekubi and rokurokubi that are quite similar to their Southeast Asian counterparts. According to Thai ethnographer Phraya Anuman Rajadhon, the Krasue is accompanied by a will-o'-the-wisp-like luminescent glow. [2]
Wangliang – Malevolent spirit or monster; Wani – Crocodilian water monster; Wanyūdō – Demon in the form of a burning human-headed ox cart; Warak ngendog (Indonesian Muslim) – Egg-laying bird; Warg (English and Scandinavian O.N. vargr) – Giant, demonic wolf; Warlock (Worldwide) – Male witch
Like the fiery folklore entity that lends it its name, “Will-o'-the-Wisp” burns bright with idiosyncratic ambition. Few cineastes out there are making deliciously defiant art like Rodrigues ...