Will-o'-the-Wisp exorcised

Motif

Will-o'-the-Wisp exorcised.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Other spirits and demons. · view the constellation · filed as F491.3

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

general *Fb "lygtemand" II 473b
general England, U.S.: Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Will-o'-the-Wisp. (Jack o' Lantern.) Light seen over marshy places.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Person led astray by Will-o'-the-Wisp turns garment inside out. Will-o'-the-Wisp exorcised. (Cf. F369.7, F385.1.)Power of Will-o'-the-Wisp over person neutralized if person sticks his knife into the ground Steel protects person from Will-o'-the-Wisp

Filed beside it

Will-o'-the-Wisp leads people astray Will-o'-the-Wisp lights people to their homes Will-o'-the-Wisp hops about Will-o'-the-Wisp's revenge

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