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- Origin of the will-o'-the-wisp (jack-o'-lantern). A2817
- Smith outwits devil, is admitted to neither heaven nor hell. The devil gives him a light to find his way back in the dark; he is known as the will-o'-the-wisp or jack-o'-lantern. A2817.1
- Will-o'-the-wisp is girl cursed by her mother for gathering plants for dyestuffs on Sunday. Will-o'-the-wisp is seen where girl disappeared. A2817.2
- Will-o'-the-Wisp. (Jack o' Lantern.) Light seen over marshy places. F491
- Will-o'-the-Wisp leads people astray. F491.1
- Will-o'-the-Wisp lights people to their homes. F491.2
- Will-o'-the-Wisp exorcised. F491.3
- Person led astray by Will-o'-the-Wisp turns garment inside out. Will-o'-the-Wisp exorcised. (Cf. F369.7, F385.1.) F491.3.1
- Power of Will-o'-the-Wisp over person neutralized if person sticks his knife into the ground. F491.3.2
- Steel protects person from Will-o'-the-Wisp. F491.3.3
- Will-o'-the-Wisp hops about. F491.4
- Will-o'-the-Wisp's revenge. F491.5