will o' the wisp

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  A flickering light or lantern, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes, held by a supernatural creature who uses it to lure travelers at night to their demise.
 * 2) * 1988, Michael Weikath, "Keeper of the Seven Keys", Helloween, Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II.
 * "en"

- Will o' the wisps / Misguiding your path / You can't throw a curse / Without takin' their wrath


 * 1)  A delusionary or otherwise unachievable goal that one feels compelled to pursue.

Synonyms

 * ,, , , ; ;  ; , friar's lantern

Translations

 * Afrikaans: dwaallig
 * Arabic: الوَهْج المُسْتَنْقعيّ, النار الحمقاء
 * Assamese: ধনগুলৈ
 * Basque: sutxakurra, argi-txakurra, arima-argia
 * Bengali:
 * Bikol Central: santilmo
 * Bulgarian: блуждаещият пламък, зловещо сияние
 * Catalan: foc follet
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: bludička
 * Danish: lygtemand
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: vaglumo, erarlumo
 * Estonian: virvatuli
 * Finnish:, aarretuli, ,
 * French:
 * Friulian: fûc voladi
 * Galician: fogo fatuo
 * Georgian: ცთომილი ალი, ცდომილი ალი, ცდომილი სინათლე, ცთომილი სინათლე, ცთომილი შუქი, ცდომილი შუქი
 * German:, Sumpflichter, Irrwisch, Sumpflicht
 * Hebrew: אוֹר מַטְעֶה, ויל־או׳־דה־ויספ, ויל־או־ויס
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: tine ghealáin
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ウィルオウィスプ, ウィル・オー・ザ・ウィスプ
 * Korean: 도깨비불, 윌오더위스프
 * Latin: ignis fatuus, ignis erraticus
 * Latvian: malduguns
 * Lithuanian: žaltvykslė, pelkių ugnis
 * Lombard: foeugh arz, fogazzoeu, foeugh senza foeugh, fiammei, fiamminn, fana
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: Spöklicht, Dodenlücht
 * Malay: jerambang
 * Maori: tūtutupo, unahiroa
 * Norman: bélengi, veue d'aventuthe
 * Norwegian: lyktemann, irrlys, vettelys, alvelys
 * Occitan: fuòc folet
 * Pashto: اګیا بیتال, چیهلوا
 * Persian: روشنایی مرداب
 * Plautdietsch: Woselicht
 * Polish:, błędny ognik
 * Portuguese:, fogo tolo, fogo corredor , João Galafoice ,
 * Romani: choxãnêski-vyedyáriya
 * Romanian: focul rătăcitor
 * Russian: блужда́ющий огонёк
 * Sardinian: fogu de campusantu, ziròne, focu de sas animas
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: дивљи огањ
 * Roman: divlji oganj
 * Slovak: bludička, svetlonos
 * Slovene: varljivo svetlikanje, nepojasnjeni ogenj
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: błudnik
 * Upper Sorbian: błudnička
 * Spanish: fuego fatuo, luces de muerto
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: bataklık ışığı, bataklık yakamozu
 * Ukrainian: вогники мандрівні,, мандрівні вогні, блимавки
 * Urdu: اگیا بیتال, چھلاوا
 * Vietnamese:
 * West Flemish: dwoalluchtn, dwoasluchtn


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