Mae Clair’s Mythical Monday: Ghost Lights

Beware the marsh when night unfolds,

and darkness sends the sun in flight.

‘Tis no place for mortal creature,

but faerie, nymph, and ghostly light.

They have many different names depending on culture and location, but ghost lights have long been intertwined with magical things that go bump-in-the-night. Often referred to as ‘foolish fire’ for the propensity to lead night time travelers astray, these lights have various names including will-o-wisps, elf light, fox fire, and spook lights among othe...