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something that is impossible to get or achieve: Full employment is the will-o'-the-wisp that politicians have been chasing for decades. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Unachievable be (a) no go idiom be on a hiding to nothing idiom be on the road to nowhere idiom be out of your league idiom cat ghost goodbye impossibility impossible

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Will-o'-wisps were malicious creatures that appeared as torches or lanterns seen floating through swamps. The will-o'-wisp appeared to be nothing more than a hazy ball of light, colored white, blue, violet, green, or yellow, glowing as brightly as a flaming torch. As such, it was easy to mistake one for a lantern, torch, or dancing lights. Especially within the foggy marshes they tended to.

The Ancient Legend Of The WillO'TheWisp

In the minds of the superstitious, will-o'-the-wisps are bad omens. There are many variations of the name. A wisp denotes a piece of straw or reed used for a torch. The Latin name for the phenomenon is ignis fatuus, which means "giddy flame", referring to its quick, elusive nature. Hallowe'en's familiar "jack-o'-lantern" is.

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What is a Will-o'-the-wisp? A Will-o'-the-wisp is a phantom light that hovers in the wilderness, luring travelers away from the beaten path. Most of these lights haunt the moors and bogs of England, but they have been reported all over the world, under various names. Characteristics Physical Description

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Uniquely, in Sweden, the will-o'-the-wisp is a manifestation of an unbaptised soul, who tries to lead travellers into bodies of water, in hopes of being baptised. Opposing folkloric and superstitious traditions, science suggests that the will-o'-the-wisps, and the lights produced by them, are a result of the oxidation of methane.

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A will-o'-wisp's light is approximately as bright as a torch, and though they do not seem to use sound to communicate with each other, they hear perfectly and can vibrate their bodies rapidly to simulate speech. While vilified by most other sentient creatures, will-o'-wisps are actually quite intelligent, if utterly alien in their reasoning.

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In folklore, a spirit which appears in the form of a light and leads belated travelers astray, often into bogs and marshes. Will-o'-the-wisp is now the most common form. Other names or variants include Will with (a) wisp, Willy-ba-wisp, Billy of the wisp, Jack-o'-lantern, Jack of the wad (Jack o' t' wad), Joan in the wad, Jenny with the lantern.

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By Irish lore, Stingy Jack was a rapscallion who tricked the devil into paying his bar tab. When he died, neither heaven nor hell wanted him, so the devil gave him a single ember to place in a carved-out turnip to guide his forever-roaming soul: the will-o'-the-wisp. Remember this the next time you carve a Halloween pumpkin with your kid.

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noun ˌwil-ə-t͟hə-ˈwisp Synonyms of will-o'-the-wisp 1 : ignis fatuus sense 1 2 : a delusive or elusive goal will-o'-the-wisp adjective Did you know? The Mystical Origins of Will-o'-the-Wisp The will-o'-the-wisp is a flame-like phosphorescence caused by gases from decaying plants in marshy areas.

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Traits Consume Life: As a bonus action, the will-o'-wisp can target one creature it can see within 5 feet of it that has 0 hit points and is still alive. The target must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw against this magic or die. If the target dies, the will-o'-wisp regains 10 (3d6) hit points.

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Will is a wicked blacksmith who is given a second chance by Saint Peter at the gates of heaven, but leads such a bad life that he ends up being doomed to wander the earth. The Devil provides him with a single burning coal with which to warm himself, which he then uses to lure foolish travellers into the marshes.

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Will-o'-the-wisp definition: . See examples of WILL-O'-THE-WISP used in a sentence.

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2. Observation of will-o'-the-wisp. The will-o'-the-wisp conjures up a description of something rather elusive, mysterious and ephemeral; however, historically, the phenomenon has been described by observers in the literature of many countries and it clearly refers to a real event which was widely reported by travellers in Europe and North America who were crossing treacherous habitats.

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