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30 de may. de 2021 · Annie and Jenny explore spunkie-haunted bogs, the natural phenomenon that has long been regarded in Scottish folklore as a forewarning symbol of danger. In the Highlands, we call them Spunkies, but you may know them as the Will o the Wisps! These are thought to be caused by the spontaneous ignition.
20 de ene. de 2003 · spunkie. A solitary being of the Scottish Lowlands that delights in playing tricks on lost travelers. It manifests a light to lure its victims — who perceive it as a light in a distant window — to their destruction. See also ignis fatuus, will-o-'the-wisp. .
20 de sept. de 2008 · Lowland Scotland: Spunkies. Wales: Pwca, Ellylldan. Norfolk: Will o’ the Wikes. Warwickshire & Gloucestershire: Hobbedy’s Lantern. North Yorkshire & Northumberland: Jenny with the Lantern. Other names. Corpse candles: Related to graveyards and funeral processions. Ignis Fatuus: The Latin name which means foolish fire. Share.
3 de nov. de 2007 · Spunkies The lowland name for the Will o’ the Wisp. Tangie A shapeshifting sea spirit from the Orkney and Shetland Isles. Tarrans Supposed to be the spirits of babies who have died without baptism they manifested as lights, localised to North East Scotland. A similar explanation is given for the West Country Pixies. Urisk
NS18SE 8024 c. 17 80. N55 59 W4 56. NLO: Holy Loch [name centred NS 175 806]. Possibly on map sheet NS17NE. Glasgow, 15th Feb. A letter, of yesterday's date, from Holy Loch, written by the master (Couch) of the BATTEN CASTLE, of Plymouth, states that the SPUNKIE (s.s.), of Renfrew, McLean, hence to Coleraine, drove athwart hawse of his vessel at 12.30 and sunk: crew saved by the BATTEN CASTLE ...
19 de feb. de 2021 · Will-o’-the-wisps, also known as spunkies, are ghostly lights that lead travellers astray at night. They mesmerise and lure people off the path to drown in watery bogs, seeming to shift and always move further away.
21 de jul. de 2022 · A name for the Will-o'-the-Wisp in some areas, for example Lowland Scotland and Somerset, from a dialect word for a spark. In Somerset, spunkies were thought to be the souls of unbaptized children doomed to wander the earth till Judgement Day (Tongue, 1965: 93–5).
