May 22 2013
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Will-o’-the-Wisp
Will-o’-the-Wisps are spirits in British/Celtic mythology that create little lantern-like lights off paths and roads to trick those that travel at night. If the travelers follow the lights they disappear into the bog, never to be seen again.
Source: Spirits, Fairies, Gnomes, and Goblins: An Encyclopedia of the Little People by Carol Rose
Image: Artist unknown. Source: Mudie, A Popular Guide to the Observation of Nature (1836, p.144)
This is a part of the World Mythology Challenge. Day 6 - Celtic Myth.
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Celtic Mythology The GWRAGEDD ANNWN [wives of the underworld]were lake-sirens in Wales. These lovely creatures are known to choose mortal men as their husbands. One legend has it that they live in a sunken city in one of the many lakes in Wales. People claim to have seen towers under water and heard the chiming of bells. In earlier times, there used to be a door in a rock and those who dared enter through it came into a beautiful garden situated on an island in the middle of a lake. In this garden there were luscious fruits, beautiful flowers and the loveliest music, besides many other wonders. Those brave enough to enter were welcomed by the Gwragedd Annwn and were invited to stay as long as they wanted, on the condition that they never took anything back from the garden. One visitor ignored the rule and took a flower home with him. As soon as he left the island, the flower disappeared and he fell unconscious to the ground. From that day on, the door has been firmly closed and none has ever passed through it again. Hugh R. Akehunt.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9qlsl5Hoh1r9oth5o1_400.jpg)
