Will-o'-the-wisp
111Snark (Lewis Carroll) — The Snark is the fictional monster that Lewis Carroll created in his nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark. His descriptions of the creature were, in his own words, unimaginable, and he wanted that to remain so. [ The Annotated Snark , edited by …
112Marfa lights — The Marfa lights, also known as the Marfa ghost lights, have been observed near U.S. Route 67 on Mitchell Flat east of Marfa, Texas, in the United States. Research suggests that most if not all are atmospheric reflections of automobile headlights …
113Naga fireballs — The Naga fireballs ( th. บั้งไฟพญานาค, bangfai payanak ) are a phenomenon seen in the Mekong river in Thailand (Nong Khai province and Isan) and in Laos in which glowing balls rise from depths. The balls are reddish in colour and about the size… …
114USS Montgomery (1861) — The third USS Montgomery was a wooden screw steamer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Montgomery was built at New York in 1858; chartered by the Navy in May 1861; purchased at New York 28 August 1861; and commissioned 27… …
115List of beings referred to as fairies — The term fairy came into use in Western Europe to refer to certain kinds of folkloric beings. [Katharine Mary Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies (Pantheon Books, 1976) p. xi. ISBN 0 394 73467 X] This term has been used to translate into English… …
116Mare (folklore) — The Nightmare, by Henry Fuseli A mare or nightmare (Proto Germanic: *marōn; Old English: mære; Old Norse: mara; German: M …
117Naga fireball — The Naga fireballs (Thai: บั้งไฟพญานาค; RTGS: bang fai phaya nak), also referred to as Mekong lights, are a phenomenon seen in the Mekong river in Thailand (Nong Khai province in Isan) and in Laos (Vientiane Province) in which glowing balls rise… …
118Organic nomenclature in Chinese — The Chinese Chemical Society (CCS; Chinese: 中国化学会) lays out a set of rules based on those given by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) for the purpose of systematic organic nomenclature in Chinese. A standard set of… …
119Duergar (folklore) — The Duergar are a race of ugly dwarfs, particularly associated with the Simonside Hills of Northumberland, in northern England. In F Grice s telling of the traditional story The Duergar in Folk Tales of the North Country (1944), one of them is… …
120Cù Sìth — The Cù Sìth (Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [kuː ʃiː]) of Scottish mythology is an enormous, otherworldly hound, said to haunt the Scottish Highlands. Roughly the size of a cow or large calf, the Cù Sìth was said to be dark green in color… …
