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So were the Mewlips the wights inhabiting the Dead Marsh?
I think it's pretty likely.
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Could be.
The part about the Will o' the Wisps was particularly interesting; the book "Faeries" (Brian Froud and Alan Lee!) offers a blurb about them:
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In some remote areas a curious light resembling a flame is sometimes seen flickering in the distance. Traditionally known as ignis fatuns [I think that's what it says, it's hand-written], this is also called Will o' the Wisp in the British Isles. Although there are a number of theories on the nature of this phenomenon, no entirely satisfactory explanation has been put forward.
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Seeing as the good Professor was British, it may very well be that he had these in mind when he wrote about the Dead Marshes.
I think a little fanfiction attempting to explain these curious Mewlips is in order.