the godpoles speak in Twin Peaks: S3, Part 3.
Slow forward the NorseSpotting to 25-years-later of Twin Peaks ' Season 3 , we see Dougie Jones-addled Dale Cooper toddling into The Silver Mustang Casino to behold the flames with the Black Lodge within them hovering over all the slot machines that are about to pay out. In European folklore, there's stories of foxfires/ignis fatuus/will-o'-the-wisps that can indicate the location of buried treasure , and specifically in the Icelandic Grettir's Saga : Now one night very late, as Grettir made ready to go home, he saw a great fire burst out on a ness to the north of Audun's farm. Grettir asked what new thing this might be. Audun said that he need be in no haste to know that. "It would be said," quoth Grettir, "if that were seen in our land, that the flame burned above hid treasure." ~ Grettir's Saga , ch18 Grettir, also being a hero who confronts undead draugr , could perhaps be an influence for Cooper who is essentially hunting otherworldl...