Fiddler's Green.
Along with people bowing their heads in flax robes, one of these was spotted in 1886 near Mount Tarawera in New Zealand, and is said to have portended the eruption of that peak days later. One of these is brought spirits of the dead by mermaid-like beings known as Pincoya; that one, the Caleuche, figures into a legend of Chiloe Island in Chile. Residents of Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia tell of one of these which is permanently on fire. People whose work required use of these inanimate objects hoped for a lush afterlife where music and dancing never cease, called (*) Fiddler's Green. The Cape of Good Hope figures into the legend of one of these; that one names an opera in which Senta falls for the immortal Daland, who is bound to one. For 10 points, identify these eerie vehicles exemplified by the Flying Dutchman.
Along with people bowing their heads in flax robes, one of these was spotted in 1886 near Mount Tarawera in New Zealand, and is said to have portended the eruption of that peak days later.
ghost ships [or ghost boats; accept canoe or waka until "Pincoya"; prompt on ghosts or apparitions or spirits or mirages or illusions]