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A water horse (or "waterhorse" in some folklore) is a mythical creature, such as the Ceffyl Dŵr, Capaill Uisce, the bäckahäst, each-uisge, and kelpie.
4 Οκτ 2019 · From Scotland’s eerie kelpies to the majestic hippocampus of Greek myth, water horses have played a significant role in folklore, blending the familiar with the monstrous. These mythical creatures reflect the power and unpredictability of the natural world, particularly its bodies of water.
They are called variously Kelpies, Water- Kelpies, and Each Uisge [Scottish: pronounced “ack ish-kei,” which literally means “water horse”]; and though many claim that Kelpies and Each Uisge are two separate creatures, the tales told of each are very similar and there is a genuine mixing of the lore. In the tales, water-horses appear in ...
The Water Horse: Directed by Jay Russell. With Bruce Allpress, Geraldine Brophy, Eddie Campbell, Ben Chaplin. A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.
The each-uisge (Scottish Gaelic: [ɛxˈɯʃkʲə], literally "water horse") is a water spirit in Irish and Scottish folklore, spelled as the each-uisce (anglicized as aughisky or ech-ushkya) in Ireland and cabbyl-ushtey on the Isle of Man. It usually takes the form of a horse, and is similar to the kelpie but far more vicious.
A kelpie is a shape-changing aquatic spirit of Scottish legend. Its name may derive from the Scottish Gaelic words ‘cailpeach’ or ‘colpach’, meaning heifer or colt. Kelpies are said to haunt rivers and streams, usually in the shape of a horse.
26 Νοε 2019 · In those deep, dark pools and foaming eddies lie the mythical water horses, the shape-shifting legendary spirits called the Kelpies. Sometimes they are black; sometimes white. In Aberdeenshire, the Kelpie is portrayed with a mane of serpents.
