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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, or water kelpie (Scottish Gaelic: each-uisge), is a mythical shape-shifting spirit inhabiting lochs in Scottish folklore. It is usually described as a grey or white [ 1 ] horse-like creature, able to adopt human form.
Colcannon is most commonly made with only four ingredients: potatoes, butter, milk and cabbage. Irish historian Patrick Weston Joyce defined it as "potatoes mashed with butter and milk, with chopped up cabbage and pot herbs". [3] It can contain other ingredients such as scallions (spring onions), leeks, laverbread, onions and chives.
Millions of Americans claim some Irish ancestry and honor the patron saint of Ireland on March 17. One traditional St. Patrick's Day dish is colcannon, a classic Irish medley of potatoes and greens.
The hippocamp (as seen in this sketch from Pompeii) is a water creature that has been referred to as a water horse.. The term "water horse" was originally a name given to the kelpie, a creature similar to the hippocamp, which has the head, neck and mane of a normal horse, front legs like a horse, webbed feet, and a long, two-lobed, whale-like tail.
Tangie, a seaweed covered, water horse, primarily found in Orcadian and Shetland folklore; Púca, a shapeshifting, sea creature, known for appearing as a horse; Ceffyl Dŵr, a malevolant, water horse, found in Welsh folklore; Each-uisge, a malevolant, water horse, found in Irish and Scottish folklore
Orcadian folklore had a strong Scandinavian influence, and it may be that the nuckelavee is a composite of a water horse from Celtic mythology and a creature imported by the Norsemen. As with similar malevolent entities such as the kelpie, it possibly offered an explanation for incidents that islanders in ancient times could not otherwise ...
Ceffyl Dŵr (also ceffyl dwfr or ceffyl-dŵr) [1] is a water horse in Welsh folklore.It is most commonly considered a counterpart to the Scottish kelpie, [2] but has also been compared to the Irish púca, [3] [4] the Irish and Scottish each uisge, and the Manx glaistyn.