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The Oilliphéist (Irish: ollphéist, from Irish oll 'great' and péist 'worm, fabulous beast, monster, reptile') [1] is a sea serpent or dragon-like monster in Irish mythology and folklore. [2] These monsters were believed to inhabit many lakes and rivers in Ireland and there are many legends of saints and heroes fighting them. [3]
The Dobhar-chú (Irish pronunciation: [ˈd̪ˠoːɾˠxuː]; lit. ' water dog' or 'water hound '), or King Otter, is a creature of Irish and Scottish folklore. It resembles both a dog and an otter, though it sometimes is described as half dog, half fish. It lives in water and has fur with protective properties. There are little to no written ...
The etymology of the Scots word kelpie is uncertain, but it may be derived from the Gaelic calpa or cailpeach, meaning "heifer" or "colt".The first recorded use of the term to describe a mythological creature, then spelled kaelpie, appears in the manuscript of an ode by William Collins, composed some time before 1759 [2] and reproduced in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh of ...
Ondine, a 2009 Irish film in which a woman caught in a fishing net is believed to be a selkie. Song of the Sea, a 2014 Irish animated film about a young boy who discovers his mute sister is a selkie who must find her voice and free the faerie creatures from the Celtic goddess Macha.
Irish giants (1 C, 3 P) L. Leprechauns (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Irish legendary creatures" ... List of Irish mythological figures; A. Abcán; Abhartach; Airitech ...
Lir - god of the sea; Lugh - legendary hero and High King of Ireland, god of leadership, skills, the sun, and alliances, associated with friends. Maine mac Darthacht - owner of a cloak fastened by eight stones; Manannán mac Lir - god of the sea, like his father Lir; Nuada Airgetlám - first king of the Tuatha Dé Danann
A number of other terms in Irish are used to denote a mermaid or sea-nymph, some tracing back to mythological tracts from the medieval to the post-medieval period. The Middle Irish murdúchann is a siren-like creature encountered by legendary ancestors of the Irish (either Goidels or Milesians) according to the Book of Invasions.
Sea Fresh-water lochs 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 .