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A kelpie, or water kelpie (Scottish Gaelic: each-uisge), is a mythical shape-shifting spirit inhabiting lochs in Irish and Scottish folklore. It is usually described as a grey or white [ 1 ] horse-like creature, able to adopt human form.
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.
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.
Sihuanaba – a shapeshifting spirit that typically takes the form of an attractive, long haired woman seen from behind, before revealing her face to be that of a horse Tikbalang – creature with the body of a man and the head and hooves of a horse, lurks in the mountains and forests (Philippines)
An Each uisge is a particularly dangerous "water horse" supposed to be found in Scotland; [3] its Irish counterpart is the Aughisky. The Gwragedd Annwn are female Welsh lake fairies of great beauty. A Kelpie is a less dangerous sort of water horse. There are many similar creatures by other names in the mythology including:
Water god in an ancient Roman mosaic. Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Gaziantep, Turkey. A water deity is a deity in mythology associated with water or various bodies of water.Water deities are common in mythology and were usually more important among civilizations in which the sea or ocean, or a great river was more important.
The nuckelavee is kept in confinement during the summer months by the Mither o' the Sea, an ancient Orcadian spirit, and the only one able to control it. 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.
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.